Re: [Paddlewise] teaching rolling

Patrick,
I can do a screw roll and end up forward, or end up on the rear deck.

Ending on the front deck does involve a distinct hip snap.

Ending on the rear deck, the hip snap is less distinct in that steps 
follow in a clear order: 1. Set up, 2. sweep to 90 degrees, 3, drive 
knees and hull around until boat is more than 90 degrees up, and 4. 
lift shoulders and head about 3-4 inches from water surface to back 
deck.  This is easily trained with the aid of a paddle float of any 
kind allowing student to become specifically aquainted with the 
coordination of each part of the roll. 

Once this is learned, by adding a sculling step at (3), the student 
can stop and rest at the surface and then finish at will over the 
rear deck.

What is that "sweep forward" in your series of steps? Are you doing a 
styre roll?

I ask again, is your screw roll ending on the front deck or the rear 
deck?

Thanks,
Chuck Sutherland







Subject:       Re: [Paddlewise] teaching rolling
Date:          Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:03:57 +0100


In the Netherlands the preference seems to be to teach the C-to-C.

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

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