Essay: Bridging the Gap

All Olympic hype is easy to conclude, it is impossible to miss Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt, but you may not know any sprint kayak hero. Compared with North American persistent canoe culture, supporters of top racing cars are weak

Even the marathon, outrigger, war canoe, and even the Dragon Boat, the North American casual paddle paddler is competitive. But this did not translate to more and better athletes playing canoes at the Olympic Games.

Pam Boeteler is the president of WomenCAN International, a gender equality group focused on the canoe in the Olympic Games - she believes that this problem partially supports the low concern for elite kayaks. "At the Olympic Games there is no female canoeing activity," Boeteler said. 36 countries are developing programs for women at various stages of development

"The most important thing is that nobody just goes out to play high orgasms," Boeteler noted and mentioned the difficult gestures the elite Sprint canoe used to gain strength. "We have a group of people who want to be state - of - the - art and have no time to master new skills.

Unlike most elite sports in North America, there are no leisure streams to choose from.

Wade Blackwood, Executive Director of the American Canoe Association, says: "When ACA and USA Canoe / Kayak (USACK) split in the 1990s, the performance declined, the number of medals declined, elite participation declined."

As a result, ACA has been working with USACK (National Paddle Ball Management and National Olympic Committee members) again to work to reduce the apparent gap.

ACA has 5,700 coaches, and Blackwood hopes people understand that they can participate in the elite paddling field by introducing competitive canoeing ideas into the introductory curriculum.

After all, both Blackwood and Boeteler think that enhancing exposure and supporting local competitions is the key to filling in the gap between entertainment and elite paddler. It is healthy for both camps to spread the canoure culture and leisure Padler's love to the competition.

This article first appeared in Canoeroots & Family Camping in the fall of 2012. Download our freeiPad / iPhone / iPod Touch application and Android application, or read it here

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