: Well, I wouldn't say he was wrong, because whatever works for you
: is right for you, but he was not demonstrating the current
: thinking as I understand it in the following areas:
: 1. Arms too stiff. Danger, Will Robinson
: 2. Too much torso rotation early in the stroke, before the paddle
: blade is buried in the water - he's using up half his rotation
: while the paddle is in the air. Better to plant the blade with
: the arms, then rotate.
: 3. Too much crossing the body with the arms - stroke is being
: powered too much by shoulders and not enough by torso.
: 4. Top arm too low - paddle angled like a front slash (/) through
: the power phase. This will make the boat unstable because it's
: hard to generate support with the paddle angled like that, and
: it's inefficient because you're lifting water.
: 5. Late exit. Paddle is way too far back when he exits the water -
: providing neither support nor forward force in that position.

Dave,

Thanks for taking the time to explain.

Dave