2010 TSS ROWING HANDBOOK - The Southport School
2010 TSS ROWING HANDBOOK - The Southport School
2010 TSS ROWING HANDBOOK - The Southport School
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<strong>The</strong> knees should be one fist apart.<br />
<strong>The</strong> blades should then start to square when the<br />
hands are over the toes so that they are square<br />
for the last part of the slide movement.<br />
During the whole recovery, the hands should<br />
remain close together. <strong>The</strong> knuckles of the right<br />
hand tucking up below, and touching, the palm<br />
of the left hand during the first part of the<br />
recovery.<br />
10.7 BALANCE OF THE BOAT<br />
<br />
Balance of the boat is very simple. It comes from the three points that the rower has contact<br />
with the equipment:<br />
o <strong>The</strong> seat – the rower must be sitting relaxed and evenly on the seat. Must not be moving<br />
the mid section of the body or rocking the legs side to side to attempt to balance the<br />
boat.<br />
o <strong>The</strong> feet – the rower must be relaxed in the shoes, feeling the feet drawing them<br />
forward.<br />
o <strong>The</strong> hands – the hands (blade heights) must be level from one side to another. <strong>The</strong><br />
hands should be moving parallel to the water during the recovery with no vertical<br />
movement until placement of the blade. Small adjustments with the hands should be<br />
made to correct balance.<br />
<strong>The</strong> profile of the blade is very important. This<br />
diagram shows the path that the blade must<br />
travel.<br />
<br />
Hand heights reflect blade heights and<br />
blade heights reflect balance.<br />
Practice make perfect ‐ is incorrect ‐ PERFECT PRACTICE, MAKES PERFECT<br />
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