I am happy to have found Dragon Boating as a passion in life. I coach for the Tacoma Dragon Boat Association and enjoy sharing and learning all things paddling.
Contributed by Scott Klauminzer
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Time is Relative!
There is no better example of time's relativity than the concept of perceived time vs. actual time. In sport perceived time is the time you feel you have taken to accomplish some goal. Actual time is, of course, the actual amount of time that it took. Making these align, or making the perceived time feel shorter than the actual, is our broad range goal as coaches and athletes.
In most 500m dragon boat races actual time is between 1:50 & 2:25 or so. If you were to ask those participating in the races what their perceived times were you would find those with the faster times had a closer to actual perceived time than those with the slower times. The better you train and the more in shape you are the closer your perceived time is to your actual time. It is possible to have perceived time be shorter than actual time.
The goal of our training is to make us perceive a very short duration when we compete. If we are successful, we will be winning races. We will feel as though the race is over too soon, not because we have not put in our best effort, but because we are ready for more!
Paddles Up!
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I am happy to have found Dragon Boating as a passion in life. I coach for the Tacoma Dragon Boat Association and enjoy sharing and learning all things paddling.
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250 meter race; and it turned out to be a 500 meter race!! So, when you are in shape, and paddling with a really FAST team, the perceived time is less! (we finished in less than 2 min.)