Never board in a team

The easy way in

I’m a fish

Lesson 9 – 30 minutes

Learning outcomes

Attempt or perform a board relay race

Preparation

Nipper Boards.
Water Safety Personnel (1:5).

Coaching Points

BOARD RELAY

One board-paddler completes the course at a time.
When returning to the beach the board-paddler must drag or carry the board up the beach towards the next board-paddler.
The next board-paddler is waiting with their board.
When the first board-paddler tags the next, they can enter the water.
This is repeated for the next transition.

Discuss

Introduce the principles of a board relay.
Note: It is most likely you will only have enough boards for one per team.
If this is the case then remind the participants that they will need to swap boards during the transition for this lesson.

Activity 1

Divide the participants into teams of three or more and provide each team with a board.
Line each team up facing the water with one water safety personnel per team as a marker 20m out to sea.
Make sure each team is 5 metres apart so they do not run into each other.
Explain to each participant that they need to go to the left of their water safety marker.
Instruct participants to wait until tagged before their next teammate can go and encourage participants to do some bunny hops on their way out.
Start the board relay when all the participants understand the activity and are ready
Repeat the relay 2 or 3 times.

ASSUMED SKILLS
This lesson is a progression of board skills through the junior development award program. It assumes participants have acquired previous skills from earlier awards. The assumed skills for this lesson are:

Positioning on a board and basic paddling technique.
Entering the surf and bunny-hopping with a board.
Sitting over a wave and paddling through a wave.
Exiting the water with a board. Catching a broken and un-broken wave.