Rotation, rotation, rotation: Rotation is easy, using it is hard

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00:00 Introduction
01:04 Hip rotation, keeping shoulders aligned with hips
02:21 Hip rotation explained with arms
04:13 Why hip rotation is easy
04:57 Torso rotation, moving shoulders beyond the hips
05:26 Torso rotation without hip rotation used in sea kayaking
05:59 Combining hip before & torso rotation
06:26 Combining torso before hip rotation
06:44 Overlapping hip & torso rotation, or combining simultaneously
07:12 Rotation is easy (reprise)
07:36 Avoiding tailbone (coccyx) irritation
08:35 Torso rotation is easy because spine is rotationally flexible
08:51 Using rotation to power the stroke is hard because of coordination needed
09:02 Rotation can clearly start too early
09:28 How late should rotation begin?
10:04 Hip rotation, torso rotation, total rotation: Rotation, rotation, rotation
10:16 Surfski and kayak paddling is the only sport that uses rotation as major motor for moving forward
10:34 Rotation is not natural for novice paddlers, must be consciously learned or instructed
11:26 Not possible to control pivot point of hip rotation
11:43 We need perceptual goals for coordinating rotation with the stroke

Gary Cziko, PhD
Founder & Chief Research Scientist
California Center for Research to Advance Paddling
CCRAP ("kuh-KRAP")
"Advancing paddling mentally and extramentally."