Rowingchat

18:30 Racing is happening - do you need to improve your steering before the big day? Join us Timestamps 01:30 Steering a buoyed course - there are hazards you must overcome. Kim Brennan's Rio Olympics final - she gets moved by wind and her oar goes over the buoy line. It could have cost her the gold medal. 04:15 Notice you are off course You have to be able to go straight off the start - practice not steering during the start. Know how to manage wind. Invent a way to practice this at your home waters. Practice lining up with other crews as well - part of the jeopardy of starts is you don't know what other crews will do. Is it you who are off course? Train your consciousness to notice - watch your stern and the wake ripples, watch the parallel lines of the buoys. Use your peripheral vision to judge your course. 07:00 Whose job is it to notice? Stroke is the person who can judge alignment best. 08:00 Steer gradually is usually best. If another crew is coming into my lane, Rebecca tries to hold her course. Th