On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Michael Daly wrote: > (I believe this is quoting matt broze) > > Every flatwater kayaker I have seen pushes with the onside leg. That is, > > they drive with the leg that is on the same side as the stroke. > > Does this mean that you have to "loosen up" the fitting of your sea > kayak to use the leg power effectively? I don't get the leg push, to > be honest. I tried using the offside leg push this past weekend when I was out on my surf ski, it's a whole lot easier to figure out what your legs do when you can watch them. I get completely mixed up trying to push with the offside leg. I don't feel that I can decently "trigger" my stroke unless I can push on the side I'm paddling on. Pushing with my onside leg keeps my hips solidly in place as I rotate my torso. I find I don't have a whole lot of lower body motion during a stroke, my onside knee may drop an inch during the leg push and my hips only rotate a small amount. I do think I push down slightly on the opposite side of the boat during the stroke in order to keep the boat level - I've almost eliminated side to side tipping of the boat while paddling a straight line. kirk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jun 28 1999 - 07:52:29 PDT
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