USK DVD Chapter Links Vol 6
USK's "Essential Kayaking Strokes"

The capabilities of DVD work ideally with the presentation style of the USK ”IN Depth” instructional video series.  With the push of a button you can go to the precise component or skill listed on the menu. To provide you with the greatest versatility in watching your USK DVD, we created lots of links, which in turn creates a very long list of titles. The main menu is a list of categories, which link to sub menus.  Components and skills can be selected from the sub menus.

Enjoy the video!

Link # - Main Menu Titles and Link Titles

A - From The Start
1 - Introduction
2 - How to best use this video

B - Your Boat
3 - Anatomy of a kayak
4 - Boat design
5 - Kayak movements
6 - Rudders vs skegs
7 - Kayak stability

C - Your Body
8 - Anatomy of the body
9 - Fitting in a kayak
10 - Edging & leaning a kayak
11 - Torso rotation

D - Your Blade
12 - Anatomy of a paddle
13 - Blade shapes
14 - Paddle shafts
15 - Choosing a paddle
16 - Paddle length
17 - Holding a paddle
18 - Paddling unfeathered or feathered
19 - Indexing
20 - Wrist safety
21 - Water/blade resistance
22 - Blade manipulation
23 - Wind/blade resistance
24 - Paddle accessories & uses

E - Combining Your Boat, Body & Blade

F - Moving A Kayak With A Paddle
25 - Back slip
26 - Going straight
27 - Kayak & paddle movements

G - Strokes
28 - Parts of a stroke
29 - Stroke symmetry
30 - Strokes review

H - Forward Strokes
31 - Generic forward stroke
32 - Forward stroke variables
33 - Forward touring stroke
34 - Forward high angle stroke
35 - Forward low angle & supportive stroke
36 - Greenland forward stroke
37 - Wing paddle forward stroke
38 - Stroke sustainability

I - Reverse Strokes & Stopping
39 - Reverse stroke generic
40 - Reverse supportive stroke
41 - Reverse stroke high angle

J - Turning Strokes
42 - Forward sweep stroke
43 - Reverse sweep stroke
44 - Turning in place
45 - Stern low brace turn
46 - Stern high brace turn
47 - Bow high brace turn
48 - Paddle rudder
49 - Edging during turns
50 - Extended paddle strokes

K - Draw Strokes
51 - Side draw stroke
52 - Draw stroke mistakes
53 - Edging during draw strokes
54 - Forward & backward draw strokes
55 - Bow draw stroke
56 - Stern draw stroke
57 - Side shifts/slips

L - Bracing Defined

M - Combination Strokes
58 - Forward stroke/stern draw
59 - Reverse stroke/bow draw
60 - Stern low brace turn/bow draw
61 - Stern high brace turn/forward stroke
62 - Bow draw/stern draw
63 - High/low sculling braces

N - Last But Not Least…
64 - Exercising & conditioning
65 - Basic steering
66 - What's next?
67 - Last look

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