Kayaking is a sport involving sitting within a closed boat and using a paddle with blades on both ends to navigate. This will be a kayaking taster session based in the university pool.
The session will run from 9-10pm, meeting at 8:45 outside the STV entrance so we can walk as a group to the pool changing rooms. We will have people outside the STV entrance until just after 9pm for any latecomers but ideally we need to be poolside by about 9:05pm.
Participants should bring a swimming costume, shorts and tshirt that they are happy to wear in the university pool, and a towel and change of clothes for afterwards. They will have to do the SU mandated swim test if they haven't done it before, before they can get in a kayak. This involves swimming two full lengths of the pool in under 5 minutes, treading water for 5 minutes and then climbing out un-aided onto the high side of the pool. After they have completed this, we will help them get into the kayaks, get used to them and then play some games.
It's a very chilled session, we will have lots of coaches and people to help and absolutely no experience is required !