How much should you reach off the back when rowing?
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In this video, Ken and Annabel demonstrate what the optimal amount of body reach on the recovery looks like, as well as what is too much and too little.
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Video Transcript
Here we have Annabelle demonstrating how to take the catch correctly with this
roll-up. Particularly note the way that
she rocks over from the pelvis and you
can see her knees are slightly softened
here as indicated by the arrow with the
angle on her back it's got that nice
angle as it sits there ready for the
catch. Very strong position coming into
the catch. See the angles here we've got
the back on that slight angle with the
arms straight and the shins vertical.
Very powerful position at the catch here
alternatively we have and we're
demonstrating how some athletes
particularly beginner athletes will come
off the finish. They tend to rock over far
too far with their arms bent and they're
slumping down into the catch as you can
see here when Annabell starts to come
down the slide firstly has seat tends to
get a bit stuck because she's
not sitting on it properly but also
you can see that as she comes in the
only way she can come into the catch is
in fact, straighten her body up a little.
so this position is something we want to
try and avoid. So as a drill to fix this
I'd suggest have the athletes rock over
from the finish and just rock over from
the pelvis and make sure that sitting
tall. So get their hands away first then
rock over and then hold their body in
the correct position. You can see here
bending from the lower back is very
important and only far enough to get the
body into that strong catch position
then it's a simple matter of just moving
down the slide and getting ready placing
the blade and push. It's a much better way to do
the catch. So if you have athletes are
slumping over at the finish like that
then I strongly suggest there's some
drills where they sit at the finish and
just rock over from the pelvis before
they come down the slide. You'll find you
get better outcomes.
roll-up. Particularly note the way that
she rocks over from the pelvis and you
can see her knees are slightly softened
here as indicated by the arrow with the
angle on her back it's got that nice
angle as it sits there ready for the
catch. Very strong position coming into
the catch. See the angles here we've got
the back on that slight angle with the
arms straight and the shins vertical.
Very powerful position at the catch here
alternatively we have and we're
demonstrating how some athletes
particularly beginner athletes will come
off the finish. They tend to rock over far
too far with their arms bent and they're
slumping down into the catch as you can
see here when Annabell starts to come
down the slide firstly has seat tends to
get a bit stuck because she's
not sitting on it properly but also
you can see that as she comes in the
only way she can come into the catch is
in fact, straighten her body up a little.
so this position is something we want to
try and avoid. So as a drill to fix this
I'd suggest have the athletes rock over
from the finish and just rock over from
the pelvis and make sure that sitting
tall. So get their hands away first then
rock over and then hold their body in
the correct position. You can see here
bending from the lower back is very
important and only far enough to get the
body into that strong catch position
then it's a simple matter of just moving
down the slide and getting ready placing
the blade and push. It's a much better way to do
the catch. So if you have athletes are
slumping over at the finish like that
then I strongly suggest there's some
drills where they sit at the finish and
just rock over from the pelvis before
they come down the slide. You'll find you
get better outcomes.