Re: [Paddlewise] Dinkless In Victoria

At 06:48 PM 11/25/99 -0800, Frank wrote:
<big snip>

>I think we can all rest easier now, knowing that the United States is
>not running rampant with any violent flicking of one's head. Well not
>yet, anyway.  
>JUST KIDDING!  :-)
>
>Frank
>(Really, I'm not on the ACA payroll - I guess you just struck a
>patriotic nerve :-)

Thank you Frank for being frank. I always post a bit provocatively -- kind
of like baiting with a big juicy worm. People will ignor me soon! (Get
bigger worms?) Your snipped explanation of ACA teaching norms seems to
coincide with what Michael Daly, Steve Cramer, and Athur Hebert indicated.
Thank you guys for your time and explanation -- I do appreciate it very,
very much.  I actually don't have direct evidence of incorrect head
dinking. I originally said:

"I have heard a number of representations from American quarters promoting
the flicking of the head at the end of the roll and on brace recovery,
specifically calling this the
head dink". 

This was based on hear-say. I will be speaking to my sources! When I
contacted another friend of mine (who is helping implement the new CRCA
standards on the west coast of Canada), he didn't think the ACA would
actually be promoting head flicking officially. He indicated Derek
Hutchinson may be getting a little old and cranky in his old age -- now I'm
gonna get tarred with the same brush. Hopefully someone will respond to
Derek's letter to SK Magazine, or should we just "let the heathen rage?"

BC'in Ya
Doug Lloyd (Mr Busy-Body)  
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