Eyes Up for Balance in Rowing
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Many rowers know that poor balance can be caused by looking out of the boat, but it's not the only way your eyes can affect the balance.
In this video, Ken describes how to improve balance by consciously directing your focus throughout the stroke. |
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Video Transcript
your balance is a bit
and i reckon the reason why is because you look at the boat too much your balance is fine seriously your balance is fine when the blades are in the water the balance is cool when you take it out of the water the balance is cool when you come into the catch it tends to go to gas just before you get there and that's because you look at the boat and so i want you to look out here somewhere so here's a pretty good spot for it because of that and it's all sort of flat if you're with me so just keep your eyes up all the time and forget about balance just don't even think about balance okay and i reckon you'll find your balance will be like that all right let's try that keep your eyes out there eyes up anyone stop there tell me about your balance it was better when you weren't looking at the boat yeah a lot better because what you're tending to do is you tend to look down on that side for some reason don't do it if you have a stroke coach in the boat don't look at it just avoid it because all it does is upset your balance uh it's uh if you're looking into the boat then you have no reference point for balance if you're with me because you you know just there because if you look out there that's not moving and so do that look up
do you want to stop, I want to do exactly the same going back but every time you come into the catch I want you to look at the sky all right like up there somewhere um
yeah look at those clouds above the bridge I want you to look at them every time all right and put the power on
and i reckon the reason why is because you look at the boat too much your balance is fine seriously your balance is fine when the blades are in the water the balance is cool when you take it out of the water the balance is cool when you come into the catch it tends to go to gas just before you get there and that's because you look at the boat and so i want you to look out here somewhere so here's a pretty good spot for it because of that and it's all sort of flat if you're with me so just keep your eyes up all the time and forget about balance just don't even think about balance okay and i reckon you'll find your balance will be like that all right let's try that keep your eyes out there eyes up anyone stop there tell me about your balance it was better when you weren't looking at the boat yeah a lot better because what you're tending to do is you tend to look down on that side for some reason don't do it if you have a stroke coach in the boat don't look at it just avoid it because all it does is upset your balance uh it's uh if you're looking into the boat then you have no reference point for balance if you're with me because you you know just there because if you look out there that's not moving and so do that look up
do you want to stop, I want to do exactly the same going back but every time you come into the catch I want you to look at the sky all right like up there somewhere um
yeah look at those clouds above the bridge I want you to look at them every time all right and put the power on