Re: [Paddlewise] What would you do differently?

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:40:59 -0400
At 11:27 AM 10/16/99 -0400, Bob Volin wrote:
>John wrote:
>>I've worked on my sculling brace and can finally get my head completely
>>wet.  It took awhile to feel comfortable getting my left elbow down so
>>I'm holding the paddle like I would a pull-up bar.  Once I did that I was
>>able to get a nice, slow, sculling motion.
>>
>>Unfortunately I've only been able to do a real good scull on my right side.
>>Can anyone suggest some tricks how to make my offside sculling brace
>>better?
>....Why not use a slightly inflated paddle float on that side until you feel
>comfortable with the movement?

I have used a slightly inflated paddle float to practice a roll but I'm not
sure
how well it would work for a sculling brace.  It would seem to me that it 
make it really difficult to get a feel for the blade angle.  
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