Hoosier Canoe Club Pool Session Training
For the last several years the Hoosier Canoe Club has been sponsoring weekly pool sessions on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 PM for club paddlers. The cost of a session is $5.00 per person. While the pool sessions are focused predominately on skill refinement and individual practice for whitewater kayakers, the pool is available to anyone needing to work on their skills. Recently, we have had some sea kayakers coming to the pool to refine their Eskimo roll and deep water re-entry techniques. The expectation is that if you wish to use this HCC resource, you should become a HCC member.
Instruction in Flatwater Kayak Basics and Eskimo
Rolling are available
at the pool sessions on a reservation basis from ACA Certified Kayak Instructors.
Availability is
limited due to the fact that personal
boating equipment
is used and the instructors
do this gratis. Instructors
practice
too!
A formal American Canoe Association Flatwater Kayak Workshop is held annually from mid-January through February. This 6 week, 18 hour course of instruction is held on Saturday afternoons and provides students with all the skills and information necessary to move on to either whitewater kayak or sea kayaking. The cost of this course is $100.00, and all equipment is provided. This course is limited to 16 students and always fills up quickly, so early planning is highly recommended.
For information about the Wednesday pool sessions or the Kayaking course,
email
Reggie Baker
or
call 317-
888-3315.
Also,
review
the HCC
Pool
Policy
and
role
of
the Pool
Coordinator
below.
HCC POOL POLICY
Participation is restricted to HCC members and their one-time guests.
- Participants must sign in and pay $5.00 per person at each weekly session.
- First time participants must check-in with the pool coordinator before entering the pool.
- Participants must be able to swim.
- Participants must have the ability to self-rescue (wet exit at a minimum).
Participants must maintain control of their boats and equipment at all times.
- There will be no swimming or diving.
- Participants are expected to be courteous and safety conscious at all times.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE HCC POOL COORDINATOR
The pool coordinator shall collect $5.00 from each participant and ensure that they sign the HCC Waiver/roster.
The pool coordinator shall ensure that participants are HCC members or guests.
The pool coordinator shall provide new participants with an HCC membership application and encourage them to join the club.
The pool coordinator shall make all participants aware of the pool policies.
The pool coordinator shall identify himself/herself to the Thatcher lifeguards and serve as the mediator in any issues that may arise.
The pool sessions are held at Thatcher Recreation Center.
Thatcher Recreation Center MAP TO THATCHER
4649 W. Vermont St.
Indianapolis, IN 46222
