Re: [Paddlewise] Rolling - easier without a paddle?

From: <MJAkayaker_at_aol.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:45:07 EDT
In a message dated 7/13/00 7:43:21 AM Central Daylight Time, LedJube_at_aol.com 
writes:

<< but they keep repeating the same problems of pulling down 
 on the paddle rather than sweeping out on the surface and then pulling with 
 their arms rather than working the hip rotation. >>

Very interesting Jed,

Did learning the hand roll first cure the pulling down problem when they 
tried rolling with the paddle or did they still have that problem when they 
restarted using the paddle?  

I have seen the hand-roll in the "Grace Under Pressure" video.  It is a 
C-to-C roll but I am not sure what you mean by a two-handed C-to-C.  Is this 
different from what is in the "Grace Under Pressure" video (if you have seen 
the video)?

Are you teaching in a pool?  In a pool I was not bothered with trying and 
missing rolls.   When I was being taught in salt-water I liked it a lot 
better when the instructors did things in real small steps such that I never 
spent much time flailing away under water.  Does the hand-roll first method 
result in more initial "failures" than the "holding hand-supporting paddle at 
90 deg -guide paddle sweep" progression that many instructors use?  Are you 
using some kind of progression in teaching the hand roll?

Mark J. Arnold
MJAkayaker_at_aol.com

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