At 9:50. Listening to the different sounds the blade gives you at the placement can explain a lot. Every time you said good, you can hear a distinctive hooking noise. As upposed to a splashing sound when he placed vertically
Man, I love your videos. Thank you so much for this. No one ever told me that the catch is asymmetric but it makes so much sense. This will help me a lot
I love this video Aram, I have spent hours and hours working out the catch, finding it way easier to catch and connect quickly with a stern-loaded shell, as opposed to a bow-loaded shell. I have some footage of stern versus bow loaded rowing if you ever need! Long live the stern-loaded shell gang. I found our conversation about that extremely interesting! No question the catch is interlinked with the force application of the stroke, portrayed in the force-curve, only precisely depicted on a biorower.
Could you please clear up for me, when do we start to square the blade? At the feet? Is the square a quick motion or do we ease into it? I’m often told to square early. It could be that we need to just follow the “stroke”. Thank you
Just a quick for sake of clarity- on 9:30- you'd definitely would want to drop the oar, bouncing is eliminated by instant push with the legs while laterals are engaged- no drop- no senses of catch and recalculations in a brain what the blade is doing.. This drill itself is the work with arms/hands and works well progressing from basics.. I hope it makes sense :) So how do we get that perfect catch?
Only very tall men can row with correct posture. Any top rower under 6'3" bends forward/leans too far back, for extra length. Why? Because you wont be competitive. I'm 5'10" when I'm on the Erg side by side with a 6'5" guy next to me I'm stroking 4 more strokes per minute just to stay the same pace.
