Hello Team,
Thanks to those who attended the first practice of the season.
For AT&T employees.
Please join tSpace for InspirASIAN Dragons to share pictures, files, etc.
https://tspace.web.att.com/communities/service/html/communityoverview?communityUuid=0a3b3b3e-21e6-43dd-b11e-259824d58561
Fitness Sessions:
We decided to include two boot camp session and one yoga session in our training which will be either before or after practice. I will share the dates when I have it available. I do not make this mandatory to attend but it is counted toward Participant Award points.
We do have date for yoga so bring your towel or mat on 6/23. We'll have 45 minutes of yoga to stretch out our muscle after the practice at 12:30pm.
Participation Awards:
During our race weekend, we award the team members with most points with first, second, and third place prizes. Each attendance
to practice earn you one point (we require that you attend minimum of 4
practices). Each homework assignment, boot camp attendance, and extra
credit assigned will each gets you one point. Who ever have the most
point by the race will win prize.
EXTRA CREDIT opportunity:
We also have Extra Credit opportunity which you will earn point for the Participation Award.
To
earn this point, you just need to attend one practice session with the
year-round team by 7/8. (Space Dragons practice starts at 7:30am on
Saturday and Sunday at the same location) Reason for this assignment is to give you different experience than paddling with InspirASIAN. By practicing with the folks who have been doing this for awhile will give you better perspective on how team paddles together. I think you will learn a great deal from
just one practice. Don't be intimated since most likely you will be
with other mostly beginner paddlers and coach will be working with you.
How to sign up for Space Dragons practice
It's easy!
Just put Your Name (InspirASIAN) then click on the date you will be attending.
That's it!
Team Jersey order:
We will need to get your size for the team jersey. Here's the sample
picture. It's heather gray shirt with black accent on the side. (picture
shows red)
Each jersey will be $25/each and you are helping with InspirASIAN fundraiser.
Size is comparable to REGULAR size from Under Armour. (It is not FITTED nor LOOSE)
Let me know what size you need!
Important Team Info:
We currently have 23 paddlers signed up and there were 18 paddlers for our first practice.
I am still waiting for more people to sign up since I need to decided if we need to register second boat for the tournament.
We would need minimum of 30 paddlers to have second boats so at this time I'm not sure if we will have enough for 2 teams.
This means that anyone after the first 20 people will be put on waiting list.
However...
Rather than putting people on waiting list here's what we should do if we have more than 20 members that will continue to the race.
I would like to get individual's commitment with confirmation of payment, which is tax deductible by the way.
If we get at least 30 people confirmed with payment then I'll order the second boat then we'll have one mixed boat and one corporate boat.
So...you
can tell your coworkers/family and friends to join. Maximum will be 40
people which is 18 paddlers and up to 2 alternates per boat.
Corporate boat only does 500m races both days
Mixed boat does 500m & 200m races both days
This is YOUR team. We can make it happen.
Payment Info:
You can pay via check or cash this weekend 6/9 and thereafter.
If you prefer, you can also pay via Paypal or Venmo. I believe there's no extra charge for Venmo but PayPal has a convenience fee that is added.
You can look for my name & picture (I attached the pictures) Venmo: T-Yoo & PayPal: Thomas Yoo
Be sure to put "InspirASIAN Dragons Race Fee".
For AT&T employees:
Please join tSpace for InspirASIAN Dragons to share pictures, files, etc.
https://tspace.web.att.com/communities/service/html/communityoverview?communityUuid=0a3b3b3e-21e6-43dd-b11e-259824d58561
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you for participating.
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HOME WORK!!!
First home work is easy peasey.
You all learned the proper way to paddle now. Top arm by your head, bottom arm straight, twist to face your partner, etc...
Here's the video on how to paddle dragon boat.
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First trainign session of the season and a great outline of the setup required for a solid dragon boat paddle technique.
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This video shows slight bent on the top arm but I would say more bent is more comfortable for most of the people but you can do it whichever is feels comfortable.
She also pulls little too far back then what I would like.
Now, practice that form to the tune of Queen – We Will Rock You.
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title says it all one of the greatest songs of all time!
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This song has slow beat and it’s about 2 minutes.
Every clap should be hitting the water.
It is slow enough to really twist and stretch out.
Practice your form for the entire song for both left and right side for total of 4 minutes.
Please let me know via Email, Facebook, or comment on our blog.
Thank you.
Thomas Yoo
InspirASIAN Dragon Boat Team
ERG at AT&T
