Stormy Dragons are competitive on the water and are also very caring about our playground! It is in the Stormy Dragons DNA to leave things a better place and always pitch in to make a difference. Recent examples are: clean ups at the Sea School after devastating Super Typhoon Mangkhut, our collection of white goods […]
What’s in your bag for race day?
What’s in your bag for race day? One of the key aspects sports psychologists underline in any sport is athletes should focus on ‘controlling the controllables’. Only worry about what you can control and don’t waste energy or mind-space on the things that you can’t. What you’re able to pack, and how you pack your […]
Bless the Boats, Wake the Dragons the season is upon us!
Its that time of year again and it comes around quickly. The annual Dragonboat Boat Blessing and we have ours this coming Saturday. Many clubs across Hong Kong are doing their boat blessings at the moment. RHKYC and Typhoons held one earlier in the month, Buzz Dragons held theirs last weekend, VRC have theirs tomorrow in […]
Stormy Dragons Time Trials
Every club has their special way of selecting paddlers for crews. We have used a combination of factors over the years from erg times, paddle erg times, attendance record, strength and conditioning performance and the infamous Dragonboat TIME TRIAL! So how does this work? Paddlers go Head to Head in 2 small dragonboats over 200m […]
Dragonboat Lingo – learning a new language
Dragonboaters respond to a unique set of calls and commands (abit like Pavlov’s Dogs – look it up). Dragonboat racing therefore requires a good deal of responsiveness from all members primarily for safety but also it’s one of the fundamental differences between social and competitive teams. So with this in mind here’s some of the […]