Windsurf Instructor Training - Level 3 -

Requirements for the Course:

• VDWS Instructor Licence Level 2 (available with Level 1 only upon request)
• Active VDWS membership
• Advanced windsurfing 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.

Requirements:
Basic riding techniques, including longboard jibe, beachstart, and harness sailing.

Course Content:
Teaching competence development and optimization of advanced techniques / special organizational forms and simulator training / advanced material knowledge.

Exam:
Riding a course with a beachstart and various courses – with the front foot in the strap.

Requirements:

• 40m skills from the VDWS Level 1 exam
• Proficient riding with both feet in the straps and waterstart

Course Content:

• Development of movement sequences, organizational forms, and methodology – selection based on conditions and skill level, e.g., backwind jibe, push tack, speed loop, etc.
• Improvement of personal riding skills

Exam:

• Perform 1 tack and 1 jibe variant.
• The exam can be conducted in light wind or planing wind!

Requirements:

• Proficient riding with straps and harness

Course Content:

• Improvement of personal riding skills
• "Simulator training"
• Practice sequences for maneuvers
• Raster foil course
• Material knowledge, including physical principles

Exam:

• Riding courses, including 1 maneuver
• Key Points: Successful take-off and flying a certain distance