Very clear explanations . Thank you ,I will share this video with friends. You could have said many paddlers use too long paddles and too wide blades which make difficult to keep a high frequency. I began with 567 cm2, then 534 cm2 now happy with a 494 cm2 and faster strokes.
@yes2cookies651 Жыл бұрын
Lurking on your videos to learn how to downwind sup foil. Really helpful info for us wing foilers learning how to paddle. Thank You.
@fromtherubble6890 Жыл бұрын
I'm loving the 2-sided SUP paddle... Could we see a video on proper use of the 2-sided paddle?
@adylp7818 Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely superb! Thanks for sharing your in-depth knowledge 👍
@martyleroy5307 Жыл бұрын
Nice Bill.....look forward to coffee catch up next week🤙
@Bigd0gg3 ай бұрын
Excellent paddle technique instructional video much appreciate mate!👏🏼
@supboardguide3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated!
@ringo7010 ай бұрын
I have the same board as you're using, the Generation iSup and I love it. The best inflatable I've ever had. I use this one for touring and my All Star Carbon Sandwich for racing.
@alionapokormiako80256 ай бұрын
Such a fantastic explanation. Thank you very much!
@wildgoatmtb5361 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant as usual. Thanks
@hmm51316 ай бұрын
Beyond amazing video
@Mark--Todd Жыл бұрын
Another well explained video, filled with quality content.
@scotts1409 Жыл бұрын
Key insight from this for me was the idea of NOT paddling metronomic. Seems so obvious now.
@doctor19741 Жыл бұрын
That’s very useful, thanks. I’ve been out on water here in Ireland as much as possible but the summer has been poor, unfortunately. I was traversing our bay locally tonight while trying to beat the fading light to get back to my entry point! Naturally, I was increasing the power, more tik than tok and trying to focus on my technique while battling the incoming tide ‘rollers’ and fortunately, a mild cross wind! I wondered about the position of the head, eyes also despite the underfoot changes… how much emphasis do you put in this aspect of the stroke? Thanks
@billdawes123 Жыл бұрын
Ok that's a really good question, and (as always!), complex to answer. There are many who stipulate that the head should always be up, as it's more stabilisiing and it opens the chest up more. However, it's almost invariably super fit young paddling athletes saying that. Forcing the head up while you're bending forward isn't the greatest thing for your posture and creates a lot of neck tension. It's well understood that a 'neutral spine' position is the best for engaging your core, which (I think) in paddleboarding terms translates to keeping a fairly long neck, keeping the head in line with the body. This makes sense to me and is a comfortable way to paddle. It also amplifies the 'hammer effect' from your body weight onto the paddle. (I know my head position is all over the place in this vid so don't pay too much attention to that; I'm too distracted by ensuring that my paddle is definitely doing what I need it to do to illustrate the point being made in that particular section!). Hope this helps a bit?
@serginevski9566 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@artbylynnnorris4 ай бұрын
Where abouta is the video for improving your catch? Can you give me a link as i cant find it
@supboardguide4 ай бұрын
It is this one here; how to improve your paddle technique. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4monHebabiehsk
@artbylynnnorris4 ай бұрын
@@supboardguide thanks Bill
@arjandejonge5 ай бұрын
Is your paddle long enough? What about leverage and longer paddles?
@billdawes1235 ай бұрын
@arjandejonge Is this a question for me, as in is my own paddle long enough? Or are you meaning it as a general question. For sure, if your paddle is too short it tends to naturally shorten the stroke. You can't get it in far enough forward, and you can't get it deep enough. Fine for super quick short strokes, like in a sprint or when you're catching a wave. But very much akin to cycling in too high a gear, you're throwing a whole lot of petrol into the engine, not necessarily for very much reward. However, if your paddle is too long, it pushes your top arm too high, requires a wider release and generally slows your cadence down. So yes, definitely, having the right length of paddle for your style of stroke is hugely important. The general trend over the last few years has been towards shorter paddles. Pretty much every athlete I have worked with has followed this trend and benefited from it. (Although not ad infinitum. In general, they found that a few inchs shorter than the old 'shaka overhead' has delivered entirely positive results, but it very quickly becomes apparent when you go too short. it's definitely not a case of the shorter the better). Paddle length is an entire topic in itself, but hopefully this helps a bit?
@aspirin2811 ай бұрын
Mislim da vozim najbrze sup dasku na Jadranu,ko sumlja neka dodje u Risan na takmicenje
@milosgrujic91189 ай бұрын
Ne sumljamo.
@RobertHooper-b3r6 ай бұрын
OK…. Interesting but…. My five pence…. Need much more rotation on the catch phase! Compress on the catch! Move your feet! Need the paddle out of the water by/before you reach your feet!
@billdawes1236 ай бұрын
@RobertHooper-b3r By rotation do you mean hip twist? That's a whole subject in itself. The twist stroke was where the paddleboarding stroke started, and many athletes still use it. But from around 2015 onwards the much more forward-focussed compression-based and thrust-based strokes have kinda pushed twist out of the limelight. Look at any race fleet now and you'll see some athletes with some twist in their stroke but plenty with none at all. I didn't reference it here because it actually doesn't work for a lot of people. Some people are natural twisters, others not. (I will be doing a vid on this soon). As for moving the feet... Move them where? Not quite sure where you're going with that one. And as for the paddle out of the water by the time you reach your feet; that's one of these crazy myths that have become pervasive, indeed we are actually right now working on a 'myth-busting' series of videos looking at weird misunderstandings like this that have been repeated so often that they become seen as gospel. You absolutely do NOT need to take your paddle out before it reaches your feet. This idea that it will suddenly slam the brakes on if it passes your feet is just nonsense. There is still plenty of absolutely useful and perfectly good power to be had at that point of the stroke. Again, just watch any top racer, and you'll see that their paddle passes their feet (other than in super-high-cadence sprinting). It's all about how you control and steer the paddle through the water when it's back at that point, and how you're applying the power to it with your hands. Yes, for sure there are inefficient things you can do with your paddle when it reaches your feet, but there are also good things. Focussing on taking the paddle out when reaches your feet all too often results in a really uncomfortable inefficient stroke, particularly for people for whom a lower cadence longer stroke is much more natural and comfortable. I see this all the time in my coaching; people obsessing about something like this, and horrified when I suggest they relax and let the paddle come up and out of the water at a more natural point in the stroke cycle, rather than obsessing about the feet thing. But then they pretty much instantly start going much faster, further, easier and more smoothly once they do find their proper, natural stroke cycle. The way you take the paddle out of the water has far more consequence than where you take it out of the water. Paddling is such a complex thing. I'm sure I say it in this vid, I certainly say it many of the other ones on this channel; there are so many ways it can be done, and there is absolutely no one right way to do it properly. Any rule you try and impose on paddling; you'll find someone doing something different and making it work. It's the most fascinating sport to coach that I've ever worked in. Anyway, hope this helps clarify things a bit.
@carlphil4507 ай бұрын
If you want to be efficient and powerful, you have to coil and uncoil the upper body.
@billdawes1237 ай бұрын
@carlphil450 I presume you're talking about twisting from the hips, the 'twist stroke'? That's certainly one way to paddle, and was very much where the SUP stroke started, because so many of the early converts to SUP racing came from a canoe or va'a background. However, since around 2015 there has been a shift away from that approach. Plenty of top paddlers eschew twist entirely, concentrating on getting all their power from compression or thrust. So it's definitely not a case that to be efficient and powerful, you HAVE to coil/uncoil the upper body. It's a technique that suits many paddlers, but absolutely isn't compulsory.