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mrholmess
Sep 16, 20213 min read
Repetition Without Repetition
Not a game (sorry), but a few activities to encourage skill acquisition in a non-linear manner. The Theory I don’t want to go into the...
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mrholmess
Apr 7, 20212 min read
Give yourself a mark out of 10 for...
Not exactly an activity in its own right, more a tool for feedback that I've been playing with. The premise is simple, once a paddler has...
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mrholmess
Mar 13, 20213 min read
Video Games on a Slalom Course
This is an idea I’ve been playing with for a while, ever since I heard a podcast in which a young football coach was talking about...
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Andy Neave
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Crazy Eights
This is a great challenge if you have the right location to set it up. A diamond course needs to be set with the middle two gates...
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mrholmess
Dec 21, 20201 min read
Fun with a Ball on a Slalom Course
A simple premise - give a ball to a team of paddlers (2 or 3 works well) with the brief that the ball has to go through all the gates on...
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Andy Neave
Dec 7, 20202 min read
Ducks
Contributed by Andy Neave, Photos Darren Ship Slalom challenges and other games using plastic ducks are great fun for any age group. The...
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mrholmess
Dec 4, 20201 min read
Social Distance Slalom
Because Slalom Poles Don’t Wear Masks! A simple premise, but often hilariously executed – get down a course staying at least 2 metres...
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mrholmess
Nov 30, 20201 min read
Faster, Higher, Longer...
“How do you do that?” “You have to be from Yorkshire!” This includes ideas stolen from Jonathan McElhinney and Zac Allin. This one I...
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mrholmess
Nov 25, 20201 min read
On this run you need to...
This is not that imaginative an idea, but your imagination can run wild with it. The first time I used it we went with "At some point on...
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mrholmess
Nov 25, 20201 min read
Harry Potter Slalom
This one was dreamt up during lockdown 1.0, and we played it on flat water once we were allowed to paddle again. I've tried it out with...
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mrholmess
Nov 25, 20202 min read
Flat Water Fun with a Ball
A few activities using a ball on flat water with no gates. These could be adapted to moving water. The activities were designed to be...
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