Thanks soooo much for posting this video. Have been searching for this for ages...Munich was a catastrophe - let's see what the future holds for them....For me Steve Williams is one of the best, nicest and definately sexiest oarsmen I've ever seen. Good luck for Beijing!
Anyone else notice Williams pulling a massive air stroke near the end of the race? Lucky for him they had clear water, he looked like he was really struggling at the end
@seusical0xo that's called a bucket rigg where i row. it's to even out the power in the boat if some people pull harder.it also helps the boat go straight.
for our varsity tryouts we had to row the same length after the finish line my arms and back went numb damn only the adrenaline pushed me all the way, it was exciting good thing the boys and i landed 2nd
Alright, question for rowers. I have an ergometer at home and I'm doing weights lately, but I'm doing them at home and hate the quad/glute exercises that I have available to me. Lunges in particular. I don't mind calf raises, but is rowing enough of a quad/glute exercise to offset upper body mass gains and prevent chicken leg syndrome?
it's done in some eights as well it depends on the people in the boat. if yu have two really heavy, hard pulling guys who both row port, you can't put them in stroke or bow because they will turn the boat with every stroke. So you put them in the middle (the engine room) where there's less effect on the course.
There are different reasons for it guys. We frig-rigged an eight one summer because stroke side (port for you yanks) (it was a bow (starboard) rigged boat) was pulling the boat round. We also tried frig-frig-rigging it (bow, stroke, stroke, bow, bow, stroke, stroke, bow)...that was an interesting summer lol!
Because the standard p-s-p-s rigging creates a transversal torque twisting the boat to starboard at the catch and the reverse at the finish, while the p-s-s-p rigging (invented by motorcycling engineer Giulio Carcano for the Moto Guzzi Italian four that won at London 1948) eliminates it.
@patrarok i usually use wooden handles, they are much grippier when dry than wooden ones. but wooden ones are better when wet. and everything gives blisterss :/
reasons for frig/bucket/chinese rigging less moment on boat, therefore more rigidity and more effiency if bow is stronger than 2 in a conventionally rigged boat, frig rigging gives 2 the advantage in moment when he sits at bow and finally, it looks more interesting lol
Williams misses a stroke on purpose to keep the boat in the lane. Check out 6:49 where the boat is veering off to Williams' right. Theres only so much a rudder can do at that speed. Maybe he was pulling Reed round....
Rob that makes no sense at all. Apart from it patently being a mistake, missing the water would have caused the boat to veer even further to Williams right.
@eaglesfan37 no they havnt. 2001-2004 was a toss up between them and the germans, and in 2003 the canadians shocked everyone, GB only won in 2004 because they put pinesent and cracknell in the four our of hte pair.
haha this race is the first race that i ever watched... i had my fist rowing practice about a year and a half ago, and as soon as i came hoe from that i found this on you tube
Now they are - unfortunately. Couldn't believe my eyes. Let's see what Jürgen Grobler will do about it. Would be a shame to brake them up, but mybe necessary...
@roosc5765 Only very slightly, he has a more mechanical catch and drive than Andy Hodge - interesting to see different techniques achieving the same result.
no, but you might want to err on the side of being a lightweight. however, regardless of the weight categories, height does help in this sport as leverage is a key component moving a boat. that aside, think spudd webb for the NBA and you don't NEED to be tall to be a rower, it helps but what you MUST have are heart, drive, dedication and mental toughness to do the work that is necessary to be successful.
He he, yes during Yugslavia Championship I had to pee just ten minutes before the race :) So I stood up, while others were holding the balance of the boat.
I'm no elite coach or anything but how do guys match up then? Are all the guys in your boat of the same height? Because the difference between two men who are 5'10 and 6'3 is the same difference between two men who are 6'2 and 6'7...both 5 inch difference. And for the latter, both are over 6'0...what's his reasoning there?
@samm1809 if you're rowing well, it should be a much better workout for your legs than your upper body. with the exception of lightweights, rowers do not have chicken legs...
unity due to pace? he obviously doesn't really know much about unity to pace if he thinks all the guys of the same height will make a more rhythmic boat...there are crews with people of all sizes. seriously, the CAN and GB M8+ this year in london had guys as tall as 6'8 and guys as "small" as 6'1...how did they keep pace? they found rhythm in another aspect/ part of the stroke
"Dorney Lake is one of the best and most beautifull rowing lakes in the world" this is a lie! unless you go to eton? it is horrible. its 2k too long and sitting on the stakeboats is just scary!
