So what do you do on a Day Underway Class? Everything that you would do while underway, of course.
With weather that turned absolutely summer like, 8 paddlers of all skill levels we got to cover a gamut of topics.
+Group Management
+Forward Stroke Clinic – very effective as rotating small group work stations.
+Biomechanics of paddling – worked into maneuvering
+Draws and sideslips
+Rescue Skills – on Marshall the dunkage dummy.(who got to work on his hang time)
KR even did the entire day with a shorty canoe paddle as a follow up from her Freestyle Canoe class the day before.
All in all, a lot was packed into 5-6 hours on the water but in a varied enough of a format to prevent mental sludge from taking over. We even got to do some yoga to counter lunch coma before putting on for the PM session.
Definitely look for this program again come in 2012 as well as Karen Knight at our PowerUP Symposium the first weekend of June 2012.
