Friday, April 3, 2020
At-Home Activities To Feed Your Paddling Withdrawal

Staying home and staying healthy doesn’t mean you have to stay completely away from all things paddling related. You just need to approach and think about paddling differently. There are lots of paddling related activities that you can do from home:
  • Yoga to increase your flexibility and strength
  • Body weight exercises or exercises using your boat for weight
  • Check and repair your boat and all your gear
  • Organize and restock your first aid kit and rescue kit
  • Tune up the transport and storage systems for your boat
  • Go through your paddling gear: repair damaged gear, donate gear you’re not using
  • Practice what you can on land. Tie knots, develop navigational skills, or practice z-drags and mechanical advantage using your furniture or trees in your yard
  • Review maps, and guidebooks – daydream about new places to paddle
  • If you’re an instructor:
  • Work on your lesson plans and review course materials
  • Dive into the ACA Course Management System (CMS)
  • Practice your presentations
  • Use online resources to strengthen your paddling knowledge
  • Create a paddling education resource list

A collection of ACA resources: https://www.americancanoe.org/Resources

 

ACA's webTV Channel: https://www.americancanoe.org/webtv

 

ACA's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmericanCanoe1/featured

Other relevant resources include:

 

Paddle TV Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/PaddleTV

 

Paddling.com's Introductory Video Series: https://paddling.com/learn/paddle-safety/

 

Rescue for River Runners: Everything from basic preparation and group management to advanced swiftwater rescue techniques: http://www.rescueforriverrunners.com/

 

Canoe Kayak and Paddle Company series of instructional videos: https://www.ckapco.com/videos-second-attempt

 

Animated Knots: https://www.animatedknots.com/

 



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