i have a feeling that one side of my body is inferior to the other at the finish of my stroke... can anyone detect this here? coach said that it's because of rowing too much starboard.
its a minute long.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-966779351489840405
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any critique is appreciated, thanks.
Hello csabour
I am sorry it took me some time to get back to you.
In order to truely see whether you are leaning to one side your camera angle needs to be absolutely inline with the rowing machine.
One thing to take care of is your consistency holding the handle. You have to make sure that your hands are equidistant from the center of the handle. I do notice that you do not keep your arms straight during the leg drive. When this is the case you limit your leg drive to what the arms can pull. The arms are far inferior in power than the legs. I notice that you use the back simultanously with the draw of the arms. Canadians tend to do that, especially women. My rowing stroke is more contrasted, leg drive arms stay straight. The connection between the straight arms and the final phase of the leg drive is the opening of the back swing. From the limited view I have of your rowing, make sure that you sit on the first half of the seat on your hip bones also called "sitting bones". You are immediately going to feel that you are sitting up more and taller. When using a mirror directly infront of you make sure that your head does not change elevation even though you are swining the upper body. When you pose at the finish check that your forearms are parallel to the ground and that your wrists and back of hand are in line with the ground and forearms. The handle is set against the sternum right below the chest line. The top of the shoulders are as far away from your ear lobes as possible. This enable the lat muscles to contract and the elbows to move the hand back. If your elbows point down to the ground at the finish you are using the biceps and the forearms instead of the lat muscles.
I hope this description is of advantage to you.
All the best,
XENO
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Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.