Thursday Night Skills

Well, the usual suspects had other plans, so I had the pleasure of a private lesson with Jeff. Sweet! We meet at the Police Docks on Shelter Island. We quckly ran through a few of the strokes for upcoming BCU assessment. We discussed the video and what parts need some tweaking.

One item we worked on was the paddle placement with the bow rudder. I had been keeping a more vertical shaft, but I need to place it at more of angle, lowering my corss-over arm. Another element that we tweaked was my stern rudder. I have been reaching too far back. I need to keep my back arm in the 'box'.

Afterwards we headed to Rancho's and enjoyed some good Mexican food