***Phil said this and he is dead on. The most important thing to remember when doing a 360 is to lead with your head***. You need to look the direction you want to spin and the rest of your body will follow and the boat will spin around.
Absolutely. In fact, in steps 5-8, I didn't have my paddle on the offside at all - these were small enough holes, I didn't need the support on that side. Instead of just looking back to my right (I'm righty spinning right), I twisted around with my paddle back along the right side of the boat (upstream side at that point, but out of the water) and *that's* what brought the boat around - the torso rotation, the "winding up", all led by my head.
Need to work on going the other way... The water is up again, might have to go back...
When practicing on small features that aren't very retentive, convert the reverse sweep into a back stroke pushing the vertical paddle blade forward (the non-power face is doing the work) when the boat is perpendicular to the wave. At the same time shift your weight very slightly to the (soon to be) downstream side. Always lead with your head (read eyes).
Hi Guys, heres a little clip that shows some good spinning body technique...
Yes its a small boat....as boat size increases the rotation has to be even more pronounced, the head will really need to be looking for the back of the boat...every time.
wetnobby wrote:Hi Guys, heres a little clip that shows some good spinning body technique...
Yes its a small boat....as boat size increases the rotation has to be even more pronounced, the head will really need to be looking for the back of the boat...every time.
