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instead of using "right hand" control (assuming at this point that everyone is right handed), we are now teaching "working hand" control.
Working hand control allows whichever hand is doing the work, to be gripped on the paddle and the "off" hand to be loose.
This is a more natural way, not necessarily for those who have always paddled the old way, to initiate and perform most paddle strokes.
Many, if not most, good paddlers do this anyway without thinking about it, and it is being taught now to keep beginners/intermediates from developing bad habits and to allow more consistent stroke/roll work.
As for the offset issue, I think that a small offset (12-30 degrees) allows for more natural paddle placement at the catch phase of the stroke.
When I try to paddle with 45 degree paddles anymore, I am really cranking my wrists around to do my strokes properly.
I don't really notice much difference between the way my working hand blade goes in the water going from 12* to 0*.
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Here is what I have observed and what is now being taught........... New 
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