There are times when you want to continue a turn towards the side you are stroking on. If you do a normal forward stroke, it will slow the turning momentum of the boat. But if you do a stroke that is under the boat, with your paddle shaft past vertical, the turn will continue.
Here is a drill I do with paddlers. Push the bow of the boat away from shore and have them paddle back to you paddling only on one side. This is deceptively difficult and few boaters do it right at first.
You have to do this stroke under the boat to do it and end with a stern rudder stroke. Many boaters angle their paddle on their first stroke and pull the boat sideways to keep from turning, but they don't paddle straight back to you, they are drawing the boat sideways.
Instead, you should reach across with the top hand, rotating the body so you are reaching with your shoulders also so that when the stroke first goes in, the angle of the shaft is past vertical so the stroke doesn't turn the boat. You have to get the stroke as close to the center line of the boat as possible so the stroke only makes the boat go forward and doesn't turn the boat.
You can do this drill either from shore or from another boat. Grab the bow of the other boat and push it away from you and have the boater paddle straight at your hands only using one blade. This helps develop stroke mobility and range of motion. You need to learn to both reach way out to the side and to reach way under the boat for a full range of motion.
This is easier in a c-1 than a k-1, but both should learn this stroke. C-1 should use this as their first stroke when starting from a standstill normally. K-1s will have less of a use for it, but it is another tool in your toolbox to draw on when needed.
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