Brookline Pool Session

Are you ready to practice your roll? Do you want to perfect your re-entry technique? Are you afraid that time spent without practicing a high-brace will leave you high and wet? Or do you just miss being in you boat?

All of our pool sessions this year will be the “Open Practice” format where you can learn from your peers.

Things that can be practiced in a pool include skills, techniques and strokes that do not need an expanse of water, such as:

* Wet exits

* Rescues, assisted and unassisted.

* Equipment testing, exploration, shakedown, usage or just getting comfortable, for example,using a paddle float for rescues.

* Strokes not needing an expanse of water, such as draw and pry.

* Rolling, bracing, balance bracing, sculling, etc.

Equipment for pool sessions, includes:

* Own boat, either sea kayak or short boat.

* PFD -- required for anyone in a boat in a pool session.

* Spray skirt -- required for the vast majority of skills to be practiced

* Paddle float – optional, for rescue practice, rolling practice, etc.

* Pump – optional for practice involving capsized or swamped boats

* Goggles or a face mask -- highly recommended for practice that involves immersion, since chlorinated pools can be hard on the eyes.

PLEASE NOTE: NSPN requires that payment for the pool sessions must be made in advance of the pool session. Your Registrar will provide you with the details that you need to know. Pool sessions are non-refundable. (Short notice for the first session on December 10, so bring your money and your waivers if you are a non-member – BUT you must RSVP so that I can plan for the right number of spotters!)

Registrar: John Gamel is the registrar ([email protected]).

Price: $20 members; $40 non-members (that’s right - $20 for the pool, $10 for the ACA and $10 to encourage you to join and be a member )

When you inquire about a pool session, please include: Your name, phone number, NSPN membership number, expiration date, emergency contact and their phone number in the email.

The location is in the aquatic center right next to Brookline High School, which is easily reached from Route 9, and other major roads coming through Brookline, e.g. Brookline Avenue, or Beacon St. The actual street address is 60 Tappan Street, Brookline. There is parking in front of the pool, and the carry distance for kayaks includes a set of stairs (about six feet of rise) and about another 75 feet of carrying straight into the pool area.