Yew! 🤙

Emily Brooks Unfortunately the waves were so small I was in chest deep water at most and there wasn't anything *to* duck dive ☹️

Two (linked) things I'd suggest working on:

1) Lift your front arm and, as Clay says, "put your elbow in your back pocket" which will help you to do...

2) Don't just stare down the line, look back at the foam 👍

You look pretty relaxed, though, which is good 🙂

Maria Molè I drove home and went back to sleep 😴

Mark Hind A good explanation and it's great to hear you managed to overcome your confidence issues and get some nice waves 👍

Your video looks good, I'd suggest lifting your elbows and extending more as you appear to be staying compressed most of the time 🙂

Scott Wagenblast OK, so I'd suggest holding the board so she can jump on it, but trying to get her to paddle in on her own to start with and just emphasise the straight legs, back arched, Oreo Biscuit technique and see how she gets on with it.

If that's not working, then push her in, but hopefully it won't be necessary.

Don't overcomplicate things, eg when you're on the beach teaching her the walk up, just have her lie down, then stand a few feet in front of her and tell her to get up and walk towards you whilst looking at you and she should pick up the technique easily 👍

How old is she? It could make a difference.

When you're starting to walk up, your back knee is sticking out to the side, instead of coming straight forward.

Also, you end up with your hips up, but your head down, all of which tends to look very ungainly.

Look at the Walk up drills and practice that until it becomes muscle memory.

Still, when you do stand up, you're nicely stacked on your front foot 👍

It's the back hand (your coffee cup arm in OMBE training) that's the important one, bring that forward, then point the coffee cup where you want to go.

The most important thing with the front arm is to get it out of your way when you're trying to turn 🙂

Your feet should be at roughly 45 degrees to the stringer (centreline of the board) to help you balance, but also to let you twist and look back at the foam.

For a beginner, that's looking pretty good 👍

I'd suggest the next thing to work on would be to square up your hips and shoulders so your hands are over the rails and lift your elbows so you're stacking on the front foot.

You should find this more stable and, when you want to turn, just point your hands where you want to go.