Essential Sculling Technique for rowers

[@rogerbean3031]

No mention of rolling fingers 'handle technique' when squaring and feathering, and importance of keeping wrists flat through the drive to avoid strain at wrist joint.

[@Chawa175]

rowing police

[@ME0WMERE]

@@Chawa175 avoiding injury is important

[@andyhall7032]

1:35 the animation of the hands lifting just as the seat reaches frontstops truly captures the essence of "a picture speaks a thousand words"

[@skoss123]

Very informative and I love that Hudson USP that was modelled.

[@WickedG5150]

20,000 bucks.

[@stanvegar8571]

Good beginners video, well presented. An advanced explanation may include an explanation of hanging on the handles slightly suspended over of the seat (the unweighting phenomenon) and how this positivity affects rhythm.

[@patrickcain6641]

ALSO NOTE: Once the stroke is complete, and the grips are at your chest, rapidly push the grips down to your lap and twist the shaft so your knuckles are facing up. This is essential for two reasons; one, it allows the blade to skip along the waters' surface, so there's less resistance through the recovery phase. Two, it provides stability for the boat. Once you've reached the catch, twist your hands back, so the knuckles are facing the stern. This technique is difficult and requires some practice plus a lot people "experts" generally don't recommend doing this at first but you should get familiar with it. I know all this because my brother played in the 2016 games and won silver twice, so i picked up a thing or two about sculling. HAPPY ROWING!

[@arminauerbach8045]

Delighted to see that even this guy uses Concept2..

[@quentinoconnor4090]

Lol 😂

[@markborchelt2098]

Well done! some great soft hands to drop the blades in the water and then watching the fingers tighten on the handle as the drive begins. Allot of wonderful details to help understand the mystery of rowing.

[@seancraig5842]

I thought this was a very good animation to illustrate the essentials of the stroke cycle. But I would have liked some info on the associated breathing cycle too.

[@BermudaMichael]

Excellent presentation. Perhaps for the improver - mention the ratio between drive and recovery times. So that the recovery is not rushed and the boat momentum is not 'checked'. "Feeeeel the glide" and let the boat come to you on the recovery.

[@sallyli7118]

Thank you for the best video.

[@m4cdemos]

Incredible animation - not what I was after (feathering technique) but what fantastic quality animation...

[@caroline3212]

I am a rower because of this video

[@waldemarscholtz9154]

Excelente información para mejorar la técnica del remado !!

[@DanielleEmberley]

I was searching for consumer home rowing training machines that support proper oar position and technique. Anything available?

[@roticelander]

detailed and helpful analysis, but I think an error has crept in. The video shows a catch angle at 80° and 30° at the finish. That´s not optimal. According to common biomechanical knowledge it should be around 70° (catch) and 40° (finish) to be efficient. (watch "the Drive Phase" in slow motion...)

[@Monster_mit_Monsterguss]

You forget "it only needs tall, strong guys to make a boat fast, because you only have to teach them how to row" (no one is thinking about what happens, if that won't work)

[@abdelkhalekmansour556]

You reference plaese

[@roticelander]

@@abdelkhalekmansour556 Reference for me are Valery Kleshnevs analyzes. His case studies show maximal boat speed at a total angle of 114°. Catch angle should be around 70°.

[@dlm5536]

roticelander is that not the blade angle from catch to exit and not the angle of body in the horizontal plane ?

[@nicksiragher542]

I think you are being way too critical of this simulation. The subtleties you mention would be lost on the target audience, and in fact I expect fewer than 1% can make the adjustments you are asking for. Can you?

[@mikobrown2953]

I have a question, on the recovery and the drive should the left hand be on top of the right hand? And wouldn’t those different handle heights affect the boat set?

[@niclpdx]

You are correct that the left hand should be over right. However, you can also have your right shoulder slightly behind your left shoulder so that the right knuckles fit inside the left hand. As long as your handle height is consistent, it will not affect the boat set because sculling boats are rigged to accommodate the left hand going over the right.

[@ethangallant9788]

Miko Brown you should have your left further in case you catch a crab during the stroke. It is harder to recover from that if you have your right on top of your left

[@monicacollier99]

You’re right, Miko. Left hand should be on top, or in front, always. The stacked handle heights shouldn’t impact the set, if the rigging is set up to accommodate the slight handle height differential. But you could adjust your pin height on the oarlocks with “pop-outs” if the stacked handles is affecting the set.

[@timhalliday5839]

It depends entirely on what country you row in and what the 'standard' way of rowing is there, most countries row left over right, but some row right over left, as long as your gates are set up in a corresponding way, the boat will sit level. aka if you row left over right, your left gate will be higher than your right, and vice versa

[@caroline3212]

Yes, the right one must be under left one

[@MisterBenne]

So many rowing classes 7categories. Eight, four, double, rowing, scull etc. I am just a watcher, what I like to know, which is better? even faster. A two (double) scull? Or Double Rower? 2 "paddles" better than 4?

[@vukbajic4904]

A single scull is the fastest

[@vukbajic4904]

But a galleon (12 rowers) is the most stable, impossible to flip

[@JayStanley-y3z]

Straight back sculling is inferior to a curved back position in the thoracic spine during the entire stroke from catch to release and back to the catch. During the drive phase of the latter, the back lifts slightly without extending in other words, the back at both the catch and release should be taunt, not straightened. See 2023 World Championships where the Dutch who have rowed this method for decades, took home 6 gold, 4 silver. Meanwhile, North American style straight back style produced 0 podiums for men in 3 A finals and 2 medals for the US women. Actually the women look similar to the Dutch. I don’t know why our men bother to enter sculling races at all. The animated video demonstrates good technique for use on a C2 ergometer however, on the water this technique is usually always beaten by the slightly flexed spine method.

