{"id":6277,"date":"2022-05-31T15:26:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/?p=6277"},"modified":"2022-05-31T15:27:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:27:14","slug":"windy-squares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/windy-squares\/","title":{"rendered":"Windy Squares"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was a training session we paddled at Broadford on the Isle of Skye as we waited for a gap in the weather for my Skye Circumnav attempt in 2021.<\/p>\n

As the wind was determined not to give us a break, we thought we might as well get into the spirit of things – it was time for Scottish (Windy) Squares.<\/p>\n

I like this session, it brings extra facets into a simple session:<\/p>\n

Physical<\/strong> – it’s an interval session after all.<\/p>\n

Technical<\/strong> – holding the lines in open water and making accurate turns throughout the wind.<\/p>\n

Technique<\/strong> – matching the stroke rate and stroke technique to each of the different legs and keeping the boat ‘free’ across wind. As the wind varies though 4 different angles.<\/p>\n

Awareness<\/strong> – watching the drift and keeping the lines ‘square-on’ (ish)
\nAnd all with free coaching from the wind throughout.<\/p>\n

Format<\/h4>\n

The Intervals were 2′ hard – 3′ easy – broken into 1′ sides i.e. a 90 degree turn every minute.
\nIf you work to an odd number of sides per rep, each hard effort is exposed to all different angles of the wind by sess end.<\/p>\n

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Options<\/h4>\n

This was a ‘trailing squares’ sess – working directly ‘across sea’ to expose the boat square-on across the conditions. Hence each square will fall downwind.
\nStatic Squares puts a ‘wind ferry angle’ in so the squares stay roughly in the same area – you can play with a little jiggery-pokery on side lengths too to get it completely static if you want a little more thinking.
\nYou can also rotate the square through 45 degrees to work with the sea from each quarter instead.<\/p>\n

Windy Squares – turning a slog into a bit of technical fun.<\/p>\n

John Willacy<\/p>\n

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This was a training session we paddled at Broadford on the Isle of Skye as we waited for a gap in the weather for my Skye Circumnav attempt in 2021. As the wind was determined not to give us a break, we thought we might as well get into the spirit of things – it … <\/p>\n

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