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 run you have to spin your paddles round over your head" which lead to a heated discussion as to where the best point on the course to do it would be.
You could throw in tasks to build confidence and awareness on white water, or work on where best to put in a spin or back off, or just for fun!
Constraints we have used have been:
Spin your paddles over your head
Perform a 360 turn
Go through a gate (any of the paddler's choosing) backwards
Paddle backwards between any 2 of the gates
Close your eyes every time you're crossing the flow
Only use your left blade in each eddy
Manoeuvre any gate twice
There must be infinitely many possibilities.
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