Key concepts of staggers
- Keeping speed on the boat
- Being prepared
- Having good tracking (avoiding slip and slide unless planned)
- Keeping rhythm (paddling as much as possible and reduce waiting)
In all staggers if the paddlers are prepared and early this means the boat is always moving towards the finish, boat speed can continue to be high and by keeping a good rhythm means the paddler can always be paddling, timing there strokes in relation to the gates, meaning no waiting. As Soon as the paddler has to wait, it means there boat speed drops.
Types of classic staggers.
- Keeping speed on the boat
- Being prepared
- Having good tracking (avoiding slip and slide unless planned)
- Keeping rhythm (paddling as much as possible and reduce waiting)
In all staggers if the paddlers are prepared and early this means the boat is always moving towards the finish, boat speed can continue to be high and by keeping a good rhythm means the paddler can always be paddling, timing there strokes in relation to the gates, meaning no waiting. As Soon as the paddler has to wait, it means there boat speed drops.
Types of classic staggers.
Open wide turning above Staggers
In these staggers we are looking to take longer wider lines, but keeping speed on the boat is the most important aspect. This speed comes from good tracking and by having space around the gates to keep paddling. Each turn is completed above/before the gateline, andthe paddler has movement back towards the next gate before crossing the gateline. If the inside pole was in the water then the bow of the boat would be spearing the inside pole as the boat travels towards the next gate. To achieve if we were looking directly upstream though the gateline we would see the hips pass outside of the outside pole. |
Staggers from the 1st stone mini slalom
Think back to the last race you did. How were the staggers?
Key concepts of Open wide turning above Staggers
- Keeping speed on the boat
- Being prepared
- Having good tracking (avoiding slip and slide unless planned)
- Keeping rhythm (paddling as much as possible and reduce waiting)
- Speed comes from good tracking
- Being able to keep paddling due to having space around poles
- Each turn is completed above/before the gateline
- The paddler has movement back towards the next gate before crossing the gateline.
Me on the Flatwater at HPP
Me on the Flatwater at HPP