This is an exercise I am doing to help me with my roll, which I have a lot of trouble with. My main problem is being able to relax my torso and keep my head down.
After watching Eric Jackson suggest doing something similar, since the high brace is pretty much just the final half of the C to C roll, I thought I would try it.
The difference between the way I am doing this and the way EJ suggested is that I am not leaning back.
I know a few of you may say that I am just doing a bad almost old school style high brace. But that is not the aim of the exercise.
When I practice this I am isolating the last half of the C to C roll. Some of you will ask why I do not just do a full roll. The reason is that I am breaking it down. I am able to practice this half of the roll in quick succession without the distraction of having to wait to roll all the way, then do set up, then mess up my roll, again, and have to bail. All taking too much time.
So this enables me to isolate one part of the roll and focus on it.
When I practice this I am focussing on staying totally relaxed. I am not pulling down on my outermost arm, so I am not risking wrenching my shoulders. Please remember this if you comment below saying that my shoulders are at risk. If I am doing this drill correctly my arm and shoulder involvement are minimised as much as I possibly can.
My entire aim is to bring the boat up mainly with the hip/knee combined with keeping my torso and head on the water until the last second.
By performing this exercise in quick succession without too much thought, my aim is to build up muscle memory and 'action' rather than 'thought'.
You may say that if I practice the high brace I should be focussing on similar aspects. But with this drill my aim is not to stop a capsize as it would be during normal bracing practice.
In fact I am trying to get the boat as inverted and as 'capsized' as I can before I try to bring it up again. I am trying to let the boat go right over before I start the action.
I haven't yet managed to get the boat totally inverted, but I have managed to get it as good as.
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Kayak roll brace style drill
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SimonMW
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Whitewater
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Added on:
05 October 2011
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This is an exercise I am doing to help me with my roll, which I have a lot of trouble with. My main problem is being able to relax my torso and keep my head down.
After watching Eric Jackson suggest doing something similar, since the high brace is pretty much just the final half of the C to C...
After watching Eric Jackson suggest doing something similar, since the high brace is pretty much just the final half of the C to C...
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