Re: [Paddlewise] C-to-C Roll

Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com wrote:
> 
> Hi, all.  I'm leaning to roll, starting with the C-to-C.  My biggest problem is that as hard as I try not to, I continue to lean forward as my hip snap pulls the boat underneath me and my upper body begins to come up out of the water.  It's kind of like I'm doing a sit-up half way through the hip snap.  I know it's wrong, I focus on not doing it, and by the time I come up out of the water, I seem to have done it anyway.

Hi Rick,

I thought the basic idea of the C-to-C is that you start leaning forward
and end leaning forward, so what is the problem? You say you come up out
of the water, does that mean your roll works, but not the way you want
it to?

Since I don't see the problem, my help might be a total miss. Still,
I'll give it a try:

1. It is possible to perform the whole move on shore. Stand up, lean
forward as far as you can, imagine you're sitting in a boat, with the
bow pointed in the ground and the stern somewhere in the ceiling. Now
make the move. Do it a couple of times, so your muscles will remember.
This exercise takes some imagination, so if it doesn't work for you:

2. Perform the roll, in the water this time, on a paddlefloat. Remember
that you don't have to roll 360 degrees: Going down and getting up on
the same side, like an extreme high brace, will do. In that way you
don't have to roll over the paddle float. Now do the whole movement
SLOWLY. Break it up in steps, take time to remember and perform each
step before performing the next. You learn to drive a car slowly, you
learn to play the piano slowly, so why not learn to roll slowly? Look
for the moves that are easiest.  A good roll requires no strength. Use a
noseplug and diving mask to be comfortable under water. When you can
make the movement fluently at 1/10'th of the speed, start speeding up.

3. If all that doesn't help, find a "friend", give him a sharp stick,
and let him punish you for every wrong move you make. Pain is the best
teacher. I hope you don't need this piece of advice.

Hope I hit the target,

Niels.
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