MIKCO Fundamental Personal Skills Checklist
Basics
Personal clothing & gear
Boat lifting & carry
Boat fitting
Entry & exit, beach, dock and floating
Wet exits
Stretching exercises
Fundamental Strokes
Forward low and high
Backward paddling
Stopping, forward & reverse
Forward & reverse sweeps
Draw
Stern rudder
Slap or reflex brace
Intermediate Strokes
Sculling draw - with figure eight
Bow rudder
Cross bow rudder
Stern rudder tillering
Low brace turn
High brace turn
Hanging draw
Draw on the move
Bracing
Low brace - Stationary and moving
High brace - Stationary and moving
Sculling for support
Edging & Leaning
Application to each stroke
Toward the wave, the whitewater
Towing
Tow gear equipment options
PFD tethers, Contact, Waist, Boat mounted
Towing a swimmer
Parallel or serial tow
Husky tow
Tower as an anchor for a repair or rescue
Rescues
Contact, communication & commitment
Get water out and person in, any order, do it fast.
Practice in conditions paddle in
Assisted Rescues
Eskimo rescues – bow and paddle presentation
Boat holds parallel and opposed
T rescue with/without victim assistance
X rescue
Self Rescue
Paddle float rescue
Paddle float re-entry and roll
Sweep or combat roll
C to C
Spare paddle roll
Re-entry and roll
Extended paddle roll
All In Rescue
Knots
Bowline
Figure of Eight
Round turn and 2 half hitches
Clove hitch