12 mistakes beginners make on the rowing recovery
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In this video, Lachlan demonstrates the 12 mistakes which beginners make on the recovery.
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Video Transcript
so today we're going to have a look at the 12 mistakes beginners make on the recovery
the recovery is really your only chance to let the boat run between efforts you want to get it absolutely right there's lots of small things that can go wrong which can really mess up your recovery at number one we've got the dropped wrists at the finish you want to keep your wrists nice and flat you can see here that the angle between my wrist and my forearm is about 90 degrees you really want to keep that as small as possible when you drop your wrists like that you really force your hands to run into each other on the way forward and you're really in a weak position at the finish number two we've got the slow hands so almost pausing at the finish here and you have to make that up at the other end of the stroke so rushing into the catch as a result of the slow movement around the finish at number three we've got the wrong hand leading so you want to be keeping your left hand in front of your right you can see here that my right's in front of my left that's causing my hands to get caught up because at this point my rigor is set to be one centimeter higher on the on the left than on the right so you really don't want to be doing this and number four we've got right hand over left because of the way the boat's set up you can see here as i take the stroke i get quite a twist in the boat so it moves over to the other side it's really uncomfortable and if i was to row for any length of time like this i would end up cutting my knuckles up with my fingernails hands are running to each other and it's really quite uncomfortable at number five we've got the knees locked down when the body pivots over so you really want to make sure you've got soft knees off the finish so what i mean by that is about this point the knees should have a small small bend in them so basically allowing you to rock over a little bit easier making it flow a little bit better between strokes you see here it's quite jerky at number six we've got the body two upright so what i haven't done here is pivoted over properly so i want to pivot over a little bit further get into a good strong position for the catch get good length you don't be too upright when you're rowing number seven we've got the body too far over you can see here i'm dropping my body i'm in quite a weak position i've got massive bend in my back it's really not a strong position and it's going to cause the boat to slow down at the catch at number eight we've got too slow into the catch so this often happens with coaches tell rollers to control their slide what they end up doing is making it so that they row really slowly at a point so about three quarters slide your boat should be moving the fastest it should be really quite dynamic into the catch you actually speed up into the catch and place the blade quickly you don't want to get caught going slow down the slide it'll really kill the run of the boat and it will feel quite dead when you're rowing it at number nine we've got blades too close to the water so this is a product not tapping down far enough at the finish you really want to tap down get that good clearance between the blade and the water pivot there from the elbow so you're tapping down and this will really help you in rough water not so much of a problem here at number 10 we've got the late square up so the catch is all about being prepared so the recovery is where you really do that so as you're rowing along by the time you get to about here you want to have the blade fully squared ready for the catch you don't want to be doing it at last minute especially at a high rate you run into trouble it'll become quite rough and you won't be able to get the timing right at number 11 we've got the uncontrolled slide so what we're doing here is just rushing into the catch putting a huge amount of weight down to the stern of the boat really taking a lot of run off the boat making it very hard for the next stroke you can see here my blade also goes up in the air skying the blade and it's going to miss the water right at that catch position you don't want to row like this in a crew boat or anytime and really upset the rest of the crew at number 12 got not anticipating the catch so you really have to be prepared for the catch you can see here because i didn't anticipate the catch everything was a bit slow i've missed over half my slide slide length with my legs by being too slow around the catch so when it comes to rowing along having a good recovery it wants to be quite dynamic you don't want to be slowing down too much you want to be making sure you tap down right hand uh behind the left left hand over the right and get that body over soft knees and really draw the boat into the catch so when you what i mean by drawing the boat is you actually want to pull up with your feet a little bit just after you get your body over and sort of pull that boat towards you it makes for a really dynamic catch it means that when you actually get to the catch you're moving quite quickly in you can move quite quickly out you're not slowing down at all and you're spending a minimum amount of time at the catch position which is the slowest point for the boat's velocity so often we we see the recovery as a kind of you know bit of time off but in reality it's probably the the best chance you've got of rowing faster with the recovery you can make the biggest changes by getting the simple things right to your boat speed the drive is mostly about fitness and power application the recovery is about timing finesse and getting it right
