Increasing the range of motion rather than restricting it can be advantagous. Asian martial arts techniques come to mind for efficient biomechanical energy transfers.
I appreciate your analysis and have never heard anything different other than having hands at eye level and elbow up. I am curious as to your analogy about throwing a baseball. Since we don't push with the top hand I don't understand what the advantage really is
I would take some time and watch some more of these videos if you don't think you should push with that top hand! "When you make it a pushing sport and not a pulling sport you become a 7mph+ guy" - great quote from the podcast with Joe Crnkovich
@@K2NOPS maybe you could point me to one of the videos. I like your series I've just never heard of pushing with the upper hand. Oscar preaches the opposite claiming that you lever the paddle into pushing water toward the surface. I would love to be a 7 mi an hour paddler. I'm stuck at around 6 at the moment.
The 3 parts on preventing power slippage in the surfski goes over it in pretty good detail. Unfortunate to hear that other information isn't as helpful as it's made out to be.
