On 12-Jul-2004, "Frank Healy" wrote:

The problem with
being taught by people who have picked it up with no formal teaching is
they teach their bad habits.

But what about those _with_ formal training that teach bad habits?

I've met folks both with and without formal training and they can have
both good and bad technique. Add to this that paddling technique has
been in a state of flux, to some extent, recently and you get all sorts
of techniques being taught with no clear idea (for the student) of what
is right.

Another problem is that most racing is short distance (i.e. Olympic
C and K) and those techniques are inappropriate for long distance
or for recreation.

Mike