the recovery is really your only chance to let the boat run between efforts you want to get it absolutely right there's lots of small things that can go wrong which can really mess up your recovery at number one we've got the dropped wrists at the finish you want to keep your wrists nice and flat you can see here that the angle between my wrist and my forearm is about 90 degrees you really want to keep that as small as possible when you drop your wrists like that you really force your hands to run into each other on the way forward and you're really in a weak position at the finish number two we've got the slow hands so almost pausing at the finish here and you have to make that up at the other end of the stroke so rushing into the catch as a result of the slow movement around the finish at number three we've got the wrong hand leading so you want to be keeping your left hand in front of your right you can see here that my right's in front of my left that's causing my hands to get caught up because at this point my rigor is set to be one centimeter higher on the on the left than on the right so you really don't want to be doing this and number four we've got right hand over left because of the way the boat's set up you can see here as i take the stroke i get quite a twist in the boat so it moves over to the other side it's really uncomfortable and if i was to row for any length of time like this i would end up cutting my knuckles up with my fingernails hands are running to each other and it's really quite uncomfortable at number five we've got the knees locked down when the body pivots over so you really want to make sure you've got soft knees off the finish so what i mean by that is about this point the knees should have a small small bend in them so basically allowing you to rock over a little bit easier making it flow a little bit better between strokes you see here it's quite jerky at number six we've got the body two upright so what i haven't done here is pivoted over properly so i want to pivot over a little bit further get into a good strong position for the catch get good length you don't be too upright when you're rowing number seven we've got the body too far over you can see here i'm dropping my body i'm in quite a weak position i've got massive bend in my back it's really not a strong position and it's going to cause the boat to slow down at the catch at number eight we've got too slow into the catch so this often happens with coaches tell rollers to control their slide what they end up doing is making it so that they row really slowly at a point so about three quarters slide your boat should be moving the fastest it should be really quite dynamic into the catch you actually speed up into the catch and place the blade quickly you don't want to get caught going slow down the slide it'll really kill the run of the boat and it will feel quite dead when you're rowing it at number nine we've got blades too close to the water so this is a product not tapping down far enough at the finish you really want to tap down get that good clearance between the blade and the water pivot there from the elbow so you're tapping down and this will really help you in rough water not so much of a problem here at number 10 we've got the late square up so the catch is all about being prepared so the recovery is where you really do that so as you're rowing along by the time you get to about here you want to have the blade fully squared ready for the catch you don't want to be doing it at last minute especially at a high rate you run into trouble it'll become quite rough and you won't be able to get the timing right at number 11 we've got the uncontrolled slide so what we're doing here is just rushing into the catch putting a huge amount of weight down to the stern of the boat really taking a lot of run off the boat making it very hard for the next stroke you can see here my blade also goes up in the air skying the blade and it's going to miss the water right at that catch position you don't want to row like this in a crew boat or anytime and really upset the rest of the crew at number 12 got not anticipating the catch so you really have to be prepared for the catch you can see here because i didn't anticipate the catch everything was a bit slow i've missed over half my slide slide length with my legs by being too slow around the catch so when it comes to rowing along having a good recovery it wants to be quite dynamic you don't want to be slowing down too much you want to be making sure you tap down right hand uh behind the left left hand over the right and get that body over soft knees and really draw the boat into the catch so when you what i mean by drawing the boat is you actually want to pull up with your feet a little bit just after you get your body over and sort of pull that boat towards you it makes for a really dynamic catch it means that when you actually get to the catch you're moving quite quickly in you can move quite quickly out you're not slowing down at all and you're spending a minimum amount of time at the catch position which is the slowest point for the boat's velocity so often we we see the recovery as a kind of you know bit of time off but in reality it's probably the the best chance you've got of rowing faster with the recovery you can make the biggest changes by getting the simple things right to your boat speed the drive is mostly about fitness and power application the recovery is about timing finesse and getting it right