Think your rolling issue is the blade angle - you start your sweep with the angle down which causes it to just dive. The lady is right never rely on roll momentum. When upside down pause for a moment then get your sweeping blade flat on top of the water. When i was learning i would tap the surface of the water whilst upside down so you could get a feel for the water tension - but you need to be comfortable underwater for a few seconds, it looks like you panic a bit. Finally always remember your head is the last to come up from the roll The lady was very helpful getting you to Eskimo rescue (or T-rescue as it is sometimes called) as the mechanics for rolling are the same. Come the winter months join a club that has access to a pool, as you can really focus on this. Apologies if this sounds like teaching you to suck eggs.
Hi Daz, thank you for the advice, it's much appreciated, the 1st time I tried I felt the blade take the dive, I am quite certain that I don't have the flexibility any longer to be able to reach and get the blade out of the water, it's one of the reasons I am trying to do the sweep as opposed to the C to C. I am quite comfortable underwater but it was my 1st time with this lady so i suppose there could have been a small trust issue, I only swam that time because I dropped back down again but had very little breath left in me, I used to smoke and now vape so that doesn't help any and the latter is why you may hear me clearing my voice (I do edit many of those out though). I know the steps needed for the roll, I go through them quite often but my problem is, as soon as I go over I forget at least one of the steps but normally all but the sweep lol and yeah, I think all of the rolls that I have managed to do have been momentum rolls :/ Last year I joined a club with the main reason to learn the roll during the summer but no one wanted to get into the cold river, so I started going to the pool sessions I think I only managed to practice the roll for about 3 sessions. LV is really good for that as it is warmer than the pool but it's finding someone willing so I may have to wait till winter again. Thanks again :)
I'm totally with you and I was holding my breath all the way through your vid! As a beginner in my late 60s I realise I'm never getting to National standards but your efforts have spurred me on. Lee Valley water looks so clean! Keep going !
Thanks, I appreciate it, I mean, ya can't be any worse than me lol I am 52 this year and I tell ya what, I certainly feel it at LV and even more so after a swim or 5 lol, The water is not only clean, its really warm from around late Spring to late Autumn, good luck with yours :)
Thanks, I certainly felt more confident, some of those swims were silly mistakes but this time i didnt let it get to me, plus, the water was lovely lol It was also my 1st time with out a drysuit or my storm pants and cag :)
When you said wanting to go in the green, what you consider “green” if called a “hole” when you see the advanced people go in the wave there in a “hole”
@@SubParPaddler on river or the Lee valley legacy place, that area on the “river” is called a hole but Ik what you mean, and sometimes what you call “smooth part” isn’t always smooth on a river😂😂
Think your rolling issue is the blade angle - you start your sweep with the angle down which causes it to just dive. The lady is right never rely on roll momentum. When upside down pause for a moment then get your sweeping blade flat on top of the water. When i was learning i would tap the surface of the water whilst upside down so you could get a feel for the water tension - but you need to be comfortable underwater for a few seconds, it looks like you panic a bit. Finally always remember your head is the last to come up from the roll
The lady was very helpful getting you to Eskimo rescue (or T-rescue as it is sometimes called) as the mechanics for rolling are the same. Come the winter months join a club that has access to a pool, as you can really focus on this. Apologies if this sounds like teaching you to suck eggs.
Hi Daz, thank you for the advice, it's much appreciated, the 1st time I tried I felt the blade take the dive, I am quite certain that I don't have the flexibility any longer to be able to reach and get the blade out of the water, it's one of the reasons I am trying to do the sweep as opposed to the C to C. I am quite comfortable underwater but it was my 1st time with this lady so i suppose there could have been a small trust issue, I only swam that time because I dropped back down again but had very little breath left in me, I used to smoke and now vape so that doesn't help any and the latter is why you may hear me clearing my voice (I do edit many of those out though). I know the steps needed for the roll, I go through them quite often but my problem is, as soon as I go over I forget at least one of the steps but normally all but the sweep lol and yeah, I think all of the rolls that I have managed to do have been momentum rolls :/ Last year I joined a club with the main reason to learn the roll during the summer but no one wanted to get into the cold river, so I started going to the pool sessions I think I only managed to practice the roll for about 3 sessions. LV is really good for that as it is warmer than the pool but it's finding someone willing so I may have to wait till winter again. Thanks again :)
Hi SPP, glad to have met you on the course. Look forward to paddling with you again. Barbara
Nice to meet you too, was it you that helped with my roll?
I'm totally with you and I was holding my breath all the way through your vid! As a beginner in my late 60s I realise I'm never getting to National standards but your efforts have spurred me on.
Lee Valley water looks so clean!
Keep going !
Thanks, I appreciate it, I mean, ya can't be any worse than me lol I am 52 this year and I tell ya what, I certainly feel it at LV and even more so after a swim or 5 lol, The water is not only clean, its really warm from around late Spring to late Autumn, good luck with yours :)
Amazing progress! I knew you would have a good paddle🤟
Thank you, very miuch appreciated, the paddle felt so different to previous swimming sessions, hopefully it stays that way :)
Your surfing was so good!!
I appreciate you saying that, I have a long way to go :)
Just missed me on my assessment in this video, will defo keep an eye out for you on the legacy course
I take it you passed, congrats :) You can't miss me, I will be the one that looks like he doesn't have a clue ;)
🎉!!
You seamed a lot more confident then normal
Thanks, I certainly felt more confident, some of those swims were silly mistakes but this time i didnt let it get to me, plus, the water was lovely lol It was also my 1st time with out a drysuit or my storm pants and cag :)
You don't wanna do it like that you want to do it like this, only meeeee
I loved that program :)
When you said wanting to go in the green, what you consider “green” if called a “hole” when you see the advanced people go in the wave there in a “hole”
Hi, I am just referring to the smooth water on the drop, on a river it would be green in colour and not white (the boily stuff)
@@SubParPaddler on river or the Lee valley legacy place, that area on the “river” is called a hole but Ik what you mean, and sometimes what you call “smooth part” isn’t always smooth on a river😂😂
Ah OK, ta, I only heard it called the green, certainly on the US videos :)