Canoeing

Fortunately, I have had access to attend multi-gym session with Gordon for the past two years and I have made a huge improvement/increase in a variety of components of fitness: reaction timing, balance, speed, agility, co-ordination, control... therefore concluding to me being a better and more improved canoe slalom athlete from the past two years. I would highly recommend these sessions to a variety of people of various ages, as it would help anyone improve their performance of any sport at any age, gender and ability. Furthermore, from all of the sports I have performed and taken part in, none of them having increased the components of fitness (reaction timing, balance...) better than and faster than Gordon’s sessions, so thank you very much Gordon!

Furqan Mughal

We are in our 2nd year of systematically identifying Nottingham based children and supporting them via a fast tracked system of professional coaching support. Our intention is to deliver these children onto the GB Junior team within 4-6yrs. The sport of Canoe Slalom is a highly technical, specific, open skill based sport requiring huge amounts of explosive stop start activity, set in an uncontrolled white water environment, it is essential that our paddlers have superior cognitive and perceptual skill sets in order to succeed to the highest level.Gordon is working with the Academy to add value to our paddlers strength and conditioning programme by designing (and delivering) a tailored sport specific multi sport programme to help expand and develop their physical literacy. I am looking forward to working with Gordon, I have found multi sport sessions in thepast to be highly engaging for our paddlers and highly effective (setting up an implicit learning environment is often key to getting the most out of younger age groups), long term this will be of massively benefit to our paddlers and hopefully give them the edge they need to succeed to the highest levels.

Richard Ramsdale - UKCC Level 3 coach

Canoe England

"The Nottingham TID Academy has been fortunate enough to benefit from Gordon’s support for the last year or so.

His sessions are always thoroughly enjoyed by our paddlers. They serve to provide exactly the right challenge to the age range we work with; sessions are fast paced, engaging, fun and very challenging.

It is allowing us to produce paddlers that are more athletic and more robust, which is having a positive impact along the talent pathway.

The kids we see coming off the TID Academy typically have better fundamental movement patterns and control”

Louise Donington

(GB Canoeing Regional Coach)