Back sweeping brace stroke: With regards to what to do with a blown roll, you might try the following exercise at your next rolling practice. Just when you think your roll is about to fail, turn the blade over and do a back sweeping brace stroke (followed by a forward sweep if necessary). This uses the back of the blade, not the power face like a skulling stroke. It is particularly helpful for sweep style rollers who don't quite finish. I recommend practicing alternating forward and reverse bracing (not skulling) first to get the feel of quickly reversing the blade angle. > > > Perhaps the remedy in rolling, whatever the particular types of roll, > > > should be on dealing with a blown roll and still staying in your boat in > > > a relaxed breathing position. I have watched good rollers do just > > > that. > > > > This is a timely thread because I just learned something this past Friday > > about a sculling brace (is this the relaxed breathing position you are > > talking about?) that I didn't know before. > > > > In my past attempts at sculling, I would lean my boat further and further on > > edge, and arch my body (in a 'J') further away from the water. At some > > point, gravity would win and the boat would turn over completely and drive > > me under the water. > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Nov 28 1999 - 14:33:21 PST
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