@@RossMcMuffin Ross I am a 73 yr old learner paddler. I just checked videos of Knut Holman, Eirik Larsen, Adam van Koeverden, Ken Wallace, Fernando Pimenta, and Balint Kopasz. The centre of ALL their hands reach above the ears and often are level with or above the top of their heads. You have a terrific high angle with the paddle shaft at the Catch, and I guess this requires your hands to be higher than your shoulders??
@@RossMcMuffin Common pro training drill is tap ear with top hand, to set height. ie above shoulder. Lower top hand is common in surfski where the paddle is typically shorter and the stroke technique is more broken with stop/start/brace linked with lateral instability. For flat water k1 high hand is fine as it keeps paddle nearer to the vertical, 60 degrees or so, which minimises wasteful yaw forces, and the environment is more stable to allow this
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the hands should never reach higher than the shoulders …
Thank you - I will work on this (:
@@RossMcMuffin Ross I am a 73 yr old learner paddler. I just checked videos of Knut Holman, Eirik Larsen, Adam van Koeverden, Ken Wallace, Fernando Pimenta, and Balint Kopasz. The centre of ALL their hands reach above the ears and often are level with or above the top of their heads. You have a terrific high angle with the paddle shaft at the Catch, and I guess this requires your hands to be higher than your shoulders??
Thank you so much - yes this makes sense (:
@@RossMcMuffin Common pro training drill is tap ear with top hand, to set height. ie above shoulder. Lower top hand is common in surfski where the paddle is typically shorter and the stroke technique is more broken with stop/start/brace linked with lateral instability. For flat water k1 high hand is fine as it keeps paddle nearer to the vertical, 60 degrees or so, which minimises wasteful yaw forces, and the environment is more stable to allow this