I love the Pain Relief Blog. Just an update in case u don't know results from the Police Regatta at Porirua last weekend. Mens open won all heats and Final with Terangi and Shaye stepping up to the big boys ranks, shaye with just 2 training sessions.
Under 16s won Open mens novice winning all but 1 heat, cut off by a team that went 3 lanes across making Ngametua avoid them by goin wide. They won the final by 3 boat lengths blooding 1 new paddler Hohepa Rutene, team = Terangi, Hohepa, Kauri, Gabe, Seth, Ngametua.
Mixed open event came 2nd 3rd 2nd in the heats and 2nd place in the finals, team Sydney, Joe/Laurie, Lee, Sydneys sister, Uncle Syd and I forgot the name of the other girl.
Everything looking good for W N T. Terangi did well as he raced 8 races at number 1 position; Ho Startacus
Darren
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Profile of a Waka Steerer
Profile of a Steerer Considers some of the prerequisites which can make for a good steerer; physical, personality, decision maker, leader, perfectionist, communicator, motivator, pacifier, technician, ocean skills, experience, knowing ones limitations, fundamentals and more.
Commands and Motivation Mean what you say, say what you mean, watch your tone, establish lines of communication, empty vessels make most noise, build trust, avoid the negatives, develop a positive belief system, stay in the here and now, it's only water, creative visualization, maintaining enthusiasm, dealing with fear, controlled aggression, who does what and when, pet hates, specific commands.
Sprint Steering Lane distinctions, flags and buoys, landmarks and transits, adjacent crews, commands and instructions, race start procedure, the line up and start, steering along the course, overlapping lanes on the straight, the approach/set up and turn, rules at the turn buoys, steering combinations at the front, overlapping lanes at the turn mark [3 buoy and single buoy system], common collisions, race finish.
The ability to steer an outrigger canoe, while being very much a science is fundamentally an intuition. In theory, you can be told or shown how to steer; but in practice, it requires time on the water; lots and lots of it, developing skills, which evolve to a point in being a natural extension of oneself in getting the most out of canoe and crew. While most every good paddler, over time, will make for a fair to good steerer, to become a true master one must make a study of its nuances and possess abilities both natural and acquired.
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