Kevin Whilden wrote: << I can't think of any other sport or physical endeavor that requires the same lateral rotational motion as hipsnapping in kayaking. Can you?>> Wayne wrote: <<Yes, racquetball. The most powerful hitters in the game get their power from striding into their shot, and rotating their torsos. (snip-o-rama) For that matter, hitting a baseball is mostly a matter of body rotation as well >> Dave Williams wrote: << I would add boxing to the list. A boxer with a powerful punch always leads his/her hip. (snipette) BTW, I've seen one of my old paddling buddies do a roll without even using his hands... they were tucked into his PFD. It was all hips! >> I would respectfully disagree with Wayne and Dave. The torso rotation that both of you describe as being so powerful is in fact a wondrous thing, but it not the same movement that the hips describe during a roll. The torso rotation that is used in Racquetball, Baseball and Boxing is around the vertical axis, while the hip rotation is, I believe, around the longitudinal axis. Please forgive me if I have labeled the axis incorrectly, certainly one of PW's many engineers can correct me if I am wrong. Jedthro *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jul 15 2000 - 16:25:37 PDT
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