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Recovery – Systematically tapping the water |
Mistake: | The water is lightly touched by the blade at a certain moment in the recovery while (by definition) the boat is level. Also see: ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Observe: | Blade: look at the blade to see if and when it hits the water, Oarlocks: look at the oarlocks and determine if the boat is level. |
Cause: | Wrong mental image of the (ideal) stroke or too little downward pressure on the handles. Possibly caused by a ![]() |
Conse- quence: |
Loss of speed due to blade drag and difficulty with choppy water. |
Remedy bin/ boat: |
Help the rower find the correct blade height with the exercise ![]() ![]() |
Feed- back: |
Visually by looking at the blade, this should not be touching the water. By ear by hearing the tap against the water. |
Cox chair: |
A rower's blade always touches the water at the same time during recovery. You can see and hear this. |
Systematically tapping the water (red) compared to a (blue) proper recovery (www.rowanimation.nl).
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Recovery – Sliding the blades over the water |
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Recovery – Dive Flight |
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