Forward Paddle Stroke Tutorial
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2010
- The forward paddle stroke can be a powerful and efficient way to move a kayak when it is done properly. Here is a short tutorial following ACA guidelines for a long distance touring stroke. This video goes over the entire stroke form from hand position to the full body motion required to boat fit. This style of stroke is used mainly for sea kayak touring but can be modified to be used for racing and rec boats alike. Hope you enjoy. Safe Paddling.
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Here in 2023 > Thanks for a clear and simple demonstration 👍🏻
Clear explanation of how to use your whole body correctly to paddle efficiently and not get tired. Excellent thank you.
I’m new to kayaking and I’ve watched a bunch of tutorials. Yours was by far the most helpful and now that I understand the paddlers box i’m much clearer on how to get the torso rotation. Thanks so much!
Thank you. Best tutorial I have seen on CZcams. Really helpful.
Glad it was helpful! We are looking forward to adding new content this summer!
An imaginary kayak is just as effective as an invisible one. Great demonstration. Thank you Tim.
This is the best tutorial for how to paddle that Ive found because you show how to do it from different angles including how to hold the paddle correctly! Thank you! This is really helpful! 👏👏👏🇬🇧
Finally, an easy-to-follow instructional video on how to do the forward paddle properly! Great video. Thanks!
OK, great, I finally got a complete picture of how do do it. Thanks much. Your video is the best and most complete!
That's the best kayak paddling tutorial ever! Thanks so much for clearly explaining it.👍
I was getting kayaker's elbow on my weak arm, so I knew I was doing something wrong. Going from hand to elbow, elbow to shoulder, how to use feet and legs - that was thorough! I like that box, and the description, 'your whole torso is doing the work'. It really is a full body exercise!
Thank you! I watched many videos on paddling and this one is the best and informative enough to make a huge difference.
Excellent video. Very clear and helpful for beginners. Great tips.
Wonderful tutorial. My wife and I just got our first Kayaks and I noticed how tired my arms were getting. This coming from a very fit and recently active duty military 37years old. Well after watching this awesome video I realized that my form was completely wrong and I literally was doing the opposite of what you described. Now after applying your techniques I was able to go out for 2 hours with no significant strain on my arms. I cant wait to get back out again later this evening.
Thanks
Perfect explanation and demonstration, clear, detailed and a pace that allows the viewer to mentally rehearse along with the video. Thank you very much!
Thanks a lot, this was helpful. I know now my form has been bad because I've been doing it all with my arms and collapsing my elbows. Yours is the most thorough instruction I've found so far.
Most helpful clip on the forward stroke I've found so far: lots of useful information and tips. Really good - thank you!
This is the best of the five videos I’ve watched. Thx!
Great video, love the concept of the beachball in your lap, a great way to visualize the concept. Thanks for sharing.
Old but gold!
This had been the best how to I've found for a beginner like me. Thank you! Doing it on land really helped me see the motion.
Great instruction. This confirms what I thought, about using my core for power, but I was using my legs incorrectly. I'm sure that your technique will improve my paddling. Thank you for a great video!
Excellent. Thank you for this tutorial!
Great video, best one I have watched so far. You are the first to talk in depth about importance of leg position and foot brace importance and purpose. Thank you
Thanks so much for posting this. It's one of the best paddling tutorials I've seen.
Elbows is a good tip. Really easy to let them bend…something to watch out for next time!
Awesome tutorial! I'm a beginner and your video was easy for me to understand and you did a great job of explaining techniques. I can't wait to get out today and "do it right"! I plan on watching this again and again after each paddling session to reinforce what you've taught me. Thanks!
Best tutorial I’ve found! Thank you! No need to watch another
Brilliant ! I have just learnt more in the last 8 minutes than i have found anywhere else on youtube after months of searching ! I can now see where i am going wrong.. thank you for the great info my man, i will try this tomorrow !
This tutorial is a great help. I am new at Kayaking and my stroke was all wrong.
I am not rotating correctly with no paddler's box.
Going out again today and work on the proper (CPR). Thanks.
Finally begining to understand the paddle stroke. Excellent video!
Excellent training vid. I learned quite a bit from it.You are a good instructor. Thank you
So what you're telling me is I've been doing it all wrong. Thank you. I will now work on doing it right!
extra nice video, filled with awesome tips and tricks for helping you learn and remember the info, now let's go paddling
Really like how you demonstrated. Some good tips that I can now understand and put to use !!
Awesome info mate. Thank you
Great explanation. Thanks!
Watching this in 2019 and this is awesome! Thank you so much, I have been looking for something like this!
Ty Tim. This info is most helpful, you are a real gem for sharing it. ☺️
Great video and instructions !
now, to practice. Thanks for the lesson.
i agree the best video. So much effective. Now i can do the proper technique. Thank u so much!!!!
