I guess I'll bite, but I'll also recommend Performance Sea Kayaking by Kent Ford. > >1) when you paddle, do you "pedal" your boat; that is to say do you exert > >pressure on one foot then the other, depending on where you are in your > >stroke? Same foot as active blade in the water. It's all wrapped up with the upper body rotation (wind-up, plant, rotate, release) > > > >3) When you push with your right leg, are you also pushing your knee > >upwards, or does your opposite knee pull up? If you watch Greg Barton and other flat water competitors, you'll see their knees pumping. I was sitting next to a surgeon once while watching some athletes train, and he was seeing the dollars in knee surgery accumulating! > > > >4) when your left paddle is in the water between A and B which way does > >your boat lean left or right? Boat stays still in all directions (except in moving forward of course) > > > >5) when you paddle does the stern of your boat zig zag? No.. Andree Hurley Hurley Design Communications - ICQ# 27469637 On-line Editor - http://www.canoekayak.com Other Kayaking - http://www.onwatersports.com - http://www.viewit.com/KIX/ Web Sites for Specialty Businesses - http://www.viewit.com/HDC/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jun 23 1999 - 09:03:33 PDT
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