>C to C versus the screw roll? What is better, what do you prefer? In the Netherlands the preference seems to be to teach the C-to-C. I observed a instructors intruction course last week and saw how they teach it here which is quite different from the method used in the US (in my experience at least) which favors the screw roll ending on the back deck. The Dutch method makes sense insofar that is breaks the roll down into several distinct steps: Invert (well duh) Push paddle to surface and slap blade twice (to establish surface contact) Sweep forward and lock Brace and hip-snap Dislocate shoulder OK, I added that last one. The screw (or is it a sweep?) seems to be a much more "fluid" roll from start to finish and thus harder to teach. The US method seems (again in my limited experience) to almost always start with the teaching of bow-rolls and then onto paddlefloat screw rolls and from there a regular roll. Paddlefloats are pretty much non-existant here (no one seems to paddle alone) making that impossible. The Dutch method seems to allow for an easier learning of the offside roll. Personally, I've always wondered about how effective it is to teach a paddlefloat roll as I think it may initially hinder developing a proper hip-snap. -Patrick *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Feb 12 2002 - 08:13:11 PST
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