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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rowing, your boat placement is generally based on your erg times.[/quote]

Which actually doesn’t translate to boat speed! I row a single now and easily beat men who can kill me on the erg, because in a boat power is meaningless unless applied correctly and in unison with your crew.

Seat racing can find that out - two boats race, pull together and two rowers swap, race again, swap again. You can do it in a way that the rowers are never sure who is being tested so they all pull as if it’s their own butt on the line each time. I don’t know that most high school crews take the time (and anguish) to do it, though.[/quote]

Former coxswain and crew coach here - you said you row a single but can beat people because boat power is meaningless unless applied in unison...but starting the argument with you in a single doesn't quite work, you know?

I mean, I get what you are saying, because the catch and drive of the oar matter so much, as does timing in the bigger boats.[/quote]

Really, Coach? I think you know exactly what I am implying but, like a good cox, you like to have the last word.

Technique matters. If you can’t channel your power, if you check your run, if your blades go in at different times, all the muscle in the world won’t help you. I am not strong anymore, but I am still a fine rower, so I beat the scullers who ignore skill and try to just muscle their way down the river. That is true in a single or an eight or anywhere in between.[/quote]

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