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Actually...

Posted By: sing
Date: Thursday, 8 July 2004, at 9:13 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Boat Brush and Crab rolls (Bert)

: Slow down Tim,soon the Greenland guys are going to have to learn 50 or 60
: rolls instead of 30.LOL
: I guess if you've got a good hip flick,that's the key.
: Another thing I've noticed is that for most everyone uses the right hand for
: the control hand (capsize to the left and roll up on the right with the
: right hand on the outboard end of paddle). Even skilled people with a
: solid offside roll will still favour the right hand. Is that because most
: people are right handed?
: When I do an offside roll with my left hand as the control it feels weak and
: unco-ordinated but on land doing other normal things there is nothing
: wrong with my left arm.Do you know anyone where the left is their
: "onside" and the right is the "offside"?
: Just wondering.
: Cheers
: Bert

I am right handed and learned the right hand side roll first. That was my "onside." Then I went to work on the "off-side", and worked it, and worked it. Now my left side is my on-side and my right side is my "off-side." I know because that is where my body goes instinctively in ww and surf. (In flat water, I have time and can choose which side I want to roll up on.) Only if I blow it on that left side, for whatever reason, that I make a conscious decision to go the right side (offside) for a roll. It isn't really an "off-side" per se because I will come up over 90% (or greater) of the time. It's just not what I instinctively go to.

sing

Messages In This Thread

Ping pong roll
Bert -- Friday, 2 July 2004, at 9:15 p.m.

Re: Ping pong roll
eddie -- Friday, 2 July 2004, at 10:00 p.m.

Re: Ping pong roll
Ed Deery -- Friday, 2 July 2004, at 10:05 p.m.

Re: Ping pong roll
Bert -- Saturday, 3 July 2004, at 6:34 a.m.

Re: Ping pong roll
Ed Hopkins -- Saturday, 3 July 2004, at 6:47 p.m.

Re: Ping pong roll
Bert -- Saturday, 3 July 2004, at 8:14 p.m.

Re: Ping pong roll
Shawn Baker -- Friday, 9 July 2004, at 10:27 a.m.

Boat Brush and Crab rolls
Tim Mattson -- Wednesday, 7 July 2004, at 6:04 p.m.

Re: Boat Brush and Crab rolls
Bert -- Thursday, 8 July 2004, at 7:50 a.m.

Re: Boat Brush and Crab rolls
Mike Scarborough -- Thursday, 8 July 2004, at 9:04 a.m.

Re: Boat Brush and Crab rolls
Bert -- Thursday, 8 July 2004, at 4:21 p.m.

Actually...
sing -- Thursday, 8 July 2004, at 9:13 a.m.

Re: Boat Brush and Crab rolls
Tim Mattson -- Thursday, 8 July 2004, at 7:32 p.m.

Re: Hackers
Bert -- Friday, 9 July 2004, at 8:05 a.m.

Re: Boat Brush and Crab rolls
Shawn Baker -- Friday, 9 July 2004, at 10:19 a.m.

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