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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Contributed by Andy Neave, Photos Darren Ship Slalom challenges and other games using plastic ducks are great fun for any age group. The...

Because Slalom Poles Don’t Wear Masks! A simple premise, but often hilariously executed – get down a course staying at least 2 metres...

“How do you do that?” “You have to be from Yorkshire!” This includes ideas stolen from Jonathan McElhinney and Zac Allin. This one I...

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...

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...

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...