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[quote=Anonymous][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,[b] like a good cox, you like to have the last word.[/b]

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]

:lol: you got me there.[/quote]

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