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A matter of opinion - lay back or to the side?
Posted By: Jed In Response To: Re: What I learned in rolling today... (Don Beale)
Date: Tuesday, 5 September 2000, at 5:08 p.m.
: I have been leaning forward, not back. This must be wrong...
This is a matter of opinion !!!
In my experience you are better off avoiding the layback because it limits the effectiveness of the hipsnap. The strongest hipsnap is available only when your upperbody is held at 90°'s to the longitudinal axis of the boat. In this position you have the greatest sideways flexability which will allow you to raise your center of bouyancy. Since the hipsnap is so important, anything that limits it's power should be avoided, in my opinion.
The use of a layback can assist some rolls, but the layback is neither required nor desired in many rolls. Watch the "Grace Under Pressure" video and you'll see this guy hand roll leaning only to the side! With no layback! A layback during the roll may bring you upright but you'll be laying on your rear deck! Not a good position for a paddler to deal with any kind of conditions.
Many people use laybacks as a way to mask a weak hipsnap. While it is possible to perform a layback after the hipsnap, in real life many people never finish the hip snap in order to do a layback, hurting their roll in the process. The best rollers that I have ever seen come up on their side not on their back. Sorry to disagree so strongly Dave, but all I hold dear and true runs counter to your advise to lay back during the roll and your opinion that the layback is important to a successfull roll. My own hand rolls are strongest when I remember *NOT* to layback but rather commit fully to the hipsnap.
Respectfully,
Jed
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