Kirk Tuck (*) writes On Photography (*):
we're in a business and an art where everything is subjective (*). There is no objective (*) measure. Our compulsion to move the technical game forward is an admission that we constantly seek a metric. A means of gauging value.via When the tools trump the art we all go home. (*) by Kirk Tuck (*).
Kirk writes about photography, but could just as much about paddling. As they say, there are many ways to skin a cat, and so it is with selection processes in any sport, paddling being my most recent obsession (just on 8 years now - this being my 8th CNY with Pacific Dragons). Having been in many State and National Teams under various coaches, I have experienced just about every selection process, from completely subjective to completely objective and many variations in between. In my experience, the best thing to do, particularly for the marginal paddler like me, is just to go with the coaches way. Coaches coach and paddlers paddle. And so it is.
Many thanks to Ian for taking and sharing the photos.
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