Draw stroke on the move

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Key Points
Posture (Upright and Faces Work)
Vertical Paddle Angle
Both Hands Over Water
In Water Recovery (Top Thumb Points Away)
Heel (Boat Dependent)
The Boat Moves Evenly Abeam

There are four main methods of moving a boat sideways: the draw, sculling draw, draw on the move and the hanging draw.

This stroke is ideal for just quickly pulling the boat sideways almost instantly. For example when you need to miss a rock and have only just seen it. Its execution is very quick and very simple. All you need to do is:

1. Do a powerful draw stroke on one side.

2. Instead of knifing the blade back into position simply slice the blade out towards the rear of the boat.

3. Edge the boat away from the blade to prevent the side of the boat digging into the water.