[@jeanellingson2636]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!

[@maximopalomares5579]

Hello, I am a beginner. It happens that my hands rub with each other and I get bruises. How can I avoid this? Thanks!

[@profiskipinternational4402]

I had this issue on the first splish-splash acrobatic trials... my coach (30 years in rowing) then changed the height of the oar gates, with just one washer ... and that helped me to get a free movement. On long term, its good that you get your own boat, maybe in the beginning a 2nd hand one ... e.g. a C1 coastal rowing boat (I started training with the French model VIRUS Turbo II with slide rigger), and it helps me a lot, as we have local cargo shipping in the Dutch channels, and it can become really bumpy like in a washing machine. So having a stable boat, can also help that you can focus on muscle memory training, your brain is not being overwhelmed with too many parameters to manage. My coach said: I shall row first 500 km in this C1 coastal skiff, then I can move on to a more sensitive boat. In my first month I havenow around 70-80 km rowed. by far less than what I did years ago on the ergo concept2 with up to 120-150 km / month. Anyhow, I love it. now its 04:50 am in Europe, the birds started chirping, and I think I hopp to the boat and do some strokes. I have two lanes, 4 km or 6 km. Lets see how it goes. ;-) Happy weekend !! Good luck ! I hope you had the last 3 years no bloody knuckles anymore ??? ;-) hehe.

[@carsten_ellwart]

Maybe my answer is a little bit late now... :) As you can see in the animation, the left hand is over and before the right hand. Please have a special look at the beginning of the recovery in the animation (you can see the same in the motion of several top rowers too): the left hand is starting the movement with a slightly higher speed than the right hand to get this distance.

[@romywilliamson4981]

Wow, I'm going to learn Blender so I can make cool rowing animations too.

[@clairem5164]

amazinggggg pls make a sweeping version

[@albtz]

well explained and this animation 🔥🔥🔥

[@ricardorusso1462]

Why use this poorly animated model instead of looking at one of many renown international rowers that have far superior technique? :/

[@hoobzie7]

They prolly dont have the money for that. I have to admit the animation is trash

[@dougturner2036]

Link to renown international rower that you'd recommend, please?

[@casparvoncampenhausen5249]

Here it is easier to see what's going on, with an actual person you have lighting problems, distracting details, etc.

[@MichaMontenegro]

This may be controversial but, most athletes at high levels have decades of bad habits built into their technique. This is the whole reason athletes at all levels have coaches AND mentors -technique is a theory coaches teach while competition is an experience mentors have.

[@peterclark1041]

Because the average learner needs the very broad principles demonstrated. Top scullers often have exceptional but unusual ways of sculling to achieve remarkable success. Quite simple…..? ….and phenomenal strength and power can often overcome technical deficiencies.?

[@Mustangchef]

that catch doesn’t look correct ...the hands look too far out

[@mortschubert3909]

Why are the oars long enough to hit each other?

[@justindavis5728]

More leverage. The more inboard you have the easier it feels to pull, but there is a tradeoff with comfort and ability to extend out at the catch. Ideally your hands will cross and handles overlap quite a bit.

[@Vinit_Ambat]

good video!

[@danielarigutini1641]

Bellissimo il Canottaggio.....👏👏👏👍✌🤞

[@giannakaros]

I totally agree with you!

[@GX5-o6r]

He squared late and feathered out of the water he also reaches to far forward

[@isaacent]

Nice

[@seanwhitehall4652]

Was watching the animation for 2min before realizing I'd not heard a word they were saying.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic6684]

Bounce of the Water is not there. Blades buried under the water on the catch. Don't recommend it. Hanging blades for ages before the catch again.

[@casparvoncampenhausen5249]

I agree that the blades are buried too deep, but what do you mean with "Bounce of the water"?

[@kylewilloughby5255]

Not once did that guy look where he was going

[@supernoodles908]

He's in a lane do he doesn't need to

[@BitPython]

That's because he's a cartoon, and they never crash.

[@lollobonanzinga6313]

Canottieri peloro❤️

[@Mustangchef]

Hah, no mention of the most important aspect ..Breathing!!!

[@supernoodles908]

Breathing is for the weak. Just hold your breath the whole race

[@Mustangchef]

@@supernoodles908 Oh you mean like being in an 8 the morning after the team had coney islands for dinner ?

[@supernoodles908]

@@Mustangchef tbh I prefer singles :)

[@Mustangchef]

@@supernoodles908 that make two of us

[@popopr5113]

i just started watching and learnung about rowing sports and exercises (we don't have that here in PR as far as i know). would the same breathing techniques apply to rowing machines or not really?

[@SahilSingh-pb2se]

Make some this kind of video

[@わもん-o3j]

英語分からないから誰か翻訳お願いします

[@kevindunham3669]

Feet are to far away and he's dragging the Finnish out and slowing the boat

[@iuriproietti3957]

Inserite sottotitoli in italiano e spagnolo, trocloditi.

[@Irowthe1x]

Too deep

[@rostyslav_polishchuk]

Ні початку, ні кінця, приклад гімняної техніки

[@Какой-тоНоунейм-ь3о]

Хаха

[@Yan-bs5qf]

Couldn't you use a guy with hair on his head.

[@IvanKnife]

Промашки нет

[@VillowvonVald]

That is NOT sculling, that is rowing.