RE: [Paddlewise] Fear of rolling.

From: PeterO <rebyl_kayak_at_iprimus.com.au>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 23:16:30 +1000
Jolie wrote: -
>sometimes it feels good to end when you feel
>that you are winning,

G'Day,

Absolutely agree, as well as morale, once the rolls start failing they are
just reinforcing inappropriate muscle memory.

Two things I haven't heard are i) the importance to morale of wearing enough
clothing to be warm under water. ii) The original problem was caused by the
trainee not being able to wet exit from the kayak - seems it might be worth
focussing on making sure the fear of not being able to wet exit was
completely dispersed by practising that one thing over and over first on dry
land then in the water.

All the best, PeterO
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