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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone answer a question from somebody who knows nothing about rowing (but who went down an insommina rabbit hole with this thread and now feel oddly invested in this thread despite having no kids in this sport):

If rowing is a bunch of kids rowing in unison in a boat, how do you identify who is actually a good rower? I always thought the ideal was uniformity of speed and strength, so what singles out a kid to be a Div I prospect vs. a kid who probaly isn't good enough to row in college? Does the boat start moving in circles depending on what side they are sitting on lol? Forgive my ignorance, but I'm just so dang curious (my kids do stopwatch sports, so it's pretty easy to see who's fastest!)[/quote]

When they're training, they will do time trials of 2,000 meters on a rowing machine. This is the main stat that recruiters look at.

That said, coaches will typically move kids around in the boat to see what combination produces the best results. Physical fitness and leadership add up to make great rowers. There are some technical things -- for example, rowing with correct form so as not to "catch a crab" or create drag. It's more complicated than it looks, but also a little hard to see from the outside.  [/quote]

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