Grip width, what's the best when rowing sweep?

In this short video, Olympic coach Brett Crow sums up how a rower or coach should approach grip width when rowing sweep.

Video Transcript

​if you have got a wide grip that means
this arm is not going to actually hold any

load whatsoever because of its way out
here how's it going to be able to hold

any load well the new handles have got
quite a bit of space on them you know so

you wouldn't want to you don't want to
be too wide but hey it's a person

preferences as long as you're getting
out of the the kid or whatever that

you that you want you say make sure
they'll be comfortable you know on them

coming down onto the fat part and and
having to be rowing there like I said

before the closer hands together more
leverage you've got try it yourselves

you'll find out you'll go hey that is
not bad so it's personal preference

sometimes we do wide-grip why do you do
y group to try and take it out of the

inside arm because everybody's trying to
row with the inside arm and it's very

easy to when you're row one side