Hang vs Grab in Rowing
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In this video, we demonstrate hanging vs grabbing at the catch. It's crucial to make the most of the biomechanical characteristics of each muscle group throughout the stroke.
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Video Transcript
often we see athletes using their shoulders and their arms too early in the rowing stroke the concept is to place with relaxed upper body and then just drive with the legs here we have lachlan demonstrating how people grab at the catch in particular in the shoulders and if you watch carefully here you can see as he places the blade he engages his shoulders and starts to bend his arm this is not the way we wish to see it happen and we should be really relaxed and loose arms and loose shoulders at this point
often too you'll find that athletes have one arm bends more than the other here you can see lachlan demonstrating his left arm is bent less than his right arm so showing the tendency to engage the right arm earlier in the rowing stroke and the right shoulder some athletes will find that their left arm bends more than their right and some the other way around so we suggest viewing the athlete from both sides and from behind so you get an understanding of each individual athletes to work on it the concept is to ask them to be fully relaxed in the upper body and in their grip and the elbows as they undertake the drive phase here viewed from behind you can see that lachlan has his shoulders and arms engaged right at the catch demonstrating the technique that we're seeking to avoid so we suggest in order to assist athletes to do this correctly that you simply ask them to relax their grip and their upper body and make sure they're pushing their shoulders down through that initial drive phase
here we have lachlan demonstrating how to take the catch correctly with the relaxed grip relaxed shoulders and relaxed arms as you can see it's quite a powerful stroke when undertaken in this correct manner so ask the athletes to be fully relaxed relaxed grip relax shoulders and relaxed arms whilst they undertake the drive phase you'll find you get great outcomes
often too you'll find that athletes have one arm bends more than the other here you can see lachlan demonstrating his left arm is bent less than his right arm so showing the tendency to engage the right arm earlier in the rowing stroke and the right shoulder some athletes will find that their left arm bends more than their right and some the other way around so we suggest viewing the athlete from both sides and from behind so you get an understanding of each individual athletes to work on it the concept is to ask them to be fully relaxed in the upper body and in their grip and the elbows as they undertake the drive phase here viewed from behind you can see that lachlan has his shoulders and arms engaged right at the catch demonstrating the technique that we're seeking to avoid so we suggest in order to assist athletes to do this correctly that you simply ask them to relax their grip and their upper body and make sure they're pushing their shoulders down through that initial drive phase
here we have lachlan demonstrating how to take the catch correctly with the relaxed grip relaxed shoulders and relaxed arms as you can see it's quite a powerful stroke when undertaken in this correct manner so ask the athletes to be fully relaxed relaxed grip relax shoulders and relaxed arms whilst they undertake the drive phase you'll find you get great outcomes