Saturday 19 November 2011

Winter sunshine

Unseasonably pleasant weather. Short day. Trip or rolling practice? I chose to go roll fearful that there would not be enough time or daylight at the end of a trip to do what I feel I need to. 
 I must be addicted.


A huge plus point was Thorfinn was able to come and help with forward finish rolls. Still I am working away on reverse sweep and storm roll. Quite often practising rolling feels like maintenance of what has been achieved, checking its still there and it works. Its an attitude or frame of mind I tend to adopt in winter. Cold water, chilling winds, frozen face and hands = limited learning. Today, however, I felt like I made some progress, hard to describe why, but gradually these two rolls are feeling more and more solid and reliable. I am sure the brief sunshine helped.



4 comments:

  1. We were playing in similar conditions today. My practice is to do a few rolls then paddle around a bit to warm up and so on and so on ....

    Tony :-)

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  2. Hi Tony - nice to hear from you. Hope all is well on the other side of the pond. Probably a bit colder over your side.

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  3. limited but realistic practice!

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  4. Yup, its cooling down here. Ice on my garden pond this morning .. burrr! The salt water is still reasonable though but time to retreat to the pool is fast approaching.

    Tony :-)

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