RE: [Paddlewise] Pool Session Report (longish)

At 01:29 PM 3/30/00 -0500, Joe Brzoza wrote:
>"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. 

Actually, that's related to number 2.  If the blade is at the wrong angle
at the beginning of a sweep it's not going to stay at the surface.  I had
that problem when I was first learning how to roll.  The fix was simple.
As soon as I made sure that I cocked my right wrist forward (my control
hand) the paddle blade would keep a climbing angle to the surface and stay
near the surface when I hip snapped.   Lately I've been practice going over
on my right side and letting the paddle dive and then sculling it back to
the surface by controlling the blade angle. Eventually, I hope to be able
to fall over to the left and start a sculling motion until I come all the
way around and end up in a deep sculling brace.

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