What Is A Paddle Pool ?
Paddle Pool USA at Main Line Health & Fitness is the first of its kind in the United States. The concept of the Paddle Pool offers a chance for everyone to become familiar with Dragon Boat Racing, one of the fastest growing sports in America. Used around the world by many Dragon Boat teams, Paddle Pools simulate on-water practices by offering a stationary paddle environment in a long narrow pool. The Paddle Pool is designed to provide wide reaching fitness benefits including cardiovascular conditioning, strength training, and enhanced coordination.
- Year-round practice sessions
- Skill repetition and refinement
- Year-round “Team Bonding”
- Year-round coaching
- Access to the Main Line Health & Fitness strength
and cardio facilities,
Voted "Best Workout in America" – Men’s Health
Paddle Pool at Main Line Health & Fitness is the first of its kind! It offers Individuals, Dragon Boat teams, and Corporations a completely new approach to high level cardiovascular training, strength training and Dragon Boat skill enhancement in a team building environment.
Paddle Pool USA at Main Line Health & Fitness will be the key component in establishing Philadelphia as the Dragon Boat Capital of the United States!
The Paddle Pool can be beneficial to literally anyone and everyone!
For the individual interested in stimulating his/her fitness level.
For the Dragon Boat Team striving to be the best they can be and the recreational team, seeking to keep in close camaraderie with their teammates year-round.
For the Corporation seeking synergy and “bonding” between management and employees in an invigorating, one of a kind training facility.
A Dragon Boat is a human-powered boat traditionally made of teak wood and exists in a variety of designs and sizes. Dragon boats are now used in the team paddling sport of Dragon Boat racing which originated in China over 2000 years ago. It is one of the oldest forms of organized sports known to mankind. While competition has gone on annually for more than 20 centuries as part of folk ritual, it emerged in modern times as an international sport in Hong Kong in 1976. Today it has grown to become one of the most popular sports in the world.
Fun Facts
- The average time of a race is 2 to 4 minutes
- 20 paddlers work together at a top speed
- Well timed strokes are key to winning the race
- The goal is for a team to generate enough speed above the water by cresting waves beneath the bow. A trained crew will have a rate of 70 to 80 strokes per minute.
- Teams race on a straight course in assigned lanes ( the lanes vary from 250 meters to 1000 meters)
If you are interested in learning more about dragon boating, please visit The Philadelphia International Dragon Boat Festival Website!
