| Attention | Also known as: Paddles Up or Paddles In. |
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| Back Paddling | Paddle the boat backwards. |
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| Brace the boat | Rest the shaft of your paddle on the gunwale and the blade flat on the water to give the boat extra stability.
Also known as: Paddles Flat. |
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| Draw strokes left | Lean out to the left side and pull perpendicular to the boat.
Also known as: Draw Left |
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| Draw strokes right | Lean out to the right side and pull perpendicular to the boat.
Also known as: Draw Right |
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| Easy | Stop paddling. This command usually follows a call of “on the next stroke” and is called on the last stroke the sweep wants you to paddle. |
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| Easy brake | Put about half the blade in the water to take some run off the boat.
Also known as: Slow the Boat |
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| Go! | Begin paddling. |
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| Hard up against the side | Make sure you are sitting with your hip pressed against the gunwale. |
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| Lean out left | Lean out to the left side to balance the draw strokes on the right side. |
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| Lean out right | Lean out to the right side to balance the draw strokes on the left side. |
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| Let it run | Stop paddling. |
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| Paddlers, are you ready? | Snap forward and twist, paddle just above the water, top arm high and straight. |
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| Paddles Behind, Go | Paddle the boat backwards. |
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| Paddles flat | Rest the shaft of your paddle on the gunwale and the blade flat on the water to give the boat extra stability.
Also known as: Brace the Boat. |
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| Paddles in | Blade buried in the water, ready for the first stroke, top arm high and straight. |
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| Paddles Up | Starting paddle position. Snap forward and twist, paddle just above the water, top arm high and straight. |
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| Push off left | Push the boat away from whatever is on the left side of the boat. |
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| Push off right | Push the boat away from whatever is on the right side of the boat. |
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| Push strokes left | Push out to the left, perpendicular to the boat. |
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| Push strokes right | Push out to the right, perpendicular to the boat. |
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| Ready | Snap forward and twist, paddle just above the water, top arm high and straight. |
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| Ready to back paddle | Paddle the boat backwards. |
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| Slow the boat | Put about half the blade in the water to take some run off the boat.
Also known as: Easy Brake |
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| Stop | Stop the boat. Stopping requires backwards strokes. |
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