Name: jordan Review Date: 1/26/2012 7:47 pm Rating:
Let's just say this video has "homemade" production values...but it's some of the finest, meatiest rolling content I've seen. It's helped me as a paddler and, even more, as an instructor teaching rolling. If you have any interest in teaching a roll, this is the first video you should buy.
And, honestly, the production values are kind of charming.
This video takes a different approach than other rolling videos. Instead of telling the viewer how to roll, we show the viewer how to learn and/or teach the roll. It provides a step by step process which breaks the roll down into an easy learning progression.
The video also contains valuable and often overlooked sections about how to get a pool roll working in the river, and how to speed up a combat roll. Regardless of your background or skill level, this video is right for you.
Anybody Can Kayak! Rolling is the most detailed, precise, and easy-to-follow rolling video imaginable. It will teach you your first roll, move your pool roll to the river, or teach you to roll faster.
The First Roll section one shows you the easiest, fastest, and most reliable way to learn to roll and the easiest, fastest, most reliable way to teach the roll. The roll is flexible and adaptable so it can build on what you may have heard from friends or instructors. The relationship between the student and their instructor or helper is emphasized. Much time is spent discussing potential problems with the roll, both how to diagnose them, and how to fix them. This section progresses slowly and methodically using lots of slow motion, stop action and underwater photography.
River Rolling Section two helps you move slowly, painlessly, and successfully from a pool roll (regardless as to where you learned it) to a river roll. It starts with a series of 19 flat water drills to get you rolling when you are confused, surprised, or disoriented. Next comes a series of 17 progressively more difficult river drills. It ends with a discussion of the intangibles which make or break your roll in real life situations.
Faster Rolling Section three shows how to get up faster during real life situations. It begins by showing how to get your roll working on both sides. Next it teaches four roll variations, then shows when and where to use the variations. Finally it analyzes over 25 real life combat rolls, talking about why they’re different, and what they have in common.
