Rowing Catch in a 8+ (Put the Blade in Quickly)
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In this video, Ken teaches an eight how to put the blade in quick and deep. This skill is vital for a good catch.
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Video Transcript
Righto put the blade in the water go all right so now i want you to when i say this time put it in go i want you to really put it in
I want to go in really quick okay keep the boat balanced up the bow please all right out of the water and on three one two three oh come on quicker than that let's do it again one two three come on quicker than that okay let's put your hand on the oar like that so you've got your thumb underneath the oar and your hand just flat on top okay and a gap so it's not tight grip at all i want you to put the oar in with your thumb this time balance the boat guys come on that's not balanced so when i one two three i want you to put it in i want your thumb to put it in with your hand to come off the oar okay one two three let's do it again this time don't have your thumb there just put your hand flat on top and i want your hand to come off the air completely one two three see how quick you've got to get your hand out of the way you've got to actually try to get your hand out of the way so what we're going to do is when you come into the catch i want you to actually put the blade in all right you keep it balanced and can you guys up the bow have a go and keep it balanced for a better than they did for you can we get some footage of them just yeah that's a good idea all right so oars out of the water keep the boat balanced and so on three put the blade in one two three all right now let's do it really quick one two three outside hand only everywhere up there
one two three come on quicker than that one two three that's better one two three that's better so when you put the blade in i want you to put it in and put it in just straight in
I want to go in really quick okay keep the boat balanced up the bow please all right out of the water and on three one two three oh come on quicker than that let's do it again one two three come on quicker than that okay let's put your hand on the oar like that so you've got your thumb underneath the oar and your hand just flat on top okay and a gap so it's not tight grip at all i want you to put the oar in with your thumb this time balance the boat guys come on that's not balanced so when i one two three i want you to put it in i want your thumb to put it in with your hand to come off the oar okay one two three let's do it again this time don't have your thumb there just put your hand flat on top and i want your hand to come off the air completely one two three see how quick you've got to get your hand out of the way you've got to actually try to get your hand out of the way so what we're going to do is when you come into the catch i want you to actually put the blade in all right you keep it balanced and can you guys up the bow have a go and keep it balanced for a better than they did for you can we get some footage of them just yeah that's a good idea all right so oars out of the water keep the boat balanced and so on three put the blade in one two three all right now let's do it really quick one two three outside hand only everywhere up there
one two three come on quicker than that one two three that's better one two three that's better so when you put the blade in i want you to put it in and put it in just straight in