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I'm new to newsgroups (so hopefully haven't made a pig's ear of it!) and new to kayaking. What I'd like to know is as a 35 year old beginner, are my chances of becoming a great paddler less now than if I'd started as a child or does age not enter the equation? I know I'm not old but I seem to be the eldest novice in my local club, lol. Also, as a complete "Humbug" I was wondering if any instructors out there would be willing to give me lessons over the Christmas break. I live in Southampton, and am yearning to get out of the pool and onto a river. I'm trying to boycott Xmas this year and can't think of a better way to spend it : ) TIA Liz. |
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"Liz" wrote in message om... Hello I'm new to newsgroups (so hopefully haven't made a pig's ear of it!) and new to kayaking. What I'd like to know is as a 35 year old beginner, are my chances of becoming a great paddler less now than if I'd started as a child or does age not enter the equation? I know I'm not old but I seem to be the eldest novice in my local club, lol. Also, as a complete "Humbug" I was wondering if any instructors out there would be willing to give me lessons over the Christmas break. I live in Southampton, and am yearning to get out of the pool and onto a river. I'm trying to boycott Xmas this year and can't think of a better way to spend it : ) Age does come into it, as it does for any sport... As my doctor put it, "As you grow older you have to train for your sport, rather than using your sport to train". I am similar aged to you, and now I find I need to do some work in the gym to keep up paddling fitness. But there is no reason not to start now. I regularly coach people older than myself. We get the right results. Just go for it! I think the oldest person I have taught was 65, and we got him rolling. Southampton... sorry... too far away :-( A friendly word of advice... at this time of year... get some decent paddling wear... (shiver) Happy paddling! Peter -- -- Add "bypass" to subject line to email this address. All others rejected. |
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"Liz" wrote in message om... Hello I'm new to newsgroups (so hopefully haven't made a pig's ear of it!) and new to kayaking. What I'd like to know is as a 35 year old beginner, are my chances of becoming a great paddler less now than if I'd started as a child or does age not enter the equation? I know I'm not old but I seem to be the eldest novice in my local club, lol. Also, as a complete "Humbug" I was wondering if any instructors out there would be willing to give me lessons over the Christmas break. I live in Southampton, and am yearning to get out of the pool and onto a river. I'm trying to boycott Xmas this year and can't think of a better way to spend it : ) TIA Liz. Hi Liz yes age does make a difference I started at 36 3 years ago and still having problems with thinks like rolling The club that I go to has a 15 year old female how has been Kayaking for 2 years and last month she rolled 115 time non stop in fact she could of done more but the water was getting to shallow Neil --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.538 / Virus Database: 333 - Release Date: 10/11/2003 |
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Liz wrote:
Hello I'm new to newsgroups (so hopefully haven't made a pig's ear of it!) and new to kayaking. What I'd like to know is as a 35 year old beginner, are my chances of becoming a great paddler less now than if I'd started as a child or does age not enter the equation? I know I'm not old but I seem to be the eldest novice in my local club, lol. Also, as a complete "Humbug" I was wondering if any instructors out there would be willing to give me lessons over the Christmas break. I live in Southampton, and am yearning to get out of the pool and onto a river. I'm trying to boycott Xmas this year and can't think of a better way to spend it : ) TIA Liz. Hi Liz, Well its unlikely you're going to make a world class freestyle paddler... but it doesn't mean you won't be running grade 4 in 2 years. In our club, we've got a few members who started paddling around the 40ish mark. I would say that all who started within the last 3 years (with the exception of one or two maybe) have developed a good roll on one side and paddled grade 2 with confidence within 6 months of joining. One or two have even managed a trip to the alps in their first year. At your age, you should be able to achieve what you want... just don't let the speed that the little buggers in your club pick things up. Kids learn really fast and almost effortlessly..., whereas we've got to keep plugging away. If you want to travel to south Wales, e.mail me and I'll arrange for a few of us (adults only) to go out for the day. Have fun, Steve (Amman Valley Paddlers) |
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Liz wrote:
