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Articles on mental preparation
How to paddle
- Dragon boat technique (with instructions)
- Land paddle board to work on the paddling technique (e.g. A frame set up, leg drive)
- ​the club owns two of these machines thanks to the ingenuity of Sui
Stretching exercises
Websites of interest
The Darebee Resource
High quality fitness resource - free access, forever, for everyone.
The Darebee Resource is an independent fitness resource run and maintained by a small group of volunteers and fitness enthusiasts. Here we make fitness accessible, make training fun and make a healthy lifestyle easier to start and maintain – on a budget. We believe that fitness is not a privilege, it should be made this accessible for everyone - not just people who can pay for it.
paddlechica.com
A fantastic blog site by an avid dragon boater, outrigger paddler and coach who started this as a way to answer some of the questions that her fellow paddlers were asking her after practice. Some of here blogs are below:
- Ten thing successful dragon boat paddlers do
- The top ten ways to improve your paddling - tips from the experts
- Are you faking it - how over-reaching can be detrimental to your stroke
- 10 reasons I'm thankful for dragon boating
- Just breathe - regulating your breathing while paddling
- Newbies: one of your most important assets - how to work with and retain your rookies