Some other notes on switching which may be interesting.
Paddle Length We may need to consider possible paddle length when switching.
This is due to a shorter paddle being less cumbersome as you switch. Tape on the paddle may also help re-find where you want your bottom hand, and to see if you naturally hold the paddle in the same place on both sides. Developing a Switching brain This is especially key to those who are good on one side and are starting to develop there other side. Make sure you think about the oppertunities that open up now you are on that side. For example think about an up left on a drop, if you were a righty and you are switching to the left, then you may need a new plan. Think about how a lefty would do this move? Would the line change due to being on the left?
I will cover this more in Planning a sequence - Lefty vs Righty articles coming soon.
Few more places we can switch
If we also compare Kim and Jess gate 3 - 5 due to the shorter line taken with this sweep to switch she has a quicker split.
She notes one reason for switching, especially early on was due to C1W having a less strength/weaker x bow compared to an onside stroke. This combined with a potential fear of falling in a stopper on the x bow I can totally connect with this, and its a good way of dealing with stoppers. However there are lots of ways – Fakies on stoppers for example deal with this situation (Article on Fakies on Stoppers HERE) This subject of dealing with stopper I will cover more on soon. This moves onto a point do we switch for comfort or do we switch for a performance advantage. Its sometimes nicer to drop into a stopper on a downstream blade and can be effective, but sometimes it isn't. The more we develop a whole toolbox of skills then the more we can chose what to deploy in a given situation. K1 helps transfer / is natural Its interesting to see how plans on a C1 run do, or don't correlate with the plans from K1 run.
Sometimes we will plan the exact same stroke sequence and other times a different stroke sequence
What are other peoples previous experiences? Always on the onside I guess this is very similar to being on the inside blade around the majority on turns we discuss in part 1 Key points to Switching
Grip behind the blade
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