It is always incredible to me what a big difference footwork makes, and nothing reinforces that more than watching a new team struggle to find stable footing on their first day in the boat like I did today. Here's a good clip from a few practice sessions a year or two ago, that demonstrates what a powerful tool an onboard camera can be for learning to replicate footwork in boat handling.
The key to creating great boat handling in racing situations is to focus on the process of the boat handling in practice. A good way to use video to do this is to break your maneuvers into little chunks such as footwork, handwork, and sail timing, and compare one of these parts from your own videos with online videos of the top teams performing the same maneuvers. Focus on perfecting each little bit in order to create a great, all around maneuver.
Video from today's practice showing good capsize recovery techniques coming tomorrow!
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