https://paddlelens.com/blog Technique, filming, crew building and training for dragon boat and paddling clubs. en-us https://paddlelens.com/blog/training-for-the-500 https://paddlelens.com/blog/training-for-the-500 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Training The 500 feels like a long sprint, but most of its energy is aerobic. What piece lengths to train, how to split the race, and why the middle 250 decides it. https://paddlelens.com/blog/training-for-the-250 https://paddlelens.com/blog/training-for-the-250 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Training A 250 is one long start and a minute of holding on. Why 400-meter pieces belong in sprint training, and how to build a week that survives race day. https://paddlelens.com/blog/training-for-the-2000 https://paddlelens.com/blog/training-for-the-2000 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Training Turns, traffic, and ten-plus minutes of racing make the 2000 its own discipline. How to build endurance, rehearse the turns, and pick a rate that lasts. https://paddlelens.com/blog/training-for-the-1000 https://paddlelens.com/blog/training-for-the-1000 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Training At four to five minutes, the 1000 punishes a hot start more than any other distance. The piece lengths that build it, and how to learn race pace by feel. https://paddlelens.com/blog/the-hut-call https://paddlelens.com/blog/the-hut-call Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Technique Outrigger crews change paddling sides every fifteen strokes without breaking the canoe's run. How the hut call works, and why dragon boat never adopted it. https://paddlelens.com/blog/is-meters-per-kilogram-fair https://paddlelens.com/blog/is-meters-per-kilogram-fair Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Crew building We told clubs to rank paddlers by meters per kilogram. A paddler argued hull drag cancels weight out anyway. The physics says both sides overcorrected. https://paddlelens.com/blog/why-bow-on-footage-cant-be-analyzed https://paddlelens.com/blog/why-bow-on-footage-cant-be-analyzed Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Filming The best-looking angle in the sport can now be analyzed, one clearly framed paddler at a time. What a bow-on clip measures, what it never will, and why. https://paddlelens.com/blog/running-a-paddling-club-roster-without-a-spreadsheet https://paddlelens.com/blog/running-a-paddling-club-roster-without-a-spreadsheet Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Club life Every paddling club runs on one shared spreadsheet and a group chat, until the day it doesn't. What a roster actually has to hold, and how to move off the sheet without losing a season. https://paddlelens.com/blog/how-to-run-a-roll-call-in-under-a-minute https://paddlelens.com/blog/how-to-run-a-roll-call-in-under-a-minute Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Club life Marking twenty names happens at the worst possible moment — boat going out, wet hands, someone shouting. Six rules that get a paddling club's roll call down to under a minute, on a phone, on a dock. https://paddlelens.com/blog/coaching-a-masters-crew https://paddlelens.com/blog/coaching-a-masters-crew Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Training A masters boat can hold a 41-year-old and a 68-year-old on the same bench. What actually changes with age, what doesn't, and how to coach a crew where everyone is arriving from a different direction. https://paddlelens.com/blog/attendance-tracking-for-paddling-clubs https://paddlelens.com/blog/attendance-tracking-for-paddling-clubs Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Club life Most clubs either don't track attendance or track it in a way nobody trusts. What's worth recording, the third state everyone forgets, and how to use it without turning practice into a workplace. https://paddlelens.com/blog/should-solo-paddlers-use-video-analysis-too https://paddlelens.com/blog/should-solo-paddlers-use-video-analysis-too Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Training Most paddling-technique advice assumes a crew boat and a coach on the dock. Here's why OC1, surfski and kayak paddlers training alone may need video analysis even more. https://paddlelens.com/blog/how-to-read-your-paddlelens-report https://paddlelens.com/blog/how-to-read-your-paddlelens-report Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Training Getting an analysis back is easy. Turning it into two weeks of real training focus is the part most people skip. A walkthrough of every part of the report and what to do with each one. https://paddlelens.com/blog/how-ai-video-analysis-actually-works https://paddlelens.com/blog/how-ai-video-analysis-actually-works Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Training What actually happens between uploading a paddling video and getting a report — detection, tracking, pose estimation and a language model, explained plainly, including what it can't do. https://paddlelens.com/blog/why-timing-falls-apart https://paddlelens.com/blog/why-timing-falls-apart Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Technique Crews that look crisp for 200 meters often unravel by 400. The culprit is usually cadence consistency, not fitness — here's how to spot it and train it. https://paddlelens.com/blog/what-rotate-more-actually-means https://paddlelens.com/blog/what-rotate-more-actually-means Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Technique The most common dragon boat coaching cue is also the vaguest. Here's what rotation physically is, how to tell it apart from reaching and leaning, and cues that actually change it. https://paddlelens.com/blog/video-review-without-the-cringe https://paddlelens.com/blog/video-review-without-the-cringe Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Club life Video review sessions fail socially before they fail technically. A format that keeps them short, kind and useful — one clip, one focus, no pile-ons. https://paddlelens.com/blog/should-paddlers-switch-sides https://paddlelens.com/blog/should-paddlers-switch-sides Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Crew building Some clubs train everyone on both sides, some let paddlers specialize forever. What side symmetry is really worth, what it costs, and a practical policy for club crews. https://paddlelens.com/blog/seat-crews-by-power-to-weight https://paddlelens.com/blog/seat-crews-by-power-to-weight Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Crew building The strongest paddler on land isn't always the fastest one in the boat. Why power-to-weight beats raw power for crew selection, and how to run a fair 2-minute test. https://paddlelens.com/blog/how-to-film-for-video-analysis https://paddlelens.com/blog/how-to-film-for-video-analysis Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Filming Video analysis is only as good as the footage. Six filming rules — camera position, framing, angle and light — that turn a phone clip into measurable technique data. https://paddlelens.com/blog/five-numbers-that-describe-your-stroke https://paddlelens.com/blog/five-numbers-that-describe-your-stroke Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Rui Lemos Technique Projected arm angle, torso lean, stroke rate and rhythm can come from the right phone-video view. True trunk rotation still needs a coach's eye or 3D evidence.