http://www.sweetwatercoaching.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:21:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Festive greetings, So that’s a rap for Sweetwater’s 2009 calendar. It’s been a great year with lots of new developments. The highlights included coaching national freestyle team members to success in the 2009 world championships with two golds and many more reaching the finals. We look forwards to supporting Team GB ... http://www.sweetwatercoaching.co.uk/2009/12/merry-christmas/ Congratulation to all the finalists who made GB Team selection for 2010, it’s another strong team this season. Sweetwater would like to take this opportunity to wish them all the best in their preparations for the European Championships, June 2010 (Lienz). Here’s the Team Selection: K1 Senior Men K1 Junior Men Team James Bebbington Team James Weight Team Sam Anderson Team Brendon ... http://www.sweetwatercoaching.co.uk/2009/11/gb-selections-hurley-classic/ Hi All, This weekend I was down in Devon running a 5 Star white water training course, and as you could guess we weren’t short of water with all of those weather warnings going on. The heavy rain was in isolated pockets so the Upper section of the River Dart was ... http://www.sweetwatercoaching.co.uk/2009/11/5-star-white-water-training-devon/ The River Swale, which flows down from the Pennines through Swaledale towards Richmond,  is one of my favourite backyard runs. It’s where I honed my steep creeking skills in the early days and it still puts a huge grin on my face. I was  in the area  the weekend before last after running a ... http://www.sweetwatercoaching.co.uk/2009/11/upper-swale/ The Merrell WaterPro Ottawa  Shoe - made with the assumption that you are going to push them and yourself to the limit. Definately caught my attention straight away. Like most kayaking enthusiasts, I am the destroyer of paddling footwear! So, I put them to the test during the last 2 months to see if they live up to ... http://www.sweetwatercoaching.co.uk/2009/10/merrell-waterpro-ottawa-shoes-test/ I’m happy to announce that phase 1 of the skills section is in process . Over the next week we’ll be populating  the skills section with content starting with freestyle and river running descriptions. This will soon to be followed by photo’s and finally videos. Once we have the descriptions uploaded we will ... http://www.sweetwatercoaching.co.uk/2009/10/skills-section-update/ It’s been busy couple of months here at Sweetwater. Although the white water season is just starting in the UK, it is coming to a close in Sweden where I've just been running coach and guide development programmes. I was staying in Are about 2hr’s drive from Troheim Airport on ... http://www.sweetwatercoaching.co.uk/2009/10/sweden-guide-coach-development/ Can’t believe my luck this season. After an awesome time in Sweden with perfect water levels, I arrived in Canada, Ottawa to find that Ontario had just received a record amount of rainfall – in fact the most rainfall since records began. I was accompanied by Tom Wolstenholme (the Burners programme ... http://www.sweetwatercoaching.co.uk/2009/08/ottawa-freestyle-camp/ Hi all, I’m currently in Sweden with the national freestyle team for the final preparation in the lead up to the World Championships in Thun, Switzerland. I’ve been working with the team for three years now, acting as an independent performance consultant and coach. The water levels are awesome at the moment, providing ... http://www.sweetwatercoaching.co.uk/2009/07/swedish-freestyle-team/ Hellooo, We've finally made it back to the UK - all be it briefly as I dash off to Sweden in 10mins (a nice short blog I hear you cry). Had lots of fun climbing Kili, although I think we might go for a beach holiday next year. [caption id="attachment_456" align="aligncenter" width="300" ... http://www.sweetwatercoaching.co.uk/2009/07/kilimanjaro-sumit-success/