From: "Peter Treby" <ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au> > The one book I've read devoted solely to rolling, "The Bombproof Roll and > Beyond" by Steve Dutky, is written from a white water perspective. Is Derek > Hutchinson's book on rolling worth acquiring and reading as well? It's useful for documenting some rolls that aren't published in book form elsewhere (at least, that I've found). Some of the diagrams are hard to follow and the name of at least one roll has been challenged. Dutky's book is first choice IMHO (to learn), DH is number two (for variety.) > Perhaps Roger and Jan will get around to > writing another excellent book just devoted to rolling. [...] > Maybe a Greenlander could write something that explains rolling and all > those capsize manoeuvres listed at > http://www.magicnet.net/~gstamer/rolls.html. The problem with a truly complete book on rolling is that it would be encyclopedic in size and complexity. It would have to come with a DVD of video clips, since written text and simple diagrams aren't enough. What I'd like to see is at least a cross-reference listing of the rolls. I've seen discussions here and on other lists that have two folks using different names for the same roll and I've even seen the same name applied to two different rolls. I tried learning a roll from DH's book two winters ago in the pool. One of our club's rolling instructors tried to help me and confused me completely, since he was teaching me a different roll. I finally got something sorted out the following summer - a third roll. All these rolls had essentially the same set-up and intent, with a slightly different technique. I can now do the third version, but it ain't pretty (yet - the instruction in summer 2000 was very good [at Grand Marais symposium] but I hadn't nailed it. I kept mentally rehearsing until last week in the pool. This was the first time I tried it since then. Got it first time!) What I ended up with is a reverse screw roll. What I was trying initially was a variation on an Aleut roll! BTW, how different do two rolls have to be for someone to consider them distinct? Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jan 26 2002 - 10:13:43 PST
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