Should the outside knee drop out at the catch?
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In this video, Brett Crow demonstrates where the outside knee's optimal position is when rowing a sweep boat. He highlights the common problems and the best ways to solve them.
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Video Transcript
Just checking that you didn't mention leg position at the catch if your outside leg still drops out slightly is that correct not because you know that you know been generally considered inside leg inside knee to chest outside leg dropping out slightly that's ideal because you can apply the force evenly if your leg flops way out you've got to bring it back in and then push on it you're not going to be able to push with it way out there so
it's not ideal
it should be your inside elbow inside shoulder in between your legs and you don't want the leg too far out you oops it's gone you have there's one question there heel heights heel heights are very important that the um the knees are just under your armpits
roughly around about there like eddies are there right there uh if you've got somebody that's got tremendously long legs really short back what do you think you'd do
well you're going to drop your feet as low as you can but then you're going to go there's still not enough room what do you do then you've got to start jacking the seat up you've got to get them into a position that they can actually be comfortable with us sitting and being able to row comfortably and you know you'll see lots of people that are you bloody knees and the guy in the chin you go oh okay so you've got to start adjusting that and never never expect an athlete or kid to be able to row well if you're not going to do those things for them a little bit and i know you get all sorts of kids jumping in boats and but it's it's very important if you want somebody to row well they've got to be in the right position to be able to row well so
that's part and parcel of it I'm afraid sometimes it means a lot of rigging
but hey if you're going to get a good performance out of the kid you'd do whatever you can for it because that's why in the end you guys are there
it's not ideal
it should be your inside elbow inside shoulder in between your legs and you don't want the leg too far out you oops it's gone you have there's one question there heel heights heel heights are very important that the um the knees are just under your armpits
roughly around about there like eddies are there right there uh if you've got somebody that's got tremendously long legs really short back what do you think you'd do
well you're going to drop your feet as low as you can but then you're going to go there's still not enough room what do you do then you've got to start jacking the seat up you've got to get them into a position that they can actually be comfortable with us sitting and being able to row comfortably and you know you'll see lots of people that are you bloody knees and the guy in the chin you go oh okay so you've got to start adjusting that and never never expect an athlete or kid to be able to row well if you're not going to do those things for them a little bit and i know you get all sorts of kids jumping in boats and but it's it's very important if you want somebody to row well they've got to be in the right position to be able to row well so
that's part and parcel of it I'm afraid sometimes it means a lot of rigging
but hey if you're going to get a good performance out of the kid you'd do whatever you can for it because that's why in the end you guys are there