At Home Paddling Technique Exercises
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
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Stuck at home? I put together eight different paddling technique drills and exercises that you can do while you are stuck on land.
The first four exercises are drills to enhance paddling technique while the second four exercises are designed to help you maintain and improve your fitness and mobility.
There are many other dryland drills shown in the Paddling Technique Level 1 Online Course.
Improving your paddling technique first and foremost comes from understanding how to move through water efficiently and effectively. Then you will understand why it's important to work these drills and exercises - to what end.
When you can understand why something works the way it does, you are then able to adapt to the variety of scenarios we come across as surfers - different board designs, different wave sizes, different ocean conditions, etc. The "why" is so critically important.
Be sure to find out some of the "why" in the free video series you can sign up for at SurfingPaddling.com
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.
See you in the water!
Weekend warrior here. Thank you for these drills!
You got it. Hope they help!
Great exercises. Thank you. BTW: You might want to get some 'weed & feed' on your lawn. There is a lot of clover on there.
Alas, I have no green thumb. Just a paddling coach. Thanks for the suggestion and feedback.
Great exercises, great video... thank you for sharing.
Thank you Richard! Appreciate the feedback. And feel free to contact me with any questions.
Hi rob, great video. I got a question about paddling posture. To prevent to much spinal lumbar extension, you do posterioly tilt the pelvis? (aka drive your hips/pubic bone consciously into the board for example? And do you contract your glutes and abs while in the paddling position, or do you stay more "relaxed"? Also, do things like this get covered in your online course? Please let me know! My lowerback is also most sensitive after surfing in particular.
Great question and because I’m not a PT take this simply from my own personal experience. I don’t purposely tilt the pelvis and not sure if I do unconsciously. One of the drills in the online course diagnoses balance on the board and forces your brain to use the correct muscle groups for balance so that is what I rely on. The PT I work with, Jim, usually identifies more granular issues when he assesses someone with lumbar pain. Unfortunately I can’t do that so best to go to a Surf PT to diagnose why you have that pain - mobility, strength or a combination of both.
I liked a lot
Thanks for the feedback!
Great video, thanks for sharing! What type, brand, level, color of resistance bands do you recommend for the program?
Thanks for the feedback. Stoked on that. I like using theraband and just putting knot in the end. You can use any resistance cord as well or even the exergenie. Color/weight depends on your level of fitness. I use green most of the time as well as the exergenie on about 8-10 lbs. you don’t need much initially. Focus on form in the first workouts. Then slowly increase resistance.
Thanks for these!! How do you stop slipping with your feet :D ? I've just tried these and I kept slipping away. 🤷
Awesome! Glad they are helping. I use a yoga mat under the ball. It has just enough grip.
I have a question about ribs??? Do you arch or not, rest weight on chest or ribs? In this exercise weight is on ribs... please do video 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Good question. The arch is apart of some of the exercises. And the ball sits on my ribs but might be a different center of gravity for someone else. It’s more about finding the center of gravity for a particular persons body.
Nice Bro!
Super glad you enjoyed these exercises. Feel free to contact me with questions. Cheers!
Can you do these just on land when we don't have a ball and still get most of the benefit?
The ball provides an extra layer of instability. Yes, you can do these without a ball but they won’t have the same impact. Try using layered cushions from a couch or some other form of instability at the very least. Great question.
2:20 the position here seems like a spine killer, no? Shouldn’t we arch our back? From the chiropractor videos I’ve seen on surfing positions, I would think so but I’m no expert
I'm not a medical professional either, but my training in exercise states that an inline spine is what is required for this specific drill. Yes, your erector spinae will be working during this drill, but the drill is designed to engage those muscles.