Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

Reply to slink Yes Peter - the coaching can be provided in various ways - the important things is that it is provided, and in such a way that each paddler has his own coach Paid coaching is one way of doing it, but as you say, that is not how Strathallan operate; and the paid coaching by Canoe Engla...

alldaypaddler Not off topic at all It would be possible to set up a strong slalom club (almost) anywhere in the country: it depends on there being one or two people who (a) want it enough and (b) know what is needed. Three of the four strong clubs in Great Britain last year either did not exist five...

A request

I know that most posters prefer to remain relatively anonymous

However it would be helpful for this thread if you were to identify your clubs ...

PLEASE: could posters on this particular thread confine themselves to discussions of what slalom clubs provide, or could provide, for their paddlers; and how this might impact on the number of active paddlers in their clubs. The decline in numbers has been a matter for frequent discussion in slalom ...

Dee On coaches: the model that works across sport - certainly in all the sports I work with - is that the major source of coaches is the parents of the children you recruit: after all, they have to bring their children and take them away. Then you 'just' need some training and mentoring - and a syst...

Peter writes: 3. If newly promoted kids turn up at HPP or wherever and the water's obviously going to be too big for them, that's a matter for their coach, their parents, their club. It's not a matter for the race organsisers or the slalom committee. Go away, get some coaching and come back when you...

So what has happened in the Greater South (LSE, S, SW, southern part of E) and what can be done to reverse it? • Of the five strongest clubs in the Greater South 5 years ago, one has ceased to exist as a junior slalom club; two lost over 50% of their numbers just between 2011 and 2012; and two do no...

However all the relevant cases I know of are dealt with under the Law of Torts, and not under Contract Law...

Just a few thoughts on this from a legal standpoint: 1) You can only be sued for negligence; to rebut that all you have to show is that you did what a reasonable person would do 2) Look at the House of Lords judgement in Tomlinson vs Christleton District Council and Cheshire County Council: held tha...

The paper proposes a single ranking list. It does say anything about not having Divisions As I explain above. the French, Czechs, and Slovaks all have single ranking lists. They also have Divisions. If anyone wants to see how this works, e-mail me on ECSTCoach@jsturgess.freeserve.co.uk and I will se...

There seems to be a view that it is either open entry races or a divisional system Not so: the Czechs, the Slovaks, the French all have divisional systems and open entry races. The Czechs have open entry races throughout the year; the French re-sort their Divisions by rankings towards the end of the...

And ref swimming:

We have 2 13-year olds and a twelve-year old getting Gedling grants for the third year running (2 also get Rising Stars support) because they are nationally in the top 3 in their age group. The same applies to the two speed-skaters we support (one 15-year old, one twelve-year-old).

I really do not understand the bit about different divisions etc - but it seems to suggest that in terms of support anyone in Prem is 'better' than anyone in Div 1 regardless of their age. My unit hands out £3000 per year in Sports Grants, in £500 and £250 chunks, plus free use of Council sports fac...

Michelle Simply incorrect in my experience - in my job I deal with all the sports done by Clubs in Gedling and all the sports done by children in Gedling, in particular with grants and awards. None of the others I have dealt with - in particular recently swimming, short-track speed-skating, tennis, ...

jaytee writes: It was also daunting to many, particularly the more recently promoted. Interesting example of seeing what we expect to see In fact in KIM almost exactly the same proportion of newly-promoted Juniors got a 50 on at least one run as of Seniors who were already in the Division at the sta...