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note i think that's impossible! New

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Re: question Paddle offset questions (kinda repost). Scootah New
Re: note Bless you for asking!! 2WAV New
Re: feedback Ideally you want neither hand to have to rotate on the shaft or cock forward or back Dr_Disco New
Date: Sep 14 2004, 15:57 GMT
From: 2WAV

If I'm wrong about his I hope someone will explain it so that I can understand, but it seems to me....

that you can't have it both ways. If you adjust the left paddle (and grip) so that the right wrist doesn't have to rotate, then the left grip has to rotate _a_whole_bunch_ when it moves to the top.

I agree with you that "ideally" you want neither hand to rotate, but that would require a paddle that magically reversed its offset with every stroke. I think.

I used to paddle with a 12, and they're getting to be very popular, but now I wonder why bother? Offset vs No-Offset are two different styles of handling the paddle--Lefty loosey vs. top loosey. Why try to split the diffference?  
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note Check out what Jimi Snyder has to say. Dr_Disco New
question yeah but thats optimal for jimi,I think everybody might be different XXX_er New
th_up I agree.  His criteria might be relevant though. <NT> Dr_Disco New
note well reasoned and works for him, but read between the lines... 2WAV New
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