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SUP Instructor Training - Level 3 -

Our Level 3 SUP courses are aimed at all VDWS instructors who want to expand their teaching skills with professional advanced training. You don't have to be an expert – we'll make you one!

Level 3 instructors are experts in riding technique, whose own skills and methodological abilities enable them to analyze complex movements and develop teaching models that go beyond the beginner level.

 



Requirements for the Course:

  • VDWS Instructor Licence Level 2 (available with Level 1 only upon request)
  • Active VDWS membership
  • Advanced SUP level
  • Teaching experience

For the License Completion:

  • Practical exam at the end of the Level 3 Instructor course

Note:
If you do not yet have the required practical level or have not mastered the topic of the course, you are still welcome to participate. In this case, participation will count as a license extension, not as a Level 3 certification.

Course Duration: 2 days
Cost: €200
Additional Expenses: Travel, accommodation, and equipment (if needed)

Depending on the seminar topic, the following focus areas will be weighted differently:

  • Improvement of personal riding skills
  • Methodology in advanced student training
  • Use of digital media in teaching
  • Organization of advanced student lessons or special courses
  • Specific training of maneuvers and techniques
  • Enhancement of personal demonstration skills
  • Deepening of material knowledge and its relation to advanced equipment
  • In-depth understanding of physical principles
  • Expansion of didactic knowledge for advanced student training

Each Level 3 Instructor seminar concludes with a practical exam on the topic covered during the two days of the seminar.


Possible Topics Level 3 Seminars

Prerequisites:

  • SUP Basics

Course Content:

  • Paddle techniques for waves and whitewater
  • Paddling out and back in
  • Safety measures
  • Handling equipment
  • Gaining practical experience
  • Organizational structures in teaching
  • Understanding wave formations, channels, etc.
  • Rules for wave surfing

Examination:

Safety/Demonstration:

  • Safely paddling out behind the waves
  • Performing a kick turn
  • Confidently paddling back

Personal Skill:

  • Paddling into at least two waves within a defined area
  • Riding the waves and completing the "wave ride"

Prerequisites:

  • SUP Basics

Course Content:

  • Familiarization with the area
  • Assessing and evaluating the paddle techniques of other participants
  • Tour planning: organization, safety, nature and environmental protection, equipment
  • Conducting tours with different focuses
  • Post-tour analysis and evaluation

Examination:

Safety:

  • Safely securing another person’s equipment to your board
  • Transporting the equipment to a suitable exit point

Technique:

  • Moving from the main current into the eddy and back

Prerequisites:

  • Basic knowledge of Yoga
  • Proficient execution of Sun Salutation A and B
  • Experience with fitness exercises using body weight

Course Content:

  • Practical experience in SUP Yoga and SUP Fitness sessions
  • Planning of lesson units
  • Organizational structures for teaching
  • Breathing techniques
  • Teacher behavior and methods
  • Variations of exercises
  • Safety aspects

Examination:

  • Demonstration of Sun Salutation A and B on land
  • Leading a short SUP Yoga or Fitness session on the water

Prerequisites:

  • No fear of paddling in deep water at a greater distance from the shore
  • Completion of Step 5 of the VDWS SUP Basic License

Course Content:

  • Organization, planning, and execution of a local tour
  • Teacher behavior and pedagogical approach
  • Basics of marketing for SUP offerings

Examination:

  • Organization and execution of a 9–14 km long tour, completed entirely while standing with efficient paddle technique
  • During the tour, dragging a student over a distance of 200 meters

Prerequisites:

  • No prior qualifications required for trainers and supervisors from other associations and institutions, but basic SUP techniques are expected.

Course Content:

  • Perspective shift: Getting to know wheelchairs and trying them out
  • Understanding different disabilities and their specific challenges
  • Sensitization for interacting with people in wheelchairs and those with physical impairments
  • Equipment and safety aspects
  • Handling wheelchairs on land and on water
  • Paddle settings and techniques for people with impairments
  • Organizing activities, games, and programs on the water
  • Opportunities for supporting social projects
  • Information on special insurance

Examination:

  • Demonstrating empathetic and adapted interactions with participants, particularly wheelchair users
  • Questioning and practical demonstration of safety methods and handling of safety equipment

Dates SUP Instructor Training - Level 3 -

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Course
Place
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Date: 05/02 - 05/03/2025
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Place:
Herrsching (Ammersee)
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Date: 09/27 - 09/28/2025
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Place:
Hildesheim
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