Recovery – Sliding too early
Mistake:	Before the arms are straight and the trunk is bent, the rower starts sliding. Also see: Finish.
Observe:	Legs, trunk and arms: see how the legs are already moving when the trunk is not yet folded and/or arms are not yet extended.
Cause:	Wrong mental image of the (ideal) stroke or rowing taught on the gym rowing machine.
Conse- quence:	Inequality and imbalances in the crew.
Remedy:	Ask the rower to start sliding only when he feels the tendons at the bottom of his knee stretch. In general, the rower feels those tendons only when he is fully bend foreward. Eventually the exercises Dynamic lengthening and pause 4 (Pause paddling).
Feed- back:	Tactile by concentration on arms, trunk and legs. In a crew looking at the seat of the predecessor.

The handle does not come easily over the knees when sliding too early (www.rowanimation.nl).

Sliding too early

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