Struggle and Progression

Plainwell Swell Goofing Off June 11 from Keith Wikle on Vimeo. I sometimes think about struggle and progression as a linked set of activities and values for coaching. Maybe, learning in general. Students often get frustrated when something isn’t immediately easy or apparent. Rolling, surfing, or complicated patterns of maneuvers for turns where edges switch …

Coaching Fear or Risk?

It’s no secret that I love other sports. I’ve played and followed English Football, [soccer] all my life. Every once in a while a gem from the other disciplines pops up to help me in paddlesports. I’ve followed Tottenham Hotspur since I was in my twenties. On a rainy ill-fated evening in February of 1994 …