It is important to remember that the dragon boat is like a rowboat, paddle a kayak or paddling a canoe. Each activity has its own style paddle boating. If you were in another type of boat that should take everything you learned about handling the oar. The idea of holding a paddle in a dragon boat require the use of different muscles and models are different. After learning the basics of glass, will want to practice at home. You must get used to use the entire body is not only the arm, how to dig the paddle in the water, then the costs to propel the boat forward. You may want to do with one or more of his teammates, how to keep in sync is critical. Although you want to practice your technique of rowing, dragon boat racing is not necessary to train for a significant amount of time. The most important factor is increasingly coordinated with their teammates and learn good paddling techniques.

Which brings me to one very important point. Maintaining synchronization with the other rowers is essential. It is better not to see the person before you. In contrast, emphasizes the advantage strokers ahead of the boat. After following the person before you, each person in a row outside for only a fraction of a second. This can cause your teammates and losing the model guided by the drummer. If everyone loses his calendar, it will slow the boat. If you feel you lose the rhythm (and believe me the first time you are in a dragon boat to lose its rhythm is inevitable), pull the paddle completely until it can re-sync group . Rock with the team and feel the power of the boat. When the body has the pace of return, to hear the drum and begins the next stroke.

Listening to the body and feel your beat is something you can do before boarding a boat. When you watch dragon boats of other teams practice (and I strongly recommend that it helps develop a sense of the race), close your eyes and listen to the drum. The drum is like a pulse of an athlete properly set. Taking the pulse of the pump through your body. Rock with it, if you’re interested in doing. Balance is a good practice, too, because when you pull the oars in the water your body swaying with the motion of the boat. Read the rest of this entry »