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

At 01:06 PM 4/11/2005 -0400, Michael Daly wrote:
>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.

A good exercise for this is to practice rotating the kayak with your 
hips/knees while holding onto the bow of someone elses boat or the side of 
a pool.  When I'm teaching beginners how to "hip snap" I have them do the 
following.

Grab onto the bow of another boat or the side of the pool and lean over 
until your head is in the water. Then try rotating the boat over as far as 
possible with your hips/knees.  Then, without taking your head out of the 
water try to rotate the boat back upright as much as possible.

In order to get the feeling of rotating the boat rather than "snapping" it 
back upright, I'll have them count to three as the boat goes from an upside 
down position to right side up.  I find that having them turn the boat over 
with their hips, rather than think of "hip snapping" actually helps them 
keep their head down.  When the focus is on a sharp "hip snap" often the 
snap is more of a "pull down hard on the paddle" than a quick rotation of 
the hips as they try to bring their head out of the water.  
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