SCULLING TECHNIQUE - HOW TO MAKE THIS NATIONAL DOUBLE FAST (forget oar handle speed!)

[@matthewhackett1710]

I think this is your most comprehensive video yet. It applies to all rowers at all levels wi9th that one question: Why do something badly, when with a little bit of will, focus and idea, why not do it a little better? You say so much in this video that virtually every sculler has room to progress with, following your words.

[@enjoyers4781]

Where is this double placed compared to others in their field?

[@AramTraining]

I think they are African coastal champs, not sure about regular rowing

[@HistoriasdeRemador]

Lots of details, lots of tips. Thanks for the video

[@alexbigpp1492]

I love the videos where u review and analyse races, can u do some races from the princess Elizabeth cup at hrr.

[@jayclarke2932]

Thanks as always for the great content. It’s a great channel! Great advice here. Looking forward to thinking about it when next in the boat!!! I’m curious about the turbulence at the stern end of the gunnel. Are they dragging something?

[@masterg9358]

hey Aram, I am learning a lot from your video's. At the moment Im coaching a women rowing team and with your tips we are obliterating the competition. Its an amateur freshman team and we row in a C4, so its a little different than the normal material seen on your channel haha. But ofcourse, the principles stay the same. I have a couple of questions I would like to ask: - First, do you have recommendations for a rowing book if I wanted to buy one? - Secondly, I see many freshman pulling their feet so to say they 'race on their slidings'. In other words, they are not letting the boat float underneath them but pulling themselfs to the catch. This normally results in a push/force in the oposite derection of the boat direction. But you can accomplish a higher tempo. In many cases this is bad, but are there cases that this could work? So because of the higher tempo you could accomplish a higher boatspeed? (even though the boat is pushed back) - Thirtly, what do we need to focus on for a 450m/500m race? strategy and technique? - lastly how can you measure whether someone is a explosive or a endurance person? or is it just the way you train that you become one? thanks for the tons and tons of valueble information! really nice and easy way to learn and most importantly understand the rowing movement. keep it up, Gideon

[@masterg9358]

to add to the tempo part, We often row on the river the Rijn. Sometimes the flow is really strong. If you then row against the current, the boat is slowed down by the flow very quickly. This results in the fact that we cant really let the boat float underneath us (with an heavy c4 boat). So we need to make an quicker tempo to get enough speed to row against the current. Or that is what we think. This got me thinking, can you make a higher tempo and more speed despite the (little) pushback? maybe its a greater cost of energy but for small distances this could work right?

[@cameron4026]

Thanks Aram! This was quite helpful as I was trying to figure out if a high blade on the recovery was bad because of the greater movement than keeping the blade just skimming an inch off of the water. What are your thoughts on backing the blade into the water as opposed to cleanly placing it in? Some coaches say to get a little splash towards the bow which seems counterintuitive since that is some drag that's countering the motion of the boat but perhaps some of the stroke is lost if the blade is entered cleanly into the water later. Thanks for all that you do, cheers!

[@matthewkavanagh1401]

At low rating a back splash is an indication of catch speed. If you have a fast enough catch at low rating to cause a back splash, you will have a fast enough catch at race pace to have a perfect catch (no back splash and no missed water). So the back splash itself isn't good, just an indication of good catch speed

[@dimitri1946]

This makes you slow, that makes you inefficient, this produces a check, that generates an injury, etc., etc. Can we have something about what will make you fast without pointing out all the complications and weaknesses that go along with trying to break it all down into hundreds of technicalities that are hard to perfect in the course of several continuous strokes? Something simple like: your speed depends on the force that you put into your leg drive. Kick -drive - kick - drive, harder and harder until you're flying and feeling the burn.

[@tyreone6632]

He did say in the video that he is pointing all those complications and weaknesses because the rowers in the video are trying to be competitive at the international level. There are thousands of videos for rowing basics. The point of the video is to show a more advanced technique.

[@GralphW]

OK, here's simple - men 2k ergs under 6 minutes, women under 7 minutes. Then row flat - flat in the drive phase & flat in the recovery phase. Boat will go fast.