Sometimes no matter how good or bad you think you are it is worth while getting a professional opinion or so my therapist tells me.
I do not confess to be a top freestyle paddler or even a fairly good freestyle paddler, simply someone who likes to get in a boat at least once a week and living in the middle of UK in Buckinghamshire quiet often means a morning paddle on the Thames – especially if I am out of credits with the wife for weekends breaks to go river paddling.
However I am always looking for the next thrill or pushing myself that little further. My aim this winter was to nail the Blunt. However this so far has resulted in limited success.
After getting some tips from various people the chance came up to get some hints and tips on how best to stick a freestyle move that has been bugging me all winter. This came in format of a Kayakojacko Old Dogs New Tricks session with coaches Tim Ward, Tom and Jacko.
The days was as expected an excellent group, good coaches, different approaches, good fun, anger at my paddling but by the end of the day most defiantly rewarding as the move was beginning to finally come together, more importantly since the session I have been back and it is getting better – so far so good J
As an additional bonus and considering the new summer session for my local club is starting up it gave me the opportunity to catch up the current coaching techniques and coaching styles.
