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Blade depth on the drive | Faster Masters Rowing Radio Support this show with a donation https://fastermastersrowing.com/podcast Timestamps 02:30 Keep the top edge consistent level and covered at this height through the drive. Important for an effective drive. It affects the length of time the oar is in the water. 04:00 common errors with blade depth Going too deep The blade has floatation and will sit in the water at the correct height if you just leave it with no pressure. Add pressure to the blade does bury it a little more. Lifting the hands too high causes deep blades. Use the reference point for the handle “aim for where your knees were” Norm Graaf advice. Opening up the body too early on the drive sequence. If the body lifts away from the knees this causes the blades to go too deep “rowing up over the barrel”. 07:00 The blade is not fully square when it goes into the water. This causes it to dive deep. Is there enough height above the water to square on the recovery? A solution is to relax the ha