Blazing Paddles: Your Guide to Forming a Fun, Fast Dragon Boat Team

Based on over 20 years of experience in paddle sports, this guide has information for paddlers and coaches. Organized for practical use and reference, Blazing Paddles includes detailed descriptions and photos on technique, drills to help address common flaws, tips for crew selection, and guidance for how to structure effective practices and build your team into a cohesive, effective paddling machine.“Blazing Paddles is a comprehensive Dragonboat tool kit . Will provided the reader with valuable ‘tips’ for dragonboat program development as well as paddling technical skills. There’s lots of ‘gems’ in this book. I will be recommending ‘BP’ to my coaching course participants.” — Pat Bradley Senior USDBF coach training instructor, Multiple World Champion athlete and coach (formerly with Team Canada and currently with Team USA)“This is a great resource for new coaches and team organizers. Will Murphy has put together a comprehensive guide for those starting a Dragon Boat team or finding themselves in the position to lead one. With two decades of coaching experience he brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. The illustrations are very useful, land and water training is covered, livened with a healthy dose of humor.” — Bob McNamara Premier Class Coach, USDBF If you are looking to up your game as a paddler, in particular as a dragon boat paddler, even if you are experienced in the sport, you will find this book an invaluable resource. If you are the coach or captain of a dragon boat racing team, even moreso. It is organized in a manner to make it easy to refer to just what you want. Team us struggling with timing? There are drills for that. Team is arm paddling. There are drills for that. Want a few ways to improve or just streamline organization and planning of practices? Several tips and tools for that, including accessible appendices. If you want a succinct, well-organized reference for dragon boat racing, you found it. —- ISBN: 9798736855247 | ISBN10: B0946NHJ43 | ISBN-13: 979-8736855247