![]() Imagine being at the top of the arc on your swing. The feather becomes the beginning of the recovery, not the end of the drive. As the blade feathers, the body pushes the hands away. Instead, we see them moving their bodies out of bow almost before the hands have started to feather the oar. We don't see either happening among the Olympic rowers. It could be that this pause is an attempt to stop the quick hands out of bow that has become so prevalent. Everything new is old, this has been coached in the past, often called a gathering point. We see many rowers adding a pause at the finish. Why practice one thing if you're going to race something else? When the drive gets faster, the recovery gets faster. Many people talk about a 2 to 1 ratio - slow slide/quick drive, but again, if you watch the elite rowers racing, you'll see they're much closer to a 1 to 1 ratio. We describe it as a pendulum with virtually the same speed on the drive as on the recovery. In our observation of elite rowers, the stroke is one continuous motion - no starting, stopping, pausing, speeding up or slowing down. Rhythm will be different for a 1k race than for a 5k, and it will be different from person to person. Rhythm isn't about a set stroke rate and certainly not about a set ratio it's about finding the flow that you'll be able to sustain throughout whatever piece you're doing. Even if you've already moved on to the erg, step back from racing and refocus on establishing a good rhythm, as we talked about last month. ![]() As the fall season winds down, perhaps you have a little time to spend on the water without the necessity of training for the next race.
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