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ll&ION NIVI AND •11v1 No.6 SEPTEMBER 1983 PRICE 50p Coaching• The Ultimate Run• Central Paddle,rs interests of all aspects at the sport. Obviously careful consideration must be given to I I I • the role such an officer would play taking into account the varied needs of flatwater and Official magazine of Why? whitewater canoeing. the British Canoe Why was Feedback sent to all Union Slalom slalom registered clubs? At the Committee To be effective such a position 45-47 High Street, Slalom A.G.M. in November would have to be supported Addleston, Weybridge, 1982 it was agreed that within each discipline by a Surrey. KT151JV Feedback should be adopted as coaching structure similar to The views expressed in the official magazine of the the one proposed by Hugh this magazine are not Slalom committee. It was hoped Mantie at the National necessarily those of the that all slalom registred clubs Coaching Conference. A full BCU Slalom Committee would help to sell 'Feedback'. time National Coach should be or,of the Editor. To this end five copies of each Reproduction of all or appointed now for slalom to any part of the issued of 'Feedback' have been work with the National Team, to magazine may only be sent to slalom registred clubs decide coaching policy and undertaken through for them to sell to their development, keep in touch written permission from members. with research, attend publishers. conferences, train part-time Editor Where? National Coaches and to liase Richard Fox Where are the copies of with the Canoe Union 154, Lichfield Road, 'Feedback' now? Only 43 clubs Committees. Within two years Stone, Staffs. have refund or paid for their ST15 SPY we should have nine part-time Tel.(0785)817016 copies of 'Feedback', so 114 National Coaches operating with• still have the copies or the in the regions ensuring that Treasurer money. ·· Dave Morgan there is coaching at club level. 8, High Park Drive, The present team coaching Bradford, 804 6HS When? structure should continue with Subscriptions at £4.00 When will I get the money for the notable exception that for 6 issues post paid the copies which the clubs realistic remuneration for and club supplies have? £500 is outstanding. Has expenses and a coaching fee available from this your club returned the money address. be offered. or copies of 'Feedback' which it Typing: received? We need to find £16 - 20,000 Stephanie Mawdsley per year to operate such a Lay-Out: Dave Mawdsley How? scheme. The coaching sub• Results: Can you get a copy of committee of the slalom Simon Ford 'Feedback' regularly? You can executive should have its first Design: either take out a subscription ever meeting and.face the reality Tony Tickle yourself £4.00 for 6 issues (this of the situation. We are 20 includes postage) or get your years behind other sports in our club secretary to order them coaching policy and we rely on All copy for next issue to (this method makes a profit for a few top performers and the editor by Saturday, 1st your club.) goodwill of our coaches to October, 1983. achieve results. BD96HS A recent working party reporting to the Sports The probability of a slalom Front cover photo - Management Committee were centre at Nottingham is 'Paddles Up' - told that Sports Council had increasing and canoeing Camera eye view. agreed to the appointment of an continues to receive good Courtesy of BBC publicity Assistant Director of Coaching publicity - we need to do department. to cover the competitive something now to avoid stagnation. FEEDBACK Page 1 Book· Review The Ultimate Run (ONIINII William T Endicott, US Team Coach Book Review ...... 1 Feedback Information. ... 2 International Round up .... 4 :_. Interview . .,.._ -~. _. , _,.Ni'..,_ ., Central Paddlers 9 echnique Tips 10 .. ,· .,~- '· ':,. _,,.. Jez's Jottings . .... 12 ' Advanced Paddling , .--1 Techniques. 13 411~ Publicity 16 .£~ The Ult.imate Run is a progression Problem Page . ........ 17 from Bill Endicott's previous text, Letters ..... 18 'To Win the Worlds'. It focuses in much greater detail on a few selected Appointment of themes from the earlier book such as NATIONAL COACH gate techniques, physical and psych• Applications are invited for the following ological principles, preparing a position yearly training plan, ·and types of A NATIONAL COACH to develop the provision of coaches for Slalom workouts. The second part of the Competitors book deals exclusively with case The methods by which the National Coach studies of eleven top slalomists in carries out the policy will be left very much in his/her hands, although being responsible to which their entire paddling careers the BCU Council through the Director of are examined. Coaching and the National Coaching · Committee in co-operation with the Slalom