Nice music and transitions. Looks like a nice wintery day too.
Great video. I have been kayaking for years and where as I do rotate my body I never knew about keeping the paddlers box.
I know for sure I let my arms fold a bit. Can not wait to get out on the water this week and try your Technique thanks again for posting great video
Thanks for the education video! New to this venue!
Great video, very informative. Cheers!
AWESOME VIDEO!!!!
Great tips thanks for posting.
Great easy to understand instruction Thanks
Good job dude. Thanks a lot for the video.
thank you for this informative video!
Just bought a Kayak, great video should help a lot , good presentation many thanks
great instruction!!
really helpful
Thanks for the great tips!
1st Great Forward Paddling Video to Watch
Definitely one of the better paddling tutorials I've seen. Thanks. You're cute.
Awesome instruction technique. I learned a lot. Quite frankly I cannot understand why you received those thumbs down. You were great!!!
Great video. I learned a lot watching it. Thanks :)
Thanks! Very helpful
great tutorial,thanks man.
Nice with cool mnemonics like the box and string! Thanks!
Awesome dude.
That was very helpful tyvm!
Helped a bunch thanks
Thanks , very helpful.
Really great, I have tried to tell friends about this technique but this video explains it perfectly, the only problem I found with it was holding your head still and level when using a helmet mounted GoPro :)
Главная проблема в том, что єтот инструктор неправильно учит!
Невозможно веслом без разворота лопастей правильно оптимально грести!
Good video!
Thank you so very much!
Many good pointers. Still keeping your upper arms fairly glose to your body and your elbows low is more powerefficient and prevents shoulderdamage and fatigue. The movement of the hands is the same.
Thank you for the tips! It looks really cold out there.
I m sure i seen you on movies walking on water, but this video was very good
Thank You!
Thanks so much for your tutorial, should make me a better paddler.
I like my Werner crooked paddle. Crooked, because it's good for long distance paddling.
Thanks
@assanyuri it is the Kalliste
Greatt video - thanks for posting it!
Thank
Thanks a lot for posting this video. I've been paddling two years, but incorrectly the whole time so I'm trying to learn proper technique. I do have a question though. When it comes to the release on the forward stroke it seemed like you took the blade all the way behind you. I thought that after you pass the hips that the paddle is no longer being efficient. Do you pull the paddle out once it reaches the hips or do you wait until it is farther behind you? Thanks again, great video.
this is a great tutorial for distance paddling but paddling while bending your elbows is also acceptable, especially if you are playboating
Thank you for posting this. It is really helpful. Just a thought, I would love to see a short video about how to do a draw stroke. Looks easy but I can't get the hang of it.
Thanks so much!
Not bending the elbows is good remembering points!
Music is by Ali Farka Touré I believe.
Thanks for the tutorial, but I noticed that both your blades are in the same direction, usually the paddles that I use here in Singapore are perpendicular to each other. could you please do a tutorial on that, please?
What are you wearing and what temperature was the water at when you filmed this?
Great tutorial, by the way.
looks like a dry suit
you are lovely , god bless you
Reach don`t push. Reach, reach and let your body follow through.
I'm inspired to buy a paddle. who needs a boat anyway...
hallo, wich werner is this?
I notice your length of stroke is as far back as possible. I have just been watching other instructors saying that you should stop when the blade gets level with your hips. Who is right?
I find the basics are explained really well here. However, I wonder what the purpose of using thigh braces is. It just forces one to keep one's legs at an unnatural angle, taking away much of the force of the leg work. Competition (flat water) paddlers keep their knees close to one another and by doing so get the maximum "kick" from their legs. (For comparison: you don't bicycle with your knees bent outwards either.) I see no reason why this could not be applied in touring kayaks as well.
You are spot on with keeping the knees together. Racing kayaks like surfskis or K1s have the knee position just like you described. And many sea kayaks have thigh braces that allow for a knees together sitting position too. But you can still get a lot of power from the pumping your legs in wider leg position in a sea kayak even if it isn't as powerful or efficient as a ski or K1. Thigh braces in a sea kayak are mainly there for edge control and stability when not in perfectly flat water, which is what sea kayaks are really designed to be in. (Note: I made this video but I am responding to this from my new channel).
@@KayakToTheSea Thanks for the swift reply! I have only learned the racing technique, since the guy who taught me was a racing paddler. That's why I've always wondered about those thigh braces (and actually ripped them out of my kayaks if they had them).
@@joro5748 I hear ya! It goes the other way as well. I started sea-kayaking so whenever I get into my surfski I always wish I could add braces when I am in bumpy water. Taking it the other way, if you check out whitewater kayaks the outfitting and thigh braces can be quite extensive because edge control and staying rooted in the kayak is so important. Safe paddling!
