RE: [Paddlewise] Pawlatta, C to C, Sweep roll

From: Michael Daly <mikedaly_at_magma.ca>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:06:55 -0400
On 11 Apr 2005 at 20:07, PeterO wrote:

> It sounds as if given the lean back difficulty the advice given by
> Jeff Bingham might be the way to go. "As soon as you feel the paddle
> take a bite on the water...roll your hips.". I might have been leaving
> this too late as a hangover from the C to C where I tend to wait until
> the paddle is positioned before rolling.

I forgot about that part.  As Steve says, this roll is not done in 
phases, it's one continuous motion.  I teach folks to start the kayak 
rotation with the hips/knees at the same time as you start the sweep. 
Given the difficulty in trying to layback, you'll have to get the 
kayak mostly upright before you've swept to 90 degree.  If you can do 
that, the remaining sweep/reverse sweep phase will be to brace your 
body up over the already-righted kayak.

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 Mon Apr 11 2005 - 10:07:04 PDT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:20 PDT