General – Not checking the course
Fault:	In a coxless boat, the sculler or bow rower must look around to steer. The rower looks around too frequently and/or stops rowing while looking around. See also: Checking the course
Ob- servation:	Head: watch the head to see if it turns. Ensure the rower looks over both shoulders. Handle: watch the handle(s) and observe whether they stop briefly or move differently than during a regular stroke.
Cause:	Incorrectly learned technique.
Effect:	The boat loses speed when looking around. Too much focus is spent on looking around.
Correction in boat:	Teach the rower not to look around just to check if something is coming, but to build a mental map of the water ahead of the boat. They must know where other water users and obstacles are, and how the waterway bends. By checking periodically, they keep this mental map updated. See further: Looking around drill
Feed- back:	The rower maintains a mental map of the water ahead of the boat. The handles keep moving continuously when looking around. The head turns during the first part of the drive phase.

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