14 COACHING WINDWISE TECHNIQUE
WISEWORDS
Front foot roll!
Rolling onto the front side of your front foot, allows you to
lean forward, without over flexing the front leg. In extreme
situations you can adopt a ‘Warrior stance, by looking and
leaning over a front knee, but that should be the last resort.
Hips not hands
It’s very common to ‘over pull’ on the arms. It’s not a pull up!
So try a few hooked in pumping runs where you lightly hold
the boom with only three fingers on each hand. It helps to
prevent a gorilla power-sapping grip! It makes a massive
difference! Also practice adopting a narrow arm spread as it
enables you to lean forward with more meaning!
Loving lulls
In zephyr like winds there often isn’t enough wind to support
you in an outboard position. But we still have counter
balance forwards and backwards. It is amazing how much
you can use the rig as a counter balance and stay hooked in
and planing by leaning forward MASSIVELY. On the water, it’s
this ‘opposing’ the rig action that gives you the greatest
chance of staying planing. Narrow grip and front foot roll,
really helps here.
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