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Jem Hall Coaching

Jem's reputation as a top UK windsurf coach is a fast growing one. He is widely renowned for his ability to get your windsurfing improving FAST. His windsurfing background is considerable, having coached for over 10 years, and developing and running windsurf centres globally. Jem is a qualified Sports Science Coach and utilises his excellent teaching skills on every windsurfer that books a course.
 
 
Website http://www.jemhall.com/  You will find more help in the Technique section of Jem's website. For an even larger selection of helpful advice, go to Boardseekers Technique section: http://www.boardseekermag.com/technique/technique.html 
 
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Clinic

The Dry Gybe

This is THE DRILL to nail your gybes, improve your clew first rig control and enhance rotating the sail. When you master these skills the fluidity and consistency of your gybes, both planing and non-planing, will instantly increase. Since you will be standing next to the board you can’t, in theory, fall in. So many times in my coaching have I seen people master this skill and then go onto to get their first gybes or vastly improve their gybes. So I’ve got your attention now! http://www.boardseekermag.com/technique/intermediate/dry_gybe/dry_gybe.htm
 
 
 
The Beach Start
 
Up until now you’ve started off by wrestling the rig from the water by uphauling it. The task of starting off can be made a lot more efficient by beachstarting. This puts you on the board in the sailing position and looks cool when done well. All you need is some shallow water and good technique. It is important to not only learn this move but also improve at it and become very proficient, as you will be calling on these skills whilst learning the waterstart. The waterstart is a progression of the beachstart but guess what, no beach! This move opens up strong wind sailing, smaller boards and too much fun!! http://www.boardseekermag.com/technique/beginner/beach_start/Beach_Start.htm
 
 
 
Steering
 
In order to adjust our course effectively, we will now examine steering. We are looking to build upon our fundamental skills and make this as dynamic as possible. Fluency and efficiency throughout will vastly improve your ability to tack (a turn through the wind) and gybe (a turn downwind with the sail passing round the front). As you pick up the pace and dynamism of your steering, it sets you up for many advanced moves. This skill is relevant to ALL levels. http://www.boardseekermag.com/technique/beginner/steering/steering.htm 
 
 
The Tack

As you are now sailing across the wind with a good stance it is time to tune up those tacks. The tack is where the nose of the board goes through the eye of the wind. Tacking is so important as it gives you a way to turn round whilst staying upwind and is a transition used up to the highest level. By getting into good habits and becoming the tack master you will find, that as you progress down to smaller boards, the move will be that much drier. http://www.boardseekermag.com/technique/beginner/the_tack/the_tack.htm

 

The Stance - Getting on a plane 

 
The Gybe

I hope you all found the previously covered steering technique helpful with your direction changes. The gybe builds upon your steering skills, as you will have already learnt the first stage of turning away from the wind. By continuing through downwind and switching your feet you will have performed a gybe. Your hands will go to the new side of the boom and you have another move in your armoury. By learning this move and becoming very proficient at it you will be able to call upon these skills in stronger wind, downwind turns i.e. the carve gybe. Intermediate and advanced sailors will greatly benefit from working on the gybe in lighter winds. If you want better carve gybes become the master of this! http://www.boardseekermag.com/technique/beginner/gybe/gybe.htm

  

 

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