Catch – Catching with the arms (grabbing)
Mistake:	Rower puts the blade in the water by bending the arms at the elbows. Whether or not followed by a draw with the arms bend. Also see: Catch.
Observe:	Arms: see if the arms bend at the catch.
Cause:	Catching from the shoulders and locking with the legs, is a complicated movement that few can make on their own.
Conse- quence:	Cramp in the arms because they are bend during the draw or loss of pressure because they are straightened again at some point.
Remedy:	Let rowing focus on stretched arms. Catch must be made from the shoulders. Good exercises for this are Pimenov draw, Rowing with 3 catches and Chopping catch.
Feed- back:	Visually by looking at the arms. Tactile by focusing on the shoulder movement of the catch.

Grabbing (red) compared to a (blue) proper catch (www.rowanimation.nl).

Catching with the arms (grabbing)

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