Importance: Very high. Introducing your clients to new stances is a very important part of progressor teaching.
This lesson looks at the sequence of stances that can be taught to progressors. Teaching more advanced stances is an excellent way to improve your clients’ paddleboarding capabilities – the more advanced stances are also a vital requirement in developing skills for SUP surfing, downwinding and other more advanced activities, and it may well help them with their paddling technique too.
This lesson will take around 20 minutes to complete.
This training video discusses:
- The importance of stance
- Teaching stances
- The various stance options
- Using props
You will be expected to present a lesson on one of these stance techniques at your assessment, so we strongly recommend familiarising yourself with each stance and the reasons for using it, and practicing presenting each one as an onshore ‘part B’.
Check Understanding!
Do you understand:
- The sequence of stances that can be taught to progressors?
- The main reasons and uses for each type of stance?
If you’re unsure on any of these, go back and review the lesson again. Otherwise, you can move on to the next lesson.