Paddling as team building activities

Dragon Boating is an exhilarating and addictive sport that requires communication and team work to be successful. It is ideal for motivation, team building, physical activity or simply just for fun. Look no further for a way to build camaraderie and gel your team together as ONE.

Dragon Boat paddling can:

• Break down barriers between people, inspiring positive communication, as teammates work together.
• Encourage participants mental and physical health through a commitment to fitness and to each other.
• Foster a collective feeling of pride and accomplishment after teams complete a training session or race
• Provide a change of environment that is helpful to renew energy and creativity, boosting productivity upon returning to the workplace.

Mauritius Paddling Academy can provide you with a bespoke and comprehensive package, built around your ideas and requirements. Suitable for a wide variety of ages and abilities, dragon boating builds strength, trust, communication and camaraderie among colleagues. We provide all the necessary gear and hands-on instruction in a lively, engaging, inclusive and exhilarating outdoor environment.

Course Outcomes

Through the experience of learning the skills required for dragon boat paddling this course seeks to build cohesive teams and develop and strengthen leadership and teamwork skills. In addition, it will help them to think more flexibly when solving unexpected problems and reach results on personal and professional levels.

• Develop and strengthen interpersonal skills (self-esteem and confidence),
• Communication skills (oral),
• Leadership skills (decision making and problem solving), and
• Teamwork skills (diversity) so as to enable a more flexible thought process during unforeseen situations and to reach results on personal and professional levels.

Our programmes are modular and designed to be flexible and adaptable to the individual needs of the client company. Each module has a defined outcome and a duration of ½ day. Each module can be offered as a stand alone unit or consecutively to provide a richer learning experience. The modules can be structured as necessary to be offered over an intensive period of 1-2 days, or can be distributed as a day or ½ day event that can run over a series of weeks

What do we offer?

The sessions are run by enthusistic paddlers with years of paddling experience to coach your staff in paddling dragon boat in a safe and secure environment.

Participants will receive:

• Introduction to dragon boat paddling.
• On-land technique training.
• Water safety briefing.
• On-water practice.
• All equipmemt is provided.