On saturday 24 July, is a 1st day of St Anthony Convent thats my 1at full girls 1star course, I reached the changi ssc very early abt 0915, because of the 1star course has a big Grp abt 56 person. When I was reached the CSSC, the 1st person I found is sook lian, she was look abt worried, because she was just a new appointed main coach on my 1star course. She a bit lost due to she saw too many student in my course in her many 1star courses. She asked me how to due with so many grps of students, then i replied her ok.. wat u need to is get them number off 1st and then remember the number them self that their had mention in numbering off. Then she said ok. After that she modified my method, she was bring 3 pics of paper she asked the student to write they are names in the 3 papers, after that she told them the grps number. Follow up i was checking they are cover shoes and giving then the rubber bend for the student securing they spec.
when abt 10am all the senior coach arrive, then sook lian she starts the General Briefing, she tok abt the requirement of the 1star course. After that she passed to me, i gone thru the kayak equipment and the carrying method and safety to look for.
After that we spliting into 3 grps, I was with Chee Keong, we briefed our grps and we ask the student to collecting the paddle and move to the kayaking rack and loaded our kayak to the beach.
When my grps reached the beach, 1st thing we do is brief the girls abt our demarcated that we will paddle, at the same time we do bouyancy test and demo and explaining the ambaking and disambaking the kayak also Capsize Drills. After we finshed our demo and explaned, I and cheekeong was split into 2 grps, each of us taking 9 student. Abt the girls capsize drill to me is just an average standard, Sec 1 standard consider not bad le. After our capsize drill we all take our own paddle back to club and we went for an hours lunch.
After our lunch, we was gathered back to the kayak rack, after we put on the our bouyancy vest and collecting our own paddle, after that we walk back to the beach. After we brief the area again, and then we starts our 1st section dry forward, reverse, sweep stroke paddling.
After our dry paddling, we was spilt into 2 grps. hehe my was 9 of the sec 1 students, ok let tok on to them. At first in the dry paddling all looks are very confidents. when after i was ask them kayak out to forming raft, instead of paddle forward to me and form a raft, they got drifted to the yellow bouy and i was keep on asking them to paddle forward. They was got drifted badly, I think the drift was too strong for them as a 1st time paddler.
So i was faster ask them paddle forward towards the nearer shore, then redo the dry paddling, this time i let them paddle at the water. After a while they got the stroke technics and i also spoted that some of them, 1. When paddling did not turn the power face facing them 2. Altough they deep in the blade but did not pull, thats why the kayak doest move. Haiz.. i was almost lost my patient. I was keep on make them paddle until they season with the stroke paddling, and was almost time, then i asked to ambaking on they are kayak and back to the club front shore and is almost time.
After we reached the club front, we loaded up our kayak and move back to club. we was place the kayak at the side of kayak rack and leave it for next day continue the last day lesson. Debrief and we was bring the student and teach them how to wash they are paddle and vest and putting back the store as well. End of 1st day 1star course with St Anthony Convent.
