My club is in the middle of pool sessions and someone contacted me about a sweep roll technique. He said he learned it from an ACA instructor and it is basically Dutky's sweep roll. However, it is a misinterpretation. Figure 5.1 D (my copy of the first edition) shows a paddler with a relaxed position at the final recovery of a sweep roll (what I'd call a screw roll i.e. normal hand position on paddle). The paddler is looking at the sweeping blade and the arm is slightly bent. The ACA instructor and the person who contacted me seem to have interpreted this drawing as meaning that one finishes the roll with a serious twist to the torso, with the elbow on the rear deck and the head looking back! I suppose that the drawing could be a tad misleading, but the text does not support such an interpretation. Has anyone else come across someone doing or teaching a roll like this? 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/ ***************************************************************************
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