Moving between Cynefin Domains: From Complex to Complicated and back to Complex

 

Trearddur Bay F7 2.5m Swell (Photo: Geth Roberts)

Moving from above (Complex Domain) to the pool (Complicated Domain) to drill into biomechanics of the offside roll using Constraints Led Approach (CLA) with an air bag and a Greenland Paddle (GP) can seem somewhat of a theoretical construct than a relatable shift from the ‘field’ to the ‘lab’ to improve performance in the ‘field’ again. But in my view for increased performance it is critical.

In the pool, my use of the process to part task or ‘chunk’ the Greenland Storm Roll technique accidentally opened the door for a lightbulb moment on building good form into my next goal: The high brace.  The realisation was simply to look down to the bottom of the pool (or towards the tip of the paddle) and by default, my body position was optimised for recovery. I had watched this video about twenty times and sunk in the pool attempts to roll.

It wasn’t until I practiced it through the lens of the high brace that I managed to do it. The full storm roll followed instantly. Giving myself the cognitive space to just think differently allowed this to happen with impact, and now, I will look to take this (from ‘associative’ to ‘autonomous’ performance) into moderate seas and try and embed it to muscle memory.

Pool Session:

Target offside hip flick via paddle float balance brace with focus on head drop. Storm roll deconstruction: focusing on the final high brace phase.

Highly productive session. Head staying down improved the storm roll form significantly. Interlinked CLA facilitated rapid technical gains.

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