"Steven W. Jarvis" wrote: >I finally quit raising my head, but I'm still having problems with my paddle position. Then Mike Wrote: >On the paddle dive issue there are usually two causes. The first is putting too much weight on >the paddle. The second cause is blade angle. Here's a third cause: When setting up and sweeping you may not be keeping the blade at the surface of the water. I see a lot of beginners start pulling down on the blade before it gets to the "perpendicular to the boat position", so when it comes time to start the pull and hip flick the blade is already 2 feet under water. So stretch out there with that arm and keep that blade up until ready. Hope this helps. Joe *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Mar 30 2000 - 10:30:00 PST
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