Overall coaching policy and the BCU system of qualifications for the coaching of paddlesports is agreed jointly by the four associations' coaching panels that make up BCU Coaching UK – the Canoe Association of Northern Ireland, the Scottish Canoe Association, the Welsh Canoe Association and the English Coaching Panel.
The BCU UK Coaching Committee comes together three times a year to manage and develop overall coaching business. The committee has ten voting members in total. The make up of the committee is federal and voting follows the 5/2/2/1 federal voting system. Delegates on the BCU UK Coaching Committee are nominated from the National Association Coaching and Competitions Committee.
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The National Association Coaching and Competitions Committees meet at times between the UK meetings to ensure that new policy and revisions to existing policy are agreed after having had time to be considered by each national associations. In this way, final policy should reflect the needs of each of the national associations.