Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

Either way . . . the progression needs to be 1. get the correct technique on the flat through training 2. race on the flat 3. transfer the technique onto slightly bigger water in training (i.e. Matlock/Marple/Sowerby . . .) 4. race on the slightly bigger water 5. transfer the technique to bigger wa...

I think the theory should be more that a lack of training experience on big water is putting young people at risk when they race on big water. Hmm, I'm not too convinced by that, at a lower level, is racing really that diss-similar to training on the white water? Surely it would be possible to put ...

As a stroke, the bow rudder is very effective and efficient, but too far back over the head and its two years out for the athlete. This is a common criticism especially from recreational coaches, however I have never seen an injury resulting from doing this, nor can I grasp how such an injury could...

Hey, I mentioned rolling! :p The muscle imbalance does seem to be a contributory factor, but if the imbalance comes from paddling, the longer a paddler goes before being introduced to bigger water then surely the imbalance will be worse? I would have thought that paddlers would continue to make the...

Another couple of things I have to add: I think girls tend to be more conservative and use brace strokes more often, aswell as 'only just managing' to roll more often, which would put shoulders in awkward positions. Women also tend to use less of their body (less rotation) and more of their arms, m...

In my opinion, the 'problem' of women progressing up the divisions has been a little over-dressed; most of the people who I've talked to who have gained shoulder problems through paddling have probably had long enough paddling to have built up the muscular strength if they were going to. My guess i...

I can certainly see the point here, I am also top end of Div 1 and I also found the course technically challenging. However I don't think the problem was quite as bad as many people are making out, as paddlers were warned before the event that the course was going to be challenging for the Div1 pad...