Sailing Instructor Training - Level 3 -

Requirements for the Course:

• VDWS Instructor Licence Level 2 (available with Level 1 only upon request)
• Active VDWS membership
• Advanced sailing level
• Teaching experience

For the License Completion:

• Practical exam at the end of the Level 3 Instructor course

Note:
If you do not yet have the required practical level or have not mastered the topic of the course, you are still welcome to participate. In this case, participation will count as a license extension, not as a Level 3 certification.

Course Duration: 2 days
Cost: €200
Additional Expenses: Travel, accommodation, and equipment (if needed)

Depending on the seminar topic, the following focus areas will be weighted differently:

• Improvement of personal riding skills
• Methodology in advanced student training
• Use of digital media in teaching
• Organization of advanced student lessons or special courses
• Specific training of maneuvers and techniques
• Enhancement of personal demonstration skills
• Deepening of material knowledge and its relation to advanced equipment
• In-depth understanding of physical principles
• Expansion of didactic knowledge for advanced student training

Each Level 3 Instructor seminar concludes with a practical exam on the topic covered during the two days of the seminar.

Prerequisites:
Experience with gliding dinghies is an advantage

Course contents:
Course framework gennaker and harness course / reciprocal coaching / develop methodical teaching skills / equipment, trimming and physical background / techniques and manoeuvres.

Examination:
Up - Downwind course with two buoys.
Course will be sailed around with one tack and one jibe with gennaker. On each close hauled course, the sailor is to get into and out of the harness once. The helmsman and the foresailor will be scored equally.

Prerequisites:
Cat Basics

Course contents:
Course framework of a gennaker and harness course / reciprocal coaching / develop methodical teaching skills / equipment, trim and physical background / techniques and manoeuvres. 

Examination:
Up - Downwind Parcours  
Course will be sailed with tacks and jibes with gennaker. On each close hauled course the sailor has to get into and out of the harness once.
The helmsman and the foresailor will be judged equally.

Requirements:
Dinghy Basics

Course contents:
Course framework of a foil course on a dinghy / coaching each other / developing methodical teaching skills / equipment, trim and physical background / techniques and manoeuvres. 

Exam:.
Up - Downwind Course 
Course is sailed with a foil turn and a foil jibe.
The helmsman will be scored.