Rolling a Sea Kayak Online Course
Develop a reliable sea kayak roll
Learning the roll is such a key skill for any kayaker. If you have a reliable roll it opens up a whole new world of paddling giving you the skills to go out into environments that can result in a capsize. This course is structured with exercises to complete with your paddling partner to develop a roll. We then look at taking this roll in calm water and making it reliable before then taking it into rougher waters.
Course modules
Foundations lessons
- Overview of the roll
- Equipment
- How we learn
- Venues
Building confidence lessons
- Introduction
- Partner capsize
- Confidence exercises
Hip flick lessons
- Hip flick overview
- Mechanics
- Hip flick exercises
Learning the roll lessons
- Introduction
- Stage 1 - Head on the surface
- Stage 2 - Head under
- Stage 3 - Fully over
- Stage 4 - Half roll
- Stage 5 - Full roll
- Stage 6 - Not set up
Developing a reliable roll lessons
- Introduction
- Common faults
- Boat not capsizing
- Setup exercises
- Offside roll
- Balance brace
- Sculling for support
Rough water rolling lessons
- Introduction
- Finishing forwards
- Rough water tactics
- Rough water exercises
- Rolling in surf - introduction
- Rolling in surf - Small waves
- Rolling in surf - Bigger waves
- Rolling in tide
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Anja, Norway
Great videos that really shows all the aspects of different strokes and skills. would recommend it for both novice kayakers as well as experienced paddlers. Lots of useful tips for me as a coach too.
Kevin, UK
This course is brilliant - very well put together with high definition footage and easy to understand descriptions of techniques. I have used much of the course material on the water and in theory and it is faultless. I just keep going over and over and it never gets old. Great job guys - I thoroughly recommend to beginner, intermediate and enthusiasts alike - great stuff
Lee, USA
Videos are brilliantly shot, simple to follow. Love the use of multiple angles, really helps to understand the full picture of a movement. Great resource, amazing!
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