CORA invites you to join our Town Hall on Sunday 2025-Oct-19 at 4PM Pacific 4PM Pacific Time for a forum highlighting Kelowna Paddle Centre (KPC) Youth Programs. Kelowna Paddle Centre has developed youth programs that have seen Kelowna Paddle Centre youth paddlers competing successfully at CORA racing events as well as IVF World Championship events. Kelowna Paddle Centre has events / programs specifically directed toward youths. The Kelowna Paddle Centre Junior Racing Program runs from April through September with a focus on outrigger canoe racing. The Kelowna Paddle Centre Summer Paddling Camps provide a range of paddling activities for children and teens. This forum will be led by various Kelowna Paddle Centre members with topics such as: Programming and Coaching; Funding, Insurance, and Other Logistics; Growing Pains and Challenges. This will be a forum for our audience across Canada to engage with Kelowna Paddle Centre and other clubs who share the vision that youth are the future.
Programming and Coaching:
- Youth Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) and the model developed at KPC (see below)
- Mental Skills and Performance
- Staff Training and Core Values
- Technical Knowledge
- Coaching Methodology
Funding, Insurance, and Other Logistics:
- Having a facility and strong local community
- Staffing considerations including paid vs volunteer coaches
- Insurance
- Safety
- Bottlenecks and Thresholds
- Budgeting
Growing Pains and Challenges:
- Importance of trial and error
- Paddler feedback
- Parent feedback
- Conflict management
This is an opportunity for clubs that already have in place or are building a youth outrigger canoeing program, to share insights, put forward questions, and communicate what resources would be beneficial to youth outrigger canoeing programs for the 2026 season.
