The mention of people showing up with a SOT hit home. I have paddled a couple of SOT's while in Florida and Puerto Rico. It was ok but not my first choice. This summer I took my BCU Coach 2 Assessment. As part of the assessment I was given several students for about and hour with the goal of helping them improve some aspect of their paddling. Well, guess what, one of my students came with a fiberglass SOT. Now this was not a set up. This is what the student paddles all the time. After taking a deep breadth the group decided they wanted to focus on forward and sweep strokes. So away we went. I found the coaching I gave applied to both SOT's and SUN's (sit underneaths). My SOT student came away with some stroke improvement and things to work on. Later in the day I jumped into the SOT and took it out for a spin. Interesting experience as I managed to capsize. As someone who enjoys coaching I learned an interesting lesson that day. As coaches we need to continue learning and gain new experiences. I may not want to own a SOT but I will surely look for some opportunities to paddle them. In fact this summer I have been trying to paddle a number of different kayaks to understand their performance characteristics. Even got into the son's Tchaika the other day and did some rolls - it's made for a small person and I weigth in over 200. Tight but doable. Per Raph's previous note I will next spend some time in a double. sid ps: I passed Coach 2 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 9/7/00 5:43:33 PM !!!First Boot!!!, Sidney_Stone_at_amsinc.com writes: << This summer I took my BCU Coach 2 Assessment. As part of the assessment I was given several students for about and hour with the goal of helping them improve some aspect of their paddling. Well, guess what, one of my students came with a fiberglass SOT. Now this was not a set up. This is what the student paddles all the time. After taking a deep breadth the group decided they wanted to focus on forward and sweep strokes. >> After taking a deep breath? I don't understand. Don't people who paddle SOT's use forward and sweep strokes? Bruce McC WEO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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