On 4 Sep 2004 at 12:06, John Fereira wrote: > Perhaps you can't with a 90 degree feather without > some cocking of the wrist, but to paraphrase what he was saying, it's > not the paddle that causes the wrist problem, it's repeatedly bending > the wrist to the maximum range of motion. The key point is the > bending of the wrist to the maximum range of motion, and doing so > repeatedly. I'll respectfully disagree. From personal experience, you can aggravate your wrist joint with repeated flexure less than the maximum. Hence, if I use my arm/elbow/shoulder etc to control the paddle and not the wrist, the feather that I can handle is about 50- 60 degrees with a high stroke and about half that with a low stroke. I think the difference is whether you've already got a problem or not. If you have a problem before paddling, flexure less than the max will aggravate it. If you don't, a large range of motion is more likely to cause it. I've seen Hutchison's presentation on paddles and he certainly believes what he says. That doesn't mean he's not full of hot air, though. Part of his problem is that he speaks from his experience and not from the experience of others. > Hold the > paddle with your wrists lined up straight with your forearm and the > paddle is gripped in the right place. This tends to put the hands closer together than is comfortable for many paddlers using a Euro paddle. This can also be achieved with a bent shaft without changing the grip spacing. I prefer the bent shaft solution. A Greenland paddle can avoid both these problems - the latter because the close grip position keeps the wrist straight. Feathering problems are alleviated since your fingers, rather than your wrists, make the small corrections for blade entry angle. But the GP does give me a sore thumb sometimes. 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Sep 04 2004 - 11:52:06 PDT
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