2010 TSS ROWING HANDBOOK - The Southport School

10.4 SECOND HALF OF DRIVE
Once half slide is reached, the body begins to come on with
the arm draw not too far after that.
The legs are by far the strongest part of the stroke,
they must be used early. The body then continues
the acceleration for the arms. If there were no body
used, the arms are not strong enough to continue
the acceleration by themselves.
The elbows should be drawn straight back, not up or
down. The forearms should be parallel to the water.
The shoulders should end up past the line of the
hips but not too exaggerated lay back, this can
cause back injuries in school rowers.
Hand heights must be close together drawing the right hand slightly in front of the left.
10.5 THE FINISH
Do not let the seat collapse back under once in the
finish position.
Should be drawing up to keep the blade fully
covered until ready to tap down. This is when the
handles are in line with the front of the body.
Should have a relative straight back, sticking the
chest out slightly with the elbows and shoulders
drawn back.
Hands then tap down a little BEFORE we start to
feather. Be sure not to start to feather while the
blade is still in the water.
Should have minimal bend of the wrist.
The left hand leads out slightly ahead of the right.
10.6 THE RECOVERY
Hands should be moving away at a similar speed that
they came in at, if anything a little faster.
Keeping the blades about ¾ of a blade height off the
water, moving the arms out until they are straight and
then rocking over with the body until the hands are
past the knees.
Rocking the body over, the body needs to be at its
catch angle by the time the rower is at half slide.
The last half of the slide should be leg movement only. – EARLY PREPARATION. – Very important.
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