Re: [Paddlewise] Rolling question

PeterO wrote:
> Two or three of us started wondering during rolling practise today
> whether the term "hip flick" was appropriate and whether knee
> flick or knee lift might better describe what should be emphasised
> during a roll. This may sound like a trivial question but was
> stimulated by the observation that one of us was having real
> difficulty rolling and was not doing much with the knee but was
> emphasising a hip movement.


There is no one best way to describe anything paddling-related.  Each
learner brings his own learning style - and personality - to a  training
session, so a good instructor will be able to describe the same thing in
a number of different ways, hoping that one of them will 'click' in every
student's mind, thereby achieving the goal of the lesson/session.

In teaching the roll, some students will understand the term hip flick or
hip snap, for others it may be important to stress that one knee should
be pulled up toward the chest while the other is relaxed, others will
need to be reminded to keep their upper body in the water as long as is
possible, and yet others will have enough information if you simply tell
them to use their lower body to roll the boat under them.

If one way of describing something to a student is not working, it's time
to describe it a little bit differently,  emphasize another part of the
roll, or switch from a C-to-C to a sweep roll - or vice versa.  The hip
snap/hip flick may be more appropriate for the student who has more
flexibility and is learning the C-to-C roll, while the knee lift may be
more appropriate for the less flexible student learning the sweep roll -
but these are not hard and fast rules.  The 'best' way of teaching
anything depends so much on how the student in question is put together
and capable of moving - and also on the attitude they bring to the
lesson/session.

Erik S
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