I don't have the power!
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I don't have the power!
Ever since I've been in my kingpin, I've had no power in my offside forward strokes so I've lost a lot of confidence in using them. I can't get anything out of a torso twist and reaching forward like I could in the atom and cascades I paddled won't work given the short length of the kingpin. Anyone have any tips other than spending a lot of time training? Thanks
I don't paddle short boats like Kingpins, but I suspect you are missing the fore-and-aft support which the Atom provided. The Atom also was quite firm from side to side. For play purposes, the short boats are obviously better, but some of them may not offer the scope for use of cross strokes which longer, "true" c-boats offer.
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I had a similar sensation when I started paddling the Groove. I think it came from not being able to lean forward during the wind up, without burying the bow. The good news is that learning to find your power in the shorter boat is good for your form, in my opinion. It forced me to stay a little more upright, and to move less fore and aft. This means all the power has to come from what little rotation you can muster on the offside. I feel like I kind of scoot the Groove on the cross forward, with my stomach and legs.
I paddled the Groove exclusively for 6 months - all in the pool and on class II. Recently, getting back into the Forplay, my forward strokes felt better than ever. One thing though, I think I have given up some reach on the windup of my forward stroke on both sides. I want to keep the powerful scoot that I learned in the Groove, but start lowering my grip hand more on the windup, to add some reach without leaning forward. That's my current theory.
Anyway, enjoy the smaller boat. Let us know how it goes.
I paddled the Groove exclusively for 6 months - all in the pool and on class II. Recently, getting back into the Forplay, my forward strokes felt better than ever. One thing though, I think I have given up some reach on the windup of my forward stroke on both sides. I want to keep the powerful scoot that I learned in the Groove, but start lowering my grip hand more on the windup, to add some reach without leaning forward. That's my current theory.
Anyway, enjoy the smaller boat. Let us know how it goes.
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hey, i alo have a kingpin c1
they key to good off stroke is first off don't do more than 2-3 max, and mix then in with some solid torso power forward strokes. That way you have good forward momuntum already, cause there a pain in the butt to get the boat going, but are way more effective then doing correction strokes, in fact i barly do correction strokes espically in a little boat like the kingpin, just forward-forward-cross-cross etc. But, when you do go for that cross stroke it's alright to lean forward in fact that's were all your power comes from, so lean forward and get a good reach, the the rest of your power is in your hips and abs, and thrust your hips forward when u do your stroke. It takes some fine tuning since your in a little c1, cause i imagine if you lean to far fowrad and giver' to much the bow will dive in the water, but it's all about those hips, and alternating your strokes.
Get out on flatwater , and try to see how long you can paddle around fo without a coreection stroke just using forward and crosses.
Good Luck!
they key to good off stroke is first off don't do more than 2-3 max, and mix then in with some solid torso power forward strokes. That way you have good forward momuntum already, cause there a pain in the butt to get the boat going, but are way more effective then doing correction strokes, in fact i barly do correction strokes espically in a little boat like the kingpin, just forward-forward-cross-cross etc. But, when you do go for that cross stroke it's alright to lean forward in fact that's were all your power comes from, so lean forward and get a good reach, the the rest of your power is in your hips and abs, and thrust your hips forward when u do your stroke. It takes some fine tuning since your in a little c1, cause i imagine if you lean to far fowrad and giver' to much the bow will dive in the water, but it's all about those hips, and alternating your strokes.
Get out on flatwater , and try to see how long you can paddle around fo without a coreection stroke just using forward and crosses.
Good Luck!
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