Committee. The Endicott attention to detail is Such a National Coach would be expected to characterised throughout, especially attend conferences held in conjunction with the work, particularly the National Coaching and in the chapter on paddling techniques. meetings. Here he theorises on a variety of The successful candidate will be employed methods for tackling what he calls part-time at a remuneration-of £500 per annum against which expenses may be placed from 'the 30-40 key moves in slalom'. It the point of view of Income Tax. Any further is best as a reference section used increments which maybe earned as a result of the appointment will in no way affect the to relate to individual experiences above arrangements. in training and competition. Although Applications it is hard to visualise some of the No application forms are being issued. Letters of application, which should include a summary situations while reading the book, of relevant experience and qualifications, . unless that is, the text is strap9ed together with the names and addresses of two persons to whom reference may be made, to the deck of a boat on the river, should be sent to: the intricate analysis and reference The Chairman, BCU National Coaching to top paddlers' techniques should Committee, Flexel House, 45/47 High Street, make us all think a little more deep• Addlestone, Weybridge, Surrey, XT1 5 1 JV. ly about what we are doing, or at least trying to do. Page 2 FEEDBACK In the chapter on training principles year. The Executive will nominate Endicott has succeeded in translat• selection events as :.J1he primary ing some fairly complex physiological choice. There have been recent theory into practical terms for the allegations within the flatwater coach and paddler. Particularly world that competitors have taken useful are the sample workouts based drugs, but the furthest any slalom• on the training plans of elite padd• ist is likely to go is sniffing lers. Most of these can be readily Evostik while padding out a boat. adapted to suit the readers training Access environment. The background of some of these top The Herts Association of Canoe Clubs, p~ddlers like Norbert Saffler, acting for BCU have successfully Richard Fox and Jean Yves Prigent concluded a limited access agreement is exposed in the case studies at with London Anglers Association for the end of the book. Here for me the use of the Dobbs Weir during the the most interesting piece was the fishing season. two separate accounts of Jon Lugbill and Davey Hearn at the Bala Worlds. Canoeing is allowed only: So, if whatever you want to learn - Wednesdays 12.30-17~30 - organised about slalom at the top level isn't groups in Feedback, then order a copy of - 1st Saturday/3rd Sunday each month The Ultimate Run. There is no guar• 08.00-:-12.00 (No Sundays in October, antee that you will actually achieve December, February). this ideal but it is well worth having a go. - The weekends 15/16 October 1983, 17/18 December 1983, 11/12 February Copies available shortly from Pyranha 1984 Watersports Centre, Preston Brook - When unfishable conditions .are Marina, Runcorn, Cheshire. agreed by LAA to exist - 15 March - 15 June at any time Canoeists must have numbered BCU/HACC identifying stickers (apply T Charnb~s tel:_ Bishops Stortford 724081), wee..._ buoyancy aids, crash helmets and have INIO full buoyancy in canoes. Advance notice of use is required. Solo Buoyancy Aids canoeing is prohibited. A motion for the AGM is to be pre• Canolf an Tryweryn pared concerning the standard for The National White Water Centre has buoyancy aids together with a seen a heavy programme of slaloms date of implementation. Meanwhile throughout the summer, including two George Davis, the Tryweryn officer, on the same weekend in July. The hot has been asked to make available weather has resulted in more water testing equipment for competitors releases than normal to supplement to check their own boats and the Dee and Plas y Brenin took advan• buoyancy aids. tage of one such release to tackle the. river on a raft. They capsized Drugs in the stopper unde r the first bridge. The Sports Council are anxious that For the first time a slalom will be slalom should take part in drug test• held on the Graveyard section. The ing and take responsibility for org- event is the Welsh Open on anising c aying for testing next 3/4 September. FEEDBACK Page 3 ICF Rule Changes Superstar The response to the questionnaire A date has yet to be finalised with distributed on this subject was dis• Brian Hooper and the BBC for the appointing in a number of areas sporting celebrity to compete at a perhaps most of all in the total of Novice Slalom this autumn. The film• seven replies received from the 240 ing is for a series on introducing ·Di vision 1 and Premier paddlers.