| The Steyr Roll is a reverse Pawlata. The paddle
sweeps across the surface from the rear of the boat to the front
and, in order to do this, the wind-up is performed differently.
From the Pawlata position the paddle is raised to the vertical;
as it continues past the vertical it must be turned outward with
the wrists until the position shown above is reached. To capsize,
the paddle is pushed down towards the water and the body follows,
arched backwards and to the side. The waist and hips act as a
universal joint in a similar way to the Pawlata but, in this
case, the body rotation is in the opposite direction to that
of the boat, because the paddle is carrying out a reverse sculling
sweep. The steyr is used as a training roll for the Reverse Screw
Roll in the same way that the Pawlata is used for the Screw |
