At 1:04 PM -0400 7/22/98, WILAX_at_aol.com wrote: >Back in the 60's, sports cars were just coming to maturity. There was an >accepted style of roadrace driving that everyone accepted as "correct". The >early big block Corvettes were getting beaten by weenie British cars. Finally >one day a guy named John Greenwood showed up with a completely altered driving >style called "pitch and toss". It was NOTHING like the accepted "correct" >way. The traditionalists were agast BUT guess who started blowing away the >competition? >Question..... Is there really a "correct" way? Do we really have to stick >with the way that everyone accepts as the "only" right way? Is there no room >for innovation? >I don't follow some of the "correct" things........ > >TM Everyone is built differently. While there is probably one "most efficient" way there are lots of examples of great athletes with "bad" form. What is successful for any given individual may not match the "ideal". This does not mean they can not improve, but it is possible that their way works better that the "correct" way would given the way they are built. I was talking to a guy yesterday who consitantly wins races. He has been told he has NO stroke. Maybe he would win more races with "better" form, but for now he is doing fine. Nick Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks c/o Newfound Woodworks, 67 Danforth Brook Rd, Bristol, NH 03222 (603) 744-6872 Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< *************************************************************************** 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 - 13:53:24 PDT
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