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Draw – Vary blade height |
Practice: | In sequence, ask the rower to make three strokes with half-covered blade (half of the blade is visible) , three strokes with full-covered blade (a small top edge of the blade is just visible), and three strokes with the shaft of the oar submerged halfway. And then back through full-covered to half-covered blade. When this exercise fails: ask the rower to row a piece with half blades only, where the top half of the blade is permanently visible. |
Type: | Motor exercise. Uses a ![]() |
Purpose: | Unlearning ![]() |
Focus: | Look at the blade and shaft of the oar and see how much they are under water. |
Transfer: | Ask the rower to focus on the handle(s) and catch to finish in a u-shape rather than an n-shape (analogy learning). So not with a bend at the top ("![]() ![]() After that, ask the rower to row normally with the blade edge just visible during the draw. |
Variation: | Do the same during the recovery with the exercise ![]() |
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Draw – Trunk only rowing |
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Draw – Vary trunk rotation |
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