At 01:33 PM 7/13/98 -0500, you wrote: > >The source is obviously British. It might be from the British Canoe >Union Handbook, but I would have to check my copy to be sure. > >An interesting thing about the illustrations is that several appear to >show the paddle behind the paddler's head at some point during the >roll. I would think that this technique would expose the paddler to >greater risk of shoulder dislocation. I am mostly self-taught, but when >I do a screw roll, I lay back at the finish, so my paddle is never >behind or directly above my head. (At least, that is the way it feels >to me.) > On page 4 under "The Body Follow Through", it talks about the forward vs. backward body position on completion of the roll. I was taught to lay back, but what is said here about leaning forward at the last makes some sense - I have never tried that. Somewhere in the text it mentions that the drawing differs slightly from the desired method. The paddle behind the head may just be the artist's rendition. Bob http://www.zooid.com/sbpaddle *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 13 1998 - 12:03:43 PDT
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