Fundamentally, participants are expected to have the paddling skills, technical knowledge, rescue ability, teaching ability, group management, and interpersonal skills commensurate with this course content prior to presenting themselves for evaluation as an Endorsement Candidate.
The Kayak Polo Instructor Endorsement course is designed to enable ACA Level 2: Essentials of Kayaking Instructors (or higher) to teach paddlers to safely and enjoyably participate in Kayak Polo.
Minimum of two days (16 hours) or more.
Flat water, protected from wind, waves, and outside boat traffic, with current less than 0.5 knots, and within swimming distance of shore.
The water depth should be at least 3 feet (0.9 meters), and there must be at least one kayak polo goal present. A swimming pool that is sufficiently big enough to accommodate one kayak polo goal and all the participants is acceptable, however, there must not be any swimmers in the pool at the same time.
5 Endorsement Candidates : 1 Kayak Polo Endorsed Instructor Trainer; with an additional Kayak Polo endorsed instructor or qualified assistant, the ratio can be 10 : 2. The maximum number of participants permitted is 10.
This endorsement course may be offered by:
The following is a list of the criteria used to evaluate Endorsement Candidates. The content and sequence of evaluation is to be adjusted to best fit the participant’s needs, class location, time allowance, and be craft appropriate.