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Category Archives: Technique
The Rowing Stroke Cycle: Part 4 – finish
Finishing the rowing and sculling stroke The finish is the final part of the drive where the rower draws the handle(s) in towards his body. The finish is also where the blade is taken out of the water. The finish occurs at that point …
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The Rowing Stroke Cycle: Part 3 – drive
The drive phase is the part of the stroke where the athletes move the boat. This happens during the time the blades are in the water: from the time the blades are placed in the water at the catch to …
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Guest post: Carlos Dinares – How low rate ‘steady state’ rowing makes you FAST
Yesterday I asked you to write down your reasons for doing low rate training. Got your answers ready? The reason why we row at 18 and 20 strokes a minute most of the time for me is….. Let’s start by …
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The Rowing Stroke Cycle: Part 1 – posture
A six part series on the Rowing and Sculling Stroke Cycle. We review all the movements that go into making the rowing and sculling stroke. Each post will publish on Mondays and is designed for rowing coaches and athletes who …
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Tagged rowing, rowing coach, Rowing technique, Sculling
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Improve your coxing skills with FREE email advice
Andy Probert is a top British coxswain, and he is sharing his years of experience with you, in an email series. Getting a top coxswain to coach your crew is perfect for coaches at rowing clubs, school or universities with …
Posted in Coaching, Competition, Coxing, Racing, Technique, Training
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How to coach connection for rowing and sculling
We’ve got a great tutorial for you today – how to improve your athletes’ ability to ‘connect’ to the water at the catch of the power phase. The information comes from a rowing seminar hosted last weekend at the Kossev …
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Slide bites and rowers bum
Slide bites or how to spot a rower walking down the street . . . Ok, picture this – it’s summertime. You’re walking downtown and ahead of you is a girl (or guy – you choose): tall, bronzed, lean, athletic-looking …
Posted in Best Practice, Equipment, Henley, Rowing theory, Technique
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Why Rowing is like Forumula1
Have you been watching this season’s F1 races? Around the world each fortnight the Red Bull Racing team has appeared to dominate each race putting Sebastian Vettel onto the podium in first place 11 times this season. They make it …
Posted in Coaching, Competition, Coxing, Equipment, Psychology, Racing, Rigging, Technique, Training
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A question of oar length – can you help?
We got this question from AdrianLeibert – a reader of the Rowperfect newsletter. Can you help him. Write answers in the comments below Dear Rowperfect, I am looking for some help with a technical question, and I’m hoping you will …
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Finishing strokes -one last thing for your rowing video
Just every now and then you get the chance to compare two styles of rowing within the same boat – no, that happens quite often – let me rephrase that. Sometimes you get lucky and someone rowing the way you …
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