While we're at it, how about "In Praise of Quads." When it comes to teaching the nuances of a forward stroke, there's nothing like a quad. Put a technician in seat one, a trainee in seat two, an intermediate paddler in seat three, and a paddler with good balance and a decent low brace in seat four. That way the boat will move along at a near normal pace, while the trainee can mimic the technician's stroke without having to worry too much about balance. Then it's just a matter of time until the trainee can move to seat three, and another trainee can take seat two. Although not as sexy as singles, quads also work wonderfully when experienced paddlers want to learn and compare each other's techniques. It's a great way of spreading good technique throughout a club. (And apart from technique, quads are a blast for taking out kids and dogs.) *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Sep 30 2009 - 06:55:08 PDT
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