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== Key Whitewater Skills ==
 
== Key Whitewater Skills ==
  
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The following is a list of skills that all good White Water Paddlers need, all can be practised on the basin on a Tuesday night and once nailed will make the world of difference when you venture onto moving water
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The following is a list of skills that all good white water paddlers use. All can be practised on the basin on a Tuesday night and once nailed will make the world of difference when you venture onto moving water.
  
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==Week 1==
 
'''Forward Paddling'''
 
'''Forward Paddling'''
  
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2* Skill - With regards to WW the key to forward paddling is to be going flat out after 4-6 paddle strokes.  Sitting in an eddie a paddler will often have a small space to gain as much speed as possible.  After 6 strokes you'll be crossing the eddy line exactly where you need to be, flat out. Remember SPEED = STABILTY
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2* Skill - With regards to ww, the key to forward paddling is to be going flat out after 4-6 paddle strokes.  Sitting in an eddy a paddler will often have a small space to gain as much speed as possible.  After 6 strokes you'll be crossing the eddy line exactly where you need to be, flat out. Remember '''SPEED = STABILTY'''
  
 
'''Draw Strokes on move'''
 
'''Draw Strokes on move'''
  
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2* - avoid the rocks – boat to blade not the other way round – show your bum to rock
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2* Skill - avoid the rocks – boat to blade not the other way round – show your bum to rock
  
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'''Support Strokes'''
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'''Bow Rudder/Bow Draw'''
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3* Skill – great way to get from moving water to eddies and steer your way through moving water.
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==Week 2==
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'''Edging'''
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3* – if you don’t you get wet – Importance of connectivity with boat, edging not leaning.  Commitment!
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'''Concept of River Dynamics'''
  
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2* – when Skill 1 & 2 fail you will need to prevent a capsize
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Eddies Waves, Stoppers
  
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'''CLAP'''
  
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'''Rescues'''
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'''C'''ommunication
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2* – Water based, bow presentation, X rescue etc...
 
  
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'''L'''ine of Sight
  
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'''Edging'''  
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'''A'''wareness/Avoidence
  
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3* – if you don’t you get wet – Importance of connectivity with boat, edging not leaning.  Commitment - you can’t edge too much!
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'''P'''ositioning
  
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'''Bow Rudder/Bow Draw'''
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==Week 3==
  
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3* – great way to get from moving water to eddies and steer your way through moving water.
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'''Rescues'''
  
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2* – Water based, T or Eskimo rescue with bow and with paddle presentaion, X rescue,  etc...
  
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'''Rolling'''
 
  
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3* - When everything goes wrong you normally end up upside-down
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'''Support Strokes'''
  
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2* Skill – prevent a capsize, keep shoulders safe (hands lower than elbows, elbows lower than shoulders)
  
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==Basin Exercises ==
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'''Rolling'''
  
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Exercise 1 – loads of different forward paddling tips, however start with Boat Body Blade and make it fun – Tug of war, see how far they can get with 6 paddle strokes, see which works better 6 fast or 6 slow...
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3* Skill - When everything goes wrong you normally end up upside-down
  
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Exercise 2 – Figure of 8 edging, edge until capsize, change edge every stroke, use combination of Skill 2 & 3 to go straight only paddling on one side
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'''Throwlines'''
  
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Exercise 3 – Sculling draw stroke at front of boat, also known as ‘Duffek’ and very useful in open boating as well.  Use each other/buoys as a rock, pretend there is a flow and break out.  Get on river, break out behind things (stantions, boats, rocks) - Care needed
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WWSR Skill - Practice on Bank, Practice on Water
  
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Exercise 4 – Hanging draw is really hard to get, start by pairing up placing blade and someone else not in a boat pushing you away from pontoon.  T draw on the move – boat to blade to avoid head on collision with buddy
 
  
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Exercise 5 – See who can edge furthest – don’t stop edging until you need to low brace.  Don’t rely on momentum, make sure you are off balance!
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==Week 4==
  
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Exercise 6 & 7 – in pool, maybe in 4th week
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Get on White Water and put it all into practice
  
 
==What Next==
 
==What Next==
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Look out for river trips – find a local river and go explore it, Thursday night Lee Valley trips, Medway, Thames weirs – find moving water!
 
Look out for river trips – find a local river and go explore it, Thursday night Lee Valley trips, Medway, Thames weirs – find moving water!
  

Latest revision as of 15:11, 17 August 2011

Key Whitewater Skills

The following is a list of skills that all good white water paddlers use. All can be practised on the basin on a Tuesday night and once nailed will make the world of difference when you venture onto moving water.

Week 1

Forward Paddling

2* Skill - With regards to ww, the key to forward paddling is to be going flat out after 4-6 paddle strokes. Sitting in an eddy a paddler will often have a small space to gain as much speed as possible. After 6 strokes you'll be crossing the eddy line exactly where you need to be, flat out. Remember SPEED = STABILTY

Draw Strokes on move

2* Skill - avoid the rocks – boat to blade not the other way round – show your bum to rock

Bow Rudder/Bow Draw

3* Skill – great way to get from moving water to eddies and steer your way through moving water.

Week 2

Edging

3* – if you don’t you get wet – Importance of connectivity with boat, edging not leaning. Commitment!

Concept of River Dynamics

Eddies Waves, Stoppers

CLAP

Communication

Line of Sight

Awareness/Avoidence

Positioning

Week 3

Rescues

2* – Water based, T or Eskimo rescue with bow and with paddle presentaion, X rescue, etc...


Support Strokes

2* Skill – prevent a capsize, keep shoulders safe (hands lower than elbows, elbows lower than shoulders)

Rolling

3* Skill - When everything goes wrong you normally end up upside-down

Throwlines

WWSR Skill - Practice on Bank, Practice on Water


Week 4

Get on White Water and put it all into practice

What Next

Look out for river trips – find a local river and go explore it, Thursday night Lee Valley trips, Medway, Thames weirs – find moving water!

Useful Contacts/Links

Club WW Reps – Paul Carter, Emily Handley

Professional Coaches – Google, UK Rivers

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