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208 views · Published 3 September 2013 · 3:25 · Indexed 11 October 2026
Channel: slickhutto · 2013 · Education
Overall: Posture all around looks nice, and only on occasion does something change. For the most part body swing is together. Nothing too drastic. The boat looks relaxed throughout the stroke; there is no frantic rowing like the guys typically display. oars are also off the water during the recovery for the majority of the video. Below are some detailed comments. 0:23-0:31 This shot shows the boat to appear to be well set. Oar heights are a bit miss matched, however. 0:32-0:59 Stroke seat is demonstrating a very nice even handle height throughout. Notice the quick arms away after the release and tap out, before starting to bend the legs. This will help in keeping you from climbing hands over knees. 2 seat be sure to straighten your hands with "quick arms away" first, before sliding up the seat. 1:00-1:36 Though the boat is rocking back and forth a bit in this shot, the handle heights appear to be very nicely matched on stroke pair throughout. 1 and 2 have slightly different handle heights during the recovery. This may be a reaction to trying to fix the set after each tap out. 1:37-2:12 At the tapout is where it appears the boat becomes off set the most. This shot shows and obvious handle height difference during the recovery to try and correct for this offset as quickly as possible. Be sure to focus on matching handle heights, and make sure the blade is squared up completed before the catch. Overall, the boat is not too offset. The majority of the time oars still remain off the water, which is good. 2:13-3:25 This shot shows what I was mentioning in practice about driving up and out of the water prior to the release for 1 and 3 seat. Notice how the oar comes out of the water, and you sort of throw the water behind the boat as you feather. Make sure to keep your hands a little higher, and you elbow up at the end of the drive. This way the oar will remain in the water all the way tot he release. This is probably the main reason the boat offsets to starboard at the release as oars are coming out of the water too early, and prior to port side. Also, 1 seat be sure to get the blade completely square prior to reaching the catch. You want to be able to drop the blade in without having to make a final quick motion to square the blade. 2 seat be sure to pull your hands all the way in at the release. We want to catch as much water as possible. At about 3:00, 3 seat your hands are dropping quite a bit on the recovery, but mostly near the catch. It appears to be a response to trying to fix the set during the recovery. Make sure to keep your hands up at the catch. it's not entirely consistent, just on occasion it shows up.
