One of the most underrated sculling technique factors 

Aram, thank you for these comments. Your ability to break it down to an actionable fix is just what is needed

omg, best critique i have seen! and yes, aram...I am going to purchase your biorower in CT, USA...Best, off water machine I have ever sat on! Thank you for just shipping to Va. Drove to VA, USA...sat on it and was BLOWN AWAY by the similarity to sculling. Only simulator on the market, in my opinion. :)

A very effective and clear analysis of blade depth with the circular entry analogy. There was one thing you didn’t cover, which was the portion of that loom inside the pivot point working against the direction of travel, as is seen in the water streaming off the back of the loom at the 7:00 mark in the video. This backwatering cancels out part of the force being applied to move the boat forwards, so the athlete works harder for less forward speed. Do PLEASE produce a video on the optimal force curve!!!

Great video. I stroked an 8 at college despite my height. We weren’t brilliant and only had fitness and strength enough to be in striking range of other crews but really wanted to give our best. In practice we always squared really early as we came over the knee which also meant keeping that bit greater than a blade off the water principle for the whole or most of the stroke running up to the catch so it could be simply dropped in relaxed to get the most out of what was a front loaded stroke at a low rating. We only practiced squaring late into a strong head wind once this had become second nature. Same point as you made just spelling it out in terms of how to achieve it. If you don’t do this the front loaded stroke which I know you don’t like is pretty ineffective. Remember I competed in the 90s with the soft carbon oars.

Beautiful analysis!

Great attention to detail as usual! Also, because he can not load his upper body early enough, his arm bending starts almost immediately after the blade gets hooked up.

hi do you do any videos on sweep rowing, thanks

Aram - Great video. How should Isaac change his boat setup to have his oars more off the water during the recover? You say the boat is setup too low for Isaac, but his hands seem to finish at a reasonable level...so I am not sure that a space adjustment would be appropriate.

Hi Aram. I think less lay back and lead out with the elbows would help. Positive connection and increased power, lighter hands through the recovery giving better blade control up to the catch. Knees are breaking too early. Pretty impressive rowing though. 👍

Hi Aram - I notice in that little clip of your star trainee on the bio-rower right at the end of the video: coaches keep telling me "arms away BEFORE you start moving your back forward; that your back should be stationary and locked in position while your arms go forward and only after they're fully forward should you start to move your back. I am trying my hardest to master this technique but it's requiring 100% concentration for every stroke and I can't think about anything else! is this what you recommend and you're just cutting your starr trainee a little slack (nobody can be 100% perfect all the time)? Should I continue with arms-away-with-body-absolutely-stationary? or do it like your star-trainee? This was a great explanatory video with all the arrow animations and zoom-in/out effects. Really professional looking... Thanks for your efforts Aram.

hey Aram, i was wondering where i could send you video's? i have a video where me and my double partner are practicing the first 25 starting strokes and was wondering if you'd care to take a look, thank you JJ Dubois

Aram, does this mean you’re looking for backsplash?

Square blades rowing will fix Isaac