Sunday July 30th 2011. Amanda Rankin held a workshop for those paddlers wanting to improve their forward stroke. The type of craft include surf club skis and ocean ski racers. The weather on the saturday was fantastic for the middle of winter. With an enthusiastic group of 6 paddlers, Amanda put them through their paces on the K1 ergo trainer, paddling on this machine under the watchful eye of Amanda, in front of a mirror can help you correct the forward stroke technique before you get on the water. After morning tea, its time to do the forward stroke kayak drills, up and down Boambee Creek. Amanda was keeping a close check on everyone ensuring all drills were completed to the best of the paddlers ability. There is no escaping what your technique is doing when Amanda has the video camera out. One by one each paddler was asked to paddle straight past the camera doing their best forward stroke technique, then straight at the camera for a different perspective.
In the afternoon, and thank you Christine manager of Boambee Creek Reserve and Cafe for a lovely lunch, the video analysis commenced. Just when you thought everything was going right, and few more pointers and technique drills to practice. I think everyone enjoyed the day and took alot of info and techniques away with them.
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| July 30th 2011 Improve your forward stroke group |
Next course will be Saturday 27th August 2011.
