My biggest success in teaching the roll was handroll first, then paddle. He's still working on the reliable screw roll, but man, can the guy ever handroll! I attributed it to the fact that he's a SCUBA diver, and had his mask on, and was comfortable in the water (read: not panicky), so was able to hold his head down longer than most. Basically, I had him working at the pool's edge, developing his hip snap. He got a little too far away from the pool edge, and lo and behold, came up with a handroll. I had to practically break his arms and reset the bones around the paddle--he just wanted to handroll all evening! I didn't ever think of handroll-first as a learning technique; maybe I should. It sure does seem like a good way to emphasize hip rotation, and de-emphasize paddle technique. IMHO, boat fit is the key, though, to any successful rolling regime. Shawn Jed Luby (or is that his real name?) wrote: > Just last week, I started to teach rolling first with hand paddles then >quickly moving to "hands-only" rolls. -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 13 2000 - 11:52:08 PDT
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