One Sunday morning particularly successful from a technical standpoint. Will was the paella party the night before dressed up with a cool and refreshing sangria, has been the air of celebration, has been the atmosphere of saying goodbye, have been the few slalom canal, but the training has been very thorough and interesting. We worked on the effect "spring" in the lift. What I try to explain it as best as possible even if subject to inevitable and subjective interpretations. In essence
to rotate faster in the tail lift must be left free to act. The water runs from the first shovel in the function of the rudder, to prepare the entry, and then assumes the role of fulcrum in the rotation. At this point the same shovel, the fulfillment of the tasks above, must not do anything but wait for the completion of the rotation to be brought back into operation is no longer static. At this juncture of time we can boost of energy while bending the arm up until it is almost behind her head. When the pulse output from the push start your arm up so that will activate the spring effect named above.
There is a simple secret to getting the most out of this act: meet the execution times that are distinct for each party involved in the action, ie for arms, shoulders, legs, canoe, paddle. Each of these has different speeds at different times. Very often, however, is not easy to make it clear to athletes who want always to turn their arms at the speed with which the famous road runner beep beep running away from Wile Coyote.
We have already pointed out - do you remember? - The mind works faster than if left unchecked arms are taken from euphoria to follow the thoughts that run at the speed of light.
To put into practice all that need a lot of peace and dedicate specific training in this type of work. For some it may seem a waste of time, but in reality is not so for those who want to build a result.
Beyond all this I also try to answer my Elena friend who wondered what happens to women in a kayak on open paths as was that of the Australian Open, "recently concluded. Of course, we always use statistics that enlighten us that tell us that on average in 2010 Cup races, European and world for the K1 women was 17.2 in the final for the winners which drops to 13.5% in qualifying. Corinna Kulna won in Australia with a gap just above 9%. So I would say that for women the percentage fall on more open trails. I like to call them "giant" as in alpine skiing.
The reason for this, according to me, does not depend on the view expressed by Francesco Iacobelli bound ie that the double blade "will use more, proportionately, than in advancing the search for stability, compared to the mono-, but from the fact (as I tried to express in my previous post) that" ... closed paths on the kayak a lot and may fail to get time very, very fast. All this comes even by the very competitiveness that is in this category. If we look carefully we will realize the technical gesture that Canadians have occasion to be much more frequently lifts a classic, while the kayak is forced to try to polish cents per shares, and then in each port. It follows that on journeys like that Penrith, where the lift did not have the ability to cut that much, the times of posting are dwindling, because fundamentally, given the level reached by the top paddlers in the Canadian, the two specialties there is a very clear difference. "
The legendary Maurice, who for many years and I guess I can not wait to write his illuminating writings "kneeling" in front of the sea at dusk, with a bushy beard and wrapped in colorful sarongs, reminds us of the history and reason for paddle sitting or kneeling. Having a few top paddlers in C1 and many more in the kayak out, in my opinion, a cultural heritage from ancient and hopefully exceeded. It was in fact used sawing in half and put the shovel in Canadian young people who did not prove to have talent with the paddle by kayak.
do not agree with the fact that Canada is more complicated technically. In fact, I think just the opposite, especially for his learning at a very young age. The thought of it as Maurizio until July 2005 when Raffy, my youngest child class in 1997, rose to the Downhill C1 Vladi Panato attracted to the red canoe and of course the living legend of Vlad. At that moment I opened up a world and I realized, looking at the little enchanted C1, there is nothing more natural than mono-paddling kneeling with a paddle. Moreover, the possibility for those who begins to focus on one side and a mono-paddle can be more attentive and sensitive to the instrument that we are in his hands.
Let me say a word but also for the kayak, if ever they need it. It 's true that you are sitting, but also remember that the best and most sensitive proprioceptors are right there ... We receive a lot of information that was then transformed, according to our abilities, in gestures more or less athletic, smart, successful, exciting!
Eye wave!