Ergo Training Session May 2013

This video was created for ergo technique feedback whilst the rivers were too flooded to paddle.

The dragon boat paddle ergo mimics the motions of a dragon boat and O1 depending on the leg position and lean. For example both legs at the same height replicates an O1 technique where as one leg lower than the other would replicate the position held in a dragon boat.

Exeter 500m O1 Sprint Training

500m Sprint on Exeter Canal in November 2012

Starts from 2min 10secs

O1 training is the nearest form of training to being in an actual dragon boat but without the other 19 paddlers. The benefit is that it can be done on any water alone and distance/time measured as an individual. For this reason O1 time trials are used to gain a place on the GB dragon boat team.