Essential Skills for Kayaking

Meet kayaking

Kayaks is not only a sport, but also a leisurely outdoor event suitable for ordinary people to participate in, and it can especially exercise people's balance and coordination. First of all, the parts that can be exercised by kayaking are very comprehensive, which is a whole body exercise. "A lot of friends think that kayaking is just an upper body exercise or arm exercise. However, if the action is correct, 60%-70% of your entire propulsion energy will come from the lower body muscles."

So how to play , let's take a look at the essential skills of kayak

Grip

[Grip the propeller] Measure the best propeller pitch. You can lift the propeller to the top of your head with both hands, with your elbows at a 90 degree angle. At this time, the distance between your hands is the best propeller pitch.

Draw

[Rowing boat] The width of the oar in your hand is about shoulder width, and the right row is first. When the oar is down, the upper body turns naturally to the right, and the left arm is stretched out to be about shoulder height and stretched over the hull to the right. When the right oar comes out of the water, the body naturally turns to the left, and then the left hand oar enters the water, the right hand crosses the hull and moves to the left, and uses the foot pedal to increase the strength (right hand oar, right foot hard), when returning to the oar , The height of the blades should not exceed the height of the shoulders, the reverse stroke action is just the opposite. Do not swing your body up and down, you should swing in parallel and try to keep the center of gravity as stable as possible.

Kayaks

The three elements of SOT kayaks

1. Control: Control the body, control the oars, control the boat, control the balance, speed, and direction to achieve complete control, safe strokes, and enjoy strokes. Involving different water skills, using the core area of the body to control the balance of the boat. Different boat types and different sitting postures, but the core requirements are common; use oars to control balance, pressure water balance, low pressure water, high pressure water balance, direction control forward oar, sweep oar, Rudder, bow and stern rudder.

2. Efficiency: People drive the oars, and the oars drive the water. No matter what type of boat, it must be fast and easy to maximize body efficiency and forward efficiency. Speed efficiency: efficient forward oars, sitting posture, oar lifting, hands-upper limbs-heels-legs-hips-waist-arms form a power transmission to drive the oars forward.

3. Rescue: The ability to rescue oneself, rescue others, and be rescued by others (self-help, mutual rescue, and being rescued) in the event of an accident---safety first. Self-help is the foundation, and mutual help is an important backup method. Self-rescue boating in the water, overturning, saving energy.

Precautions

1. Wear a life jacket when entering the water.

2. Apply sunscreen in advance and prepare sunscreen items.

3. Relax and avoid falling into the water due to tension and body stiffness and shaking.