Rowing Blade Depth with Lyall & Noel
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Two of the most experienced and successful Australian coaches, Lyall and Noel discuss blade depth.
The answer is clear - don't be afraid to put the blade in deep for a great connection and better performance. |
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Video Transcript
Yeah Hamish Bond when i first met him he made the statement to me he said uh what you'll see is you'll see my oar goes in very deep at the catch halfway up the shaft he said other coaches have tried to fix that you can too if you like and that was after he won 35 races in a row so i thought we'll leave it deep in the water
maintaining even blade depth now Noel would know a lot about this coach some crews that have been very very effective and one thing one thing that i've noticed about a lot of his crews is that that blade depth from the front and being consistent all the way through the stroke releasing clean the boat does the work and and uh and likewise kimmy i mean i got criticized for that that it's too deep as i'm sure as hell i'd rather that way than the other way and the key to it was i don't mind that it's a bit deep as long as we apply horizontal force from the top of the front turn top bottom i don't know from where the hands reach it at the catch that it stays connected from there horizontally
and this is this is a little bit of video this this day was extraordinary and it was two days after doing some extremely hard work 4 x 2 k pieces at race pace in really rough water and um you know it wasn't comfortable or nice to be around for a little while but two days later we did three 2k pieces in this water which wasn't perfect um and she did seven twenty eight seven twenty eight seven twenty eight so that had put her on the podium in lucerne every every piece rating 28 by the way so extremely effective in this water and i look back on that now and go it was the cause and effect again so having to work really hard to get the blade under the water in really rough conditions not my call that was the natural human instinct to get the blade under and here we have now in better water that same pattern evolving into something that was really well connected from the front minimal minimal slip all the way through the stroke and at rate 28 to be able to produce speeds that you know we probably look for it at race pace most times i'll see if i can just play that little bit you might be able to see
what stands out to me is where the hands go to
and if that's the catch position and you get connected there well you pretty know pretty much know the outcome of that stroke
maintaining even blade depth now Noel would know a lot about this coach some crews that have been very very effective and one thing one thing that i've noticed about a lot of his crews is that that blade depth from the front and being consistent all the way through the stroke releasing clean the boat does the work and and uh and likewise kimmy i mean i got criticized for that that it's too deep as i'm sure as hell i'd rather that way than the other way and the key to it was i don't mind that it's a bit deep as long as we apply horizontal force from the top of the front turn top bottom i don't know from where the hands reach it at the catch that it stays connected from there horizontally
and this is this is a little bit of video this this day was extraordinary and it was two days after doing some extremely hard work 4 x 2 k pieces at race pace in really rough water and um you know it wasn't comfortable or nice to be around for a little while but two days later we did three 2k pieces in this water which wasn't perfect um and she did seven twenty eight seven twenty eight seven twenty eight so that had put her on the podium in lucerne every every piece rating 28 by the way so extremely effective in this water and i look back on that now and go it was the cause and effect again so having to work really hard to get the blade under the water in really rough conditions not my call that was the natural human instinct to get the blade under and here we have now in better water that same pattern evolving into something that was really well connected from the front minimal minimal slip all the way through the stroke and at rate 28 to be able to produce speeds that you know we probably look for it at race pace most times i'll see if i can just play that little bit you might be able to see
what stands out to me is where the hands go to
and if that's the catch position and you get connected there well you pretty know pretty much know the outcome of that stroke