WAVE PERCENTAGE %

To evaluate the percentage of good and bad waves caught by the surfer. To let the surfers have an understanding of their normal selection skills.

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

Send the surfers out into the surf for 40-60 minutes.
Ask the surfer to just go surfing.
Do not tell them that you will be evaluating their wave selection.
The coach should simply count the number of waves ridden and sort them into 3 categories. Good, average, and bad waves.
At the end of the drill, calculate a percentage for the three different categories.

The calculated percentages obtained are useful to the coach to get a picture of the wave selection skills of the surfers.

By not telling the surfers that you will be evaluating them, you will obtain a true reading of a surfer’s normal selection decisions.

Waves should not only be judged by what the surfer does on them, but also the potential that the wave offers to the surfer.