A selection of bespoke packages with an aim of providing opportunities for growth and development for both students and teachers. Surfing is an incredibly immersive activity, inducing states of FLOW and mindfulness, which are key to wellbeing. CSA schools builds tailored courses which provide a uniquely positive experience to any group of students and or teachers. Each course is an in depth experience into surfing which not only allows the participant to grow as a surfer, but also as a “water person”, developing a full knowledge of the ocean and safety within it.
Courses are structured in accordance to the level of the participants and the time frame available to each school, Following are some examples courses demonstrating some of the content available:
Example Courses:
- 1 session (taster)
- 3 sessions(Immersion)
- 5 sessions (Immersion and development)
Course introduction (integral part to all courses):
As an introduction to your time with Cornwall Surf Academy we start with a meet and greet, involving ice breaker games and a goal setting discussion. We then issue a set of ILP (Individual Learning Profile) questions, these look at how people learn and what successes they have had in the past and also where they have struggled. This is to give us a clearer understanding as to how our students learn best. We know that everyone learns in different ways and by answering these questions it will help us provide the best learning environment for all.
Taster session:
One day lesson – 2 hour lesson.
Content
- Basic beach and surf safety – flags, equipment beach and water awareness, how to stop the board. Signals
- Introduction to surf equipment
- Body position on the board
- Paddling
- Catching broken waves (white water)
- Moving from prone to standing position
- Riding the board in a straight line
3 lesson Immersion Sessions.
Content
- Basic beach and surf safety – flags, equipment beach and water awareness, how to stop the board. Signals
- Introduction to surf equipment
- Body position on the board
- Paddling
- Catching broken waves (white water)
- Moving from prone to standing position
- Riding the board straight
- Reading waves
- Paddling independently for waves – paddling technique
- Catching green waves
- Reading surf reports
- Safely paddling out
- Ocean etiquette/priority
- Surf Science (why waves break and where do they come from?)
5 lessons (Immersion and Development)
Our coaches at CSA understand that everyone learns at different speeds which means the structure of these sessions are completely flexible and can be changed to meet need the progress that has been made.
Through all of the options/possibilities of programmes offered we would also like to offer some project based learning opportunities for the students. What we know is that increased learning takes place when students are engaged and connected to what they are learning about.
There is an opportunity for us to help provide students with this learning experience. Pupils can write about their time surfing, create videos and presentations. They could look at the Geography, History or Science behind what they are doing. We would also be able to provide some real authenticity to this in that the best write ups/videos/presentations could be displayed on our website. This provides a truly authentic audience for their work
Content
- Basic beach and surf safety – flags, equipment beach and water awareness, how to stop the board. Signals
- Introduction to surf equipment
- Body position on the board
- Paddling
- Catching broken waves (white water)
- Moving from prone to standing position
- Riding the board straight
- Reading waves
- Paddling independently for waves – paddling technique
- Catching green waves
- Rail to rail s-turns
- Reading surf reports
- Safely paddling out including rolling the board to get through breaking waves.
- Surfing and ocean etiquette/priority
- Positioning n the line up and finding the position to catch the wave
- Functional stances.
- Video Analysis
- Project based learning regarding their experiences
- Stretching ideas including warm ups and cool downs
- Surf Science
Addressing your safety concerns:
All instructors at Cornwall Surf Academy are; CRB Checked, life guard trained and are qualified up to ISA (International Surfing Association) standards.
Group Sizes: We take all group sizes, however during water work, we insist on the ISA (international Surfing Association) recommended ratio of 1:8 (1 instructor to 8 students).
If you have any further concerns or are interested to find out more, please feel free to contact us to discuss anything further.
