rsk_at_gsp.org wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 23, 1998 at 09:34:39AM -0400, Michael Neverdosky wrote: > > rsk_at_gsp.org wrote: > > I AM SAYING THAT WHAT IS BEST FOR RACING IS NOT BY DEFINITION BEST > > FOR EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Please don't shout. It's rude. Sometimes it is needed to get people to pay attention. > I have never advanced such an argument, in any case. But you have, again and again, by implication that racing technique is best come hell or high water. > > I must allow for your bias. > > I'm sorry, no bias was involved. Are you NOT a slalom racer? Did you not make a statement that nearly every important inovation of recent years came from slalom racing? If I am wrong of either of these points then I appologize. > Otherwise, > please leave baseless allegations of bias out of the discussion. Sorry but everyone has some bias. > > Maybe it is just that racers spend a lot more time practicing and > > training. > > I see no evidence to support this conclusion. I have observed > a great many river runners who spend *more* time in their boats > than racers but who have not developed the same skillset. But just running rivers is not training and practicing. The old statement that "Practice makes perfect" is incomplete, "Perfect practice makes perfect" is much more correct. > > People in all sports benefit form improving their skills, that still > > doesn't mean they should use the same equipment and techniques as the racers. > > I didn't specify equipment: I specified technique. And while I don't > know what your background is, I can tell you that every whitewater > instruction program I'm familiar with (e.g. Zoar, NOC, Riversport, > Four Corners, etc.) teaches techniques developed by racers, *not* > because they're racing techniques, but because they're optimal > and because they work. I didn't notice that this was a 'whitewater' list. Maybe that is another bias I need to keep in mind. Are you saying that there is no technique that was deveolped by nonracers that is being taught and is good? That IS your implication. It might be usefull to point out how the application of techniques differs between people who are racing and who are not racing. I ca teach someone to use good racing line in driving a car, but if they do it the same way on the street it will get them killed. The underlying principles remain the same but the application is very different. Lots of good stuff comes from racing, but not everything good came from racing. michael *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jul 23 1998 - 08:03:35 PDT
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