When you roll, you are normally coming all the way around so you have momentum. Even if you roll up on the same side you capsize on, normally you would wait until your torso starts back to the surface and has "peaked" before starting your roll. This still provides momentum, or at least doesn't work against you. While bracing the object is to keep from being submerged, so your brace must to reverse the direction of your body, and do so while most of your body is still above the surface. Still, the extra force (muscle) required should mostly come from hip-snap and head dink, not the paddle. Keep your elbows tucked (in the paddlers box) to avoid transferring that force to your shoulders. Steve Brown -----Original Message----- ....... It happens that I have been practicing 'deep braces' lateley, with my head hitting the water before bracing up. I find this maneuver more difficult than a roll and I fail to come up about every half dozen times, and am forced to roll. Not sure why the deep brace fails since my roll is extremely reliable. Also, bracing back up from a 'deep brace' requires much more muscle than coming up after my roll. Again I am not sure why. Jerry *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jul 30 2004 - 09:53:13 PDT
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