Re: [Paddlewise] Leg Power (was an apology to Jim et. al. - )

I agree with this but Daniel Key said it?
Matt Broze
-----Original Message-----
From: Kirk Olsen <kolsen_at_imagelan.com>
To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>; Michael
Daly <michaeldaly_at_home.com>
Date: Monday, June 28, 1999 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Leg Power (was an apology to Jim et. al. - )


>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
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