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Muzz wrote:
Well today I went to the pool and manages 4 lengths without stopping and then another sixteen with breaks to catch my breath. It seemed a lot easier as I was doing it for a reason, I kept telling myself it's useful for kayaking. It's easier if it's for a reason is in line with my findings too. Years ago my brother entered me in a mini-triathlon, starting with a 500m swim. I went to the local pool and was /finished/ after 300m. I said I'd have to drop out, I was told I'd damn well come and fail in person, so I went along in no expectation of finishing the swim, but did it easily (okay, I was last out of the pool, but I felt fine). two thirds further than I thought I was capable of, just because there was an event going on with some pride at stake. Anyway have a look at this http://www.useakayak.org/reflec_rolling_5_02.html Interetsing article. Quite a few folk who have joined up with my club (Tayside Sea) do seem to be pretty focused, at the expense of just about anything else, on learning rolling. Try and get folk on their pool sessions to get into forward paddling is difficult. Forward paddling in a sea boat is by far the most important stroke as it makes up the great majority of the strokes you do. If you don't have fair technique you'll get tired very quickly, and good forward paddling provides a lot of the stability that makes most rolls unnecessary to start with, but not many newbies seem to be very interested in it at first. As an aside, if you want to learn a reliable roll that will work "in anger" in the sea, surfing is good IME. Not so much a case of /if/ you'll go over, but *when*, plus you'll have to learn to cope with it at some point anyway... Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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