Use this app to fix shoulder lift and arm grab at the rowing catch
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In this video, Ken Davey shows how you can eliminate shoulder lift and arm grab at the catch using the Rowing in Motion app. This technique works in any boat and for every level.
Once you know what your graph should look like, you can use the realtime graph while rowing to make instant changes to your technique. Both you and your coach can see the difference as you row along and, more importantly, see if you can keep that change. |
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Video Transcript
when you're teaching beginners how to row often we have an issue of shoulder lift where the beginners are either grabbing with their arms or they're lifting their shoulders at the catch
and what that does it it's not the most efficient way to row we try to avoid it as much as we can we really want to take the catch with our legs so we want to come into the catch hold our body in a firm position with relaxed loose long reaching arms and just push once the blade's in the water so on the graph on the rowing in motion graph we often see a bump that goes up like that and that's exactly what we're looking for with an experienced athlete most experienced athletes tend to have that bit of a bump it's not vital but it's useful unfortunately what happens is that if you lift with your shoulders or or grab with your arms you can generate a bump that looks a little bit the same if it's an aggressive grab with the with the shoulders then it goes up quite steep and down but if they're only being lifting with the shoulders a little bit you'll find that it does tend to imitate the graph how we want it the issue though is that is very difficult for beginners to under separate the movement of the shoulders to get that bump than getting with the legs so what i suggest if you're having this issue with athletes that have got a bit of shoulder lift or a lot of grab at the catch i suggest get them to practice with the app in the boat and put a graph next to it that shows what you're looking for and have the graph so it's a nice gentle graph up rather than having the bump and if you can get them to achieve that by achieving that you'll find that they tend not to have shoulder lift not to have arm drag which is great and so if you can get them to do that first then once they've got that under control then i suggest you introduce the concept of pushing a bit harder with the legs by waiting until you're well connected then push a bit harder with your legs and get that bump back again so i think a tip for coaching beginners and athletes that have shoulder lift issues get use the graph they can see it live in the boat get them to remove the bump and then when they've got it fixed then put the bump back in by using their legs and getting well connected
and what that does it it's not the most efficient way to row we try to avoid it as much as we can we really want to take the catch with our legs so we want to come into the catch hold our body in a firm position with relaxed loose long reaching arms and just push once the blade's in the water so on the graph on the rowing in motion graph we often see a bump that goes up like that and that's exactly what we're looking for with an experienced athlete most experienced athletes tend to have that bit of a bump it's not vital but it's useful unfortunately what happens is that if you lift with your shoulders or or grab with your arms you can generate a bump that looks a little bit the same if it's an aggressive grab with the with the shoulders then it goes up quite steep and down but if they're only being lifting with the shoulders a little bit you'll find that it does tend to imitate the graph how we want it the issue though is that is very difficult for beginners to under separate the movement of the shoulders to get that bump than getting with the legs so what i suggest if you're having this issue with athletes that have got a bit of shoulder lift or a lot of grab at the catch i suggest get them to practice with the app in the boat and put a graph next to it that shows what you're looking for and have the graph so it's a nice gentle graph up rather than having the bump and if you can get them to achieve that by achieving that you'll find that they tend not to have shoulder lift not to have arm drag which is great and so if you can get them to do that first then once they've got that under control then i suggest you introduce the concept of pushing a bit harder with the legs by waiting until you're well connected then push a bit harder with your legs and get that bump back again so i think a tip for coaching beginners and athletes that have shoulder lift issues get use the graph they can see it live in the boat get them to remove the bump and then when they've got it fixed then put the bump back in by using their legs and getting well connected