Rowingchat

What's the drill for? How to use it to improve your skills and errors to watch out for. 01:00 Drills and Skills We do them for crew alignment, blade handling, technique, isolating part of the stroke or exaggerating part of the stroke to amplify its effect. 01:30 The reverse pick drill This starts at the catch - sitting at full compression. Start with a very short stroke (2 inches of the slide). Some like to start with a blade placement before this stage. - Tapping and placement - 2 inches stroke (5 cm) - from catch to 3/4 slide [using one quarter of the slide] - from catch to 1/2 slide - from catch to 1/4 slide - legs only rowing [note different from normal rowing] - legs and body [straight arms] - normal rowing including arms 04:45 what's the drill for? 1) Placing the blade before the leg drive begins. Some people assume the blade placement and leg drive are simultaneous. They are not. These are sequential movements - on the recovery your hands move upwards so the blade goes down towards the water while st