I'm new to newsgroups (so hopefully haven't made a pig's ear of it!) No... and new to kayaking. What I'd like to know is as a 35 year old beginner, are my chances of becoming a great paddler less now than if I'd started as a child or does age not enter the equation? Your chances of becoming "great" are certainly less. But as long as you become great *enough* to get something out of it, does that really matter? In kayaking, as any other sport, the great majority of the participants are not "great" at it. I'm not-great at a lot of sports (kayaking (surf, river and sea) included), but participate in and enjoy many of them. not old but I seem to be the eldest novice in my local club, lol. You'd be about par for the course in Tayside Sea Kayak. We've had retired folk come along to take it up. Also, as a complete "Humbug" I was wondering if any instructors out there would be willing to give me lessons over the Christmas break. I live in Southampton, and am yearning to get out of the pool and onto a river. I'm trying to boycott Xmas this year and can't think of a better way to spend it : ) Surfing! ;-) Pete. -- Peter Clinch University of Dundee Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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writes Hello I'm new to newsgroups (so hopefully haven't made a pig's ear of it!) and new to kayaking. What I'd like to know is as a 35 year old beginner, are my chances of becoming a great paddler less now than if I'd started as a child or does age not enter the equation? I know I'm not old but I seem to be the eldest novice in my local club, lol. Also, as a complete "Humbug" I was wondering if any instructors out there would be willing to give me lessons over the Christmas break. I live in Southampton, and am yearning to get out of the pool and onto a river. I'm trying to boycott Xmas this year and can't think of a better way to spend it : ) TIA Liz. which club are you with? there are several round Southampton - most will have some suitable trip going on over Christmas at some point I would have thought. Many clubs are happy to take 'drop ins' for these sort of trips if you ask. The main issue is having suitable kit to keep you warm . If you haven't paddled outside the pool them you probably don't need lessons - just a bit of time on the water to sort out going strait - not as easy as it sounds on a windy river! Richard -- Dr Richard Seaby PISCES Conservation Ltd IRC House, The Square Pennington, Lymington Hants, SO41 8GN Tel +44 (0)1590 676622/674000 Fax +44 (0)1590 675599 www.irchouse.demon.co.uk www.pisces-conservation.com www.powerstationeffects.co.uk www.amazonian-fish.co.uk |
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The club that I go to has a 15 year old female how has been Kayaking for 2 years and last month she rolled 115 time non stop in fact she could of done more but the water was getting to shallow Why? was she drinking it? -- -- Add "bypass" to subject line to email this address. All others rejected. |
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Hi Liz yes age does make a difference I started at 36 3 years ago and still having problems with thinks like rolling You thinks too much.... rolling is feeling not thinking ;-) I don't think this is totally an age issue... we have people who can roll at 36+ and find it easy, and we have younger people who find it impossible. Age comes in because people get stiffer, but if you are taught good technique, you should be able to roll. I have seen a paraplegic lady being taught to roll... a hipflick free roll. It's interesting to see how she does it. Peter |
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Age comes in because people get stiffer, but if you are taught good technique, you should be able to roll. I have seen a paraplegic lady being taught to roll... a hipflick free roll. It's interesting to see how she does it. A pawlata roll is quite easy to do without a hip-flick. In fact that's one of the nice things about it: less co-ordination required and you're using leverage rather than brute power so are less likely to do a naughty to a shoulder too. Not great if you're in a Big Hurry, but more likely to work if you're not. Our club starts folk off on pawlatas and then progresses to screws after that's fairly bombproof. Must say I'm not getting very far with reverse screws at the moment: back to that "which way is up? what do I do now? what am I doing here?" feeling I had first time I was trying pawlatas unassisted! Pete. -- Peter Clinch University of Dundee Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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"Peter Clinch" wrote in message ... Peter wrote: A pawlata roll is quite easy to do without a hip-flick. In fact that's one of the nice things about it: less co-ordination required and you're using leverage rather than brute power so are less likely to do a naughty to a shoulder too. Not great if you're in a Big Hurry, but more likely to work if you're not. Our club starts folk off on pawlatas and then progresses to screws after that's fairly bombproof. Must say I'm not getting very far with reverse screws at the moment: back to that "which way is up? what do I do now? what am I doing here?" feeling I had first time I was trying pawlatas unassisted! It is interesting that you teach pawlata first.... I don't anymore for the reason that people seem to rely on the leverage, and that turns into brute force with the screw roll. I prefer to teach a non-brute force method of doing the screw roll, which protects the shoulders etc. Since I changed to this way of teaching, my success at getting people to roll has rocketed... the most impressive "victim" went from not started rolling to rolling in 15 minutes. She of course was an exception, but we seem to get most people going in a few pool sessions. Reverse Screw: the thing I did wrong for ages is I was pulling the blade down in the water, rather than sweeping it out. This gave me a reverse roll, but quite a weak one. Sweeping it round, and bingo... a much better, safer roll. I still don't like back deck types of rolls, but they definitely have their uses. Peter -- -- Add "bypass" to subject line to email this address. All others rejected. |
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