SURFING SURVIVAL

To make the surfers concentrate on one particular manoeuvre and the

success of its execution.

Ask the surfer to go for a light jog on the beach followed by stretching exercises.

Clarify with them the effort expected by the coach and explain the benefits of the training to their surfing performances.

A group of surfers are asked to go into the surf for 30 minutes and on the waves they catch must perform a target manoeuvre (for example, floaters, vertical re- entries etc).
The surfers are allowed to have one wipeout while performing this manoeuvre during this time, but if they fall again whilst attempting the manoeuvre they must return to the beach.
The surfer who is left out in the surf the longest is the winner of this drill.

Surfing survival is a great drill for a large group of surfers.

If a coach has a large variation in the surfing abilities in the group, the better surfers are allowed to make no mistakes.