Next, you should pay attention to where paddle goes into water. It should enter near where your feet are in kayak. You don't have to be completely precise, however, as it is sometimes hard to figure out exactly where you want paddle to enter water - and you will lose power if you spend too much time second-guessing your strokes.

You should work on relaxing your grip on kayak paddle, as well, as this will make it easier for you to sustain your paddling pace - and can prevent injuries.

It is also important to make sure that you are paddling close to kayak, and that your strokes are going deep. That way, you'll be making most efficient paddling strokes that you can.

If you follow this advice, and work on strengthening parts of your body that get tired fastest, then you'll find that your forward paddling improves.

You should make sure that you always keep your elbows bent while you are reverse paddling, that way you will not hurt yourself. You should pull your paddle blade out of water about when you are even with your knees in kayak.

You can improve your reverse paddling power by reaching further behind your hips.

Finally, it's important to make sure that you are checking behind yourself and over your shoulder while you are reverse paddling. That way, you can make sure that you are not going to run into anything dangerous.

This stroke is even more important since some of techniques that you will learn by working on it are important in order to learn emergency stop technique.