@@KayakToTheSea That explains a lot! Thanks, the same to you!
If you’re a new paddlers you’ll definitely know you’re doing it right the next day you will anyways lol
Is that the Gemini
0 feather?
opening the top hand is a bad idea...at the moment of the catch and the following "power phase"...the physics intended are to actually create lift....part of the biomechanics is that force from the top hand drives the catch, then keeps pressure from the top hand through the power phase to create lift....opening the top hand leaves you instead to only kinda pull with the bottom hand...the core rotation does allow you to pull the blade with the bottom hand, but rotation with a connection with the top hand applies PRESSURE to that top hand and it goes down through the shaft...this adds more force and lift, and also helps to manage the effective pivot point of the blade in the water....you also are exiting from the power phase very late, creating a downward pull vs. the desired lift....the paddlers box is more of a drill than an actual good way to paddle...see the ivan lawler video on techqniue for better details.
You make some excellent points and I have heard a lot of them from other coaches since there are so many variations on forward stroke technique. I agree totally with the exiting too late. This video was early on in my coaching skills and my teaching method has changed. As for the top hand, you can still apply pressure to the shaft with an open hand and I often see it where students have a death grip and it screws up their technique. The relaxed grip might tighten up for power and sprinting but it also reduces fatigue for distance touring. Nowadays I call it an 'OK' grip where you make the 👌 on the top hand. You keep some more of the contact and control, keep a more neutral wrist, and can put more power into the blade but also have the relaxed forearms and wrists. I'll try to find the videos yare talking about, I love seeing different ways of teaching and visualizing techniques.
yeah...im not a pro or anything, although my coach is (world champ in open ocean racing in 2018)...there seems to be arguably a benefit to thinking about what may constitute "a most efficient forward stroke"...the variation from that may be due to human error, misinformation, or just natural small variations from paddler to paddler....I think there is huge variation among the sea kayaking world, and some but far less variation among the performance paddling world....the performance paddling world seems more insular, although now ya got some resources on youtube now from like Ivan lawler (IMO that may be the most authoratitive technique review out there on the webs), or Oscar chalupsky....but when you look at stroke variations among "good racers"...there are some, but in many ways far less variation with "core elements".
In my opinion, the top hand being open is a good drill to unlearn a death grip but a bad idea for efficiency,,,,,even for a touring pace (whatever that may mean from person to person), you need at least a light grip to transmit the force from the top hand....the force and efficiency that the top hand plays I feel is often misunderstood....without it, the force of lift created by a stroke is minimized greatly and proper form is more illusive to maintain...
@@Bhamlunker I totally agree with the variety and differences between communities. And in sea-kayaking too we tend to come across a wider variety of paddle styles, shapes, and paddler age, fitness, and kayaks. It makes coaching and adjusting techniques for different people a fun and interesting challenge. I'll keep the grip thing in mind and be mindful of it when paddling and coaching to see what I am feeling. I watched part of one of the videos you mentioned and will need to go back and study it more. It looks good.
WoodsWaterEcotours cool man! Fun talking - take care!!
@@Bhamlunker Same. Safe paddling.
Tim;
Better check your technique. If you look at your video you'll see that your pfd zipper is near motionless: indicating a lack of any torso rotation. You also might want to lower that upper hand and keep it at that level throughout the stroke.
С веслом без разворота лопастей невозможно правильно грести!
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What do you think about self-feathering paddles? as at: czcams.com/video/pV6JpuVJbWo/video.html
Guy must be deceased as he never answered anyone. I hate that. I wondered why I kept smacking the sides of my enclosed kayak all the time and my shoulders ached after 30 minutes and I would get numb thumbs from gripping to tight. Wish this guy was still around. It's tough to be a senior beginner. :-) Guess I'll just have to watch this over and over and do this on the ground until I get it right. Thanks... to whom ever and wherever you are. :-)
He is still around but moved on from Woods and Water. His current handle is @Kayaktothesea and he is still producing some videos but of mainly traditional kayaking techniques.
Не гребет, а мучается с веслом без разворота!
No subtitles for deaf kayakers!
how many videos have subtitles really lol
I'm not really sure of the meaning of your email, but deaf people really appreciate subtitles with videos which are the ones they follow - and collect. I can only suggest to further your deaf awareness understanding that you block your ears for a few days and try and live with that. Many thanks, Ann
+Ann Kibble I understand the concept of deaf people, but I don't know why you are so surprised that this video doesn't have subtitles...most videos don't.
I've about 6 subtitled teaching videos I watch and read, my favourite is Paddling.net. Unnoticed subtitles means the viewer doesn't need them. Deafness is an unnoticable disability. I consider lack of subtitles to be both arrogant and old-fashioned. I learn other subjects mainly from books, but I find this method unsuccessful for kayaking.
+Ann Kibble that's nice