Thanks Robert for clarifying why my OC paddle can flutter at times because there's not enough top arm pressure to stabilize the force of the bottom hand.
Exactly right! Over stabilizing is better than under stabilizing. At a certain point it becomes a balance but you can get very far over stabilizing with more pushing forces.
Fantastic explanation. I would just add (and I could be wrong) that the paddle flutter is the blade alternately dumping rear pressure on the water, that is, relieving pressure that should be going to move the boat forward. So each flutter is an avoidance of pressure, when the paddler should be finding, centering, marking (or tracking) and winning the tug of war, as you put it, with that pressure.
Next weeks video will go over surfski paddle lengths and some ideas around it. Lots of variables go into it. Arm position, torso length, arm length, boat width, stroke rate and current speeds are some examples of things that will influence ideal paddle length.
Hi Robert I remember in one of your videos where you mentioned to pull down with the bottom hand and pull back simultaneously, I cannot find that video.
Excellent 👌 thanks
Thanks Robert for clarifying why my OC paddle can flutter at times because there's not enough top arm pressure to stabilize the force of the bottom hand.
Exactly right! Over stabilizing is better than under stabilizing. At a certain point it becomes a balance but you can get very far over stabilizing with more pushing forces.
Fantastic explanation. I would just add (and I could be wrong) that the paddle flutter is the blade alternately dumping rear pressure on the water, that is, relieving pressure that should be going to move the boat forward. So each flutter is an avoidance of pressure, when the paddler should be finding, centering, marking (or tracking) and winning the tug of war, as you put it, with that pressure.
Yep exactly! Flutters is a lack of stabilization... winning the tug of war stabilizes the blade.
Great explanation 😁👍🏽
Thanks for checking it out!
Do you have any idea tips of length of paddle for Surfski to optimize this?
Next weeks video will go over surfski paddle lengths and some ideas around it.
Lots of variables go into it. Arm position, torso length, arm length, boat width, stroke rate and current speeds are some examples of things that will influence ideal paddle length.
Hi Robert
I remember in one of your videos where you mentioned to pull down with the bottom hand and pull back simultaneously, I cannot find that video.
I mention that concept a lot. Push down with the bottom hand, turn into the stroke, pull the boat past the blade.
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