<p>Draw Strokes (for Pulling Close)</p>
<p>Draw strokes are used to move your boat sideways so you can pull close to a dock or another boat.</p>
<p>The basic draw stroke, sometimes called a T-stroke, works as follows:</p>
<p>Use your arms to extend the paddle away from you.</p>
<p>Place a blade in the water about 2 feet or so from you; the shaft should be on a slight angle with the lower blade tilted away from you.</p>
<p>Use your lower hand to pull the blade straight toward you.</p>
<p>To repeat, twist the blade 90° so the blade can slice through the water away from the boat. The slicing motion is also known as feathering.</p>
<p>If the blade begins to get sucked beneath your boat, resist the urge to apply a prying motion. You could cause your boat to tip. So simply let go and start over. Keep this little rhyme in mind: Don't pry; better to retry.</p>
<p>Sculling is a more powerful and effective draw stroke that requires a little more technique. The motion is like using your blade to spread peanut butter on bread.</p>
<p>Extend the paddle away from you.</p>
<p>Place a blade in the water about 2 feet away; keep the shaft as vertical as possible.</p>
<p>Rotate your wrists so the blade face repeatedly opens and closes as it moves across the water.</p>
<p>Maintain a "climbing angle" with the shaft by pushing gently toward the bow when the face is open, toward the bow when it is closed.</p>