Re: [Paddlewise] Control hand that's most efficient

"Margot Pantalone" <mpantalo_at_tennessee.edu> wrote:

> I'm curious about whether there's much support for the following comment,
> from Lightning Paddle's Web site: Budding competitive paddlers might want
> to think about left control if they are right handed (and vice versa) as
> there is informal (unsubstantiated?) anatomical / physiological and
> kinesthetic evidence that paddling with the "wrong" hand as control hand is
> most efficient.

Margot, it might be good to read what the Broze Bros have to say about
control on the Mariner web site, under "PADDLING YOUR KAYAK" about halfway
down (many screens) this portion: 
http://www.marinerkayaks.com/mkhtml/MKMANUW.html

I suspect using less "control" may be in your best interests.

--
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR 
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