Sunday, April 30, 2017
Weekend Vids
Third race Roz second Reg. Lulu timing, catch and release. Reg in general want to see a bit more explosiveness in the drives. Mandy hanging the catch here. In the Roz, you can see how the body motion to the stern on the recovery is just as fast as the time on the drive. Kate, Kelly need to swing through at finish. Kate connection.
This is better than the Saturday morning vid--Beth's catches are a few feet farther back from Rachel's puddle. There's still rush and check. Kelly and Kate, swing through. Beth and Kat careful of the inside shoulder popping up. Kaela get the hands out before the body moves.
Settle to 30spm. Portside timing a little ragged--Mel you can see the dig here and how it might affect your release. Mandy started hanging the catch a few strokes after the settle. Renee, you can see the oar coming disconnected from oarlock b/c of your fallaway.
I got a little close at the start, then had to catch up. RachelB out early on that first stroke. Everyone check where you head is at release--make sure you're on the centerline. Jo, get that tap down so you're not touching right at release. Mel, you can see your depth get better by the end of this race. Be more confident to the body at the finish--tall and strong.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Saturday Vids
So after today's row being scrubbed and me spending all weekend in various gyms all over northeast Atlanta, I finally got a chance to get these vids up. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to get vid of the 4.
Notice that better catches make the boat more stable as the finishes are together as well. When rowing on the square, make sure you don't cut the body swing off. HannahH better tapdown, Kate and Stacks swing the finish.
HannahH, I think you've been hitting water a bit much and don't have enough room for clean tapdown. Let's add to your height. Kaela make sure you're getting to full compression at the catch.
I think this was on the paddle--looks a bit sloppy and low power.
Ran out of gas midway through this. Checked a lot--look how the hull is dipping fore and aft. That needs to be smoother at the higher rates. Kate, Kelly, need longer finishes with body swing. Too upright and not using your length.
Early in your row. Mandy just a bit behind Blaze. Still learning the steering.
Finishes aren't timed well, prob due to boat being a bit too high out of water. Timing is better here than the other vid. As you can see, being that high makes both of you miss a bit of water at the catch.
Notice that better catches make the boat more stable as the finishes are together as well. When rowing on the square, make sure you don't cut the body swing off. HannahH better tapdown, Kate and Stacks swing the finish.
HannahH, I think you've been hitting water a bit much and don't have enough room for clean tapdown. Let's add to your height. Kaela make sure you're getting to full compression at the catch.
I think this was on the paddle--looks a bit sloppy and low power.
Ran out of gas midway through this. Checked a lot--look how the hull is dipping fore and aft. That needs to be smoother at the higher rates. Kate, Kelly, need longer finishes with body swing. Too upright and not using your length.
Early in your row. Mandy just a bit behind Blaze. Still learning the steering.
Finishes aren't timed well, prob due to boat being a bit too high out of water. Timing is better here than the other vid. As you can see, being that high makes both of you miss a bit of water at the catch.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
A nice evening with the Regulator
I'm just tossing these up with out much review.....gotta get up early soon.
1st race 6x2'. All four stbds with a bit of a sky. Mel, you can see the dig here. Tera late a bit, Lulu early.
2nd 6x2'. Quicker entries, Blaze, Renee and Allison. Happy with RachelB's. Port side timing better than first race. Lulu sometimes still early. Want stronger finish and send from Mel. Tera need more length at catch.
Let's go slo mo. Timing nice here on port. But you can also see how the finish can be a little longer--the blades are still going to stern with totally out of the water.
Nice work on the digging, Mel. It's better here, not totally fixed but better than the beginning of the night.
Not bad on timing, finishes could be longer, would like to see a bit more altitude control on stbd. Occasional catch hang by Mandy when the rate increased.
1st race 6x2'. All four stbds with a bit of a sky. Mel, you can see the dig here. Tera late a bit, Lulu early.
2nd 6x2'. Quicker entries, Blaze, Renee and Allison. Happy with RachelB's. Port side timing better than first race. Lulu sometimes still early. Want stronger finish and send from Mel. Tera need more length at catch.
Let's go slo mo. Timing nice here on port. But you can also see how the finish can be a little longer--the blades are still going to stern with totally out of the water.
Nice work on the digging, Mel. It's better here, not totally fixed but better than the beginning of the night.
Not bad on timing, finishes could be longer, would like to see a bit more altitude control on stbd. Occasional catch hang by Mandy when the rate increased.
Sunday, April 09, 2017
Redemption
I'm not gonna re-post the video here. By now everyone has seen or heard "don't hit the post, Lopa." That happened a little over a year ago, at spring break.
But since then, Lopa has been the consummate teammate. Open with her coaches about her anxieties and riding the launch non stop through the fall to better learn her craft, Lopa refused to hide, refused to quit and worked to get better. She talked with Steph and Sarah about coxing. She talked to me and Rodd. She studied.
When Sarah's shoulder failed her again at spring break this year, Lopa was there. She had come to spring break with no expectation of getting a boat. To repeat: she didn't expect to get a boat this spring but came to training anyway, giving up her vacation to get better. I'll admit I was a little worried and I know she was too, returning to the scene of the accident from a year before.
And she did great. It became less and less necessary to direct her steering during practices. She found me before every row to go over what we were trying to accomplish each session. She earned my trust and the trust of her crew.
In another wonderful team-first attitude, Allison scheduled her surgery the earliest she could and even got an airplane ticket halfway through spring break so she could attend as many practices as possible. She could have stayed home, but she wanted to row with her boat. When we had to turn that boat around to get Allison on the dock in time for her flight, Rodd and I trusted Lopa without hesitation to get the crew back from the bridge alone.
Lopa coxed a lightweight 4 at FIRA that had never practiced together. It was a second (or third) entry for everyone in that crew. Lopa got the crew on the start without drama, kept a great point into a strong crosswind and got them off the line in good order. I had the great opportunity to follow that event in my car and watched as they put on a beautiful race. From 3/4 of a length down at the 700m mark, the lightweights stopped the other crew's momentum, walked back through and broke them at the 1500. A race like that takes all five people in the crew, because the athletes must believe the cox and the cox must trust the athletes. If that bond isn't there, that crew falls apart when the opposition gets that far ahead.
They threw her in. It was perfect. It was redemption.
But since then, Lopa has been the consummate teammate. Open with her coaches about her anxieties and riding the launch non stop through the fall to better learn her craft, Lopa refused to hide, refused to quit and worked to get better. She talked with Steph and Sarah about coxing. She talked to me and Rodd. She studied.
When Sarah's shoulder failed her again at spring break this year, Lopa was there. She had come to spring break with no expectation of getting a boat. To repeat: she didn't expect to get a boat this spring but came to training anyway, giving up her vacation to get better. I'll admit I was a little worried and I know she was too, returning to the scene of the accident from a year before.
And she did great. It became less and less necessary to direct her steering during practices. She found me before every row to go over what we were trying to accomplish each session. She earned my trust and the trust of her crew.
In another wonderful team-first attitude, Allison scheduled her surgery the earliest she could and even got an airplane ticket halfway through spring break so she could attend as many practices as possible. She could have stayed home, but she wanted to row with her boat. When we had to turn that boat around to get Allison on the dock in time for her flight, Rodd and I trusted Lopa without hesitation to get the crew back from the bridge alone.
Lopa coxed a lightweight 4 at FIRA that had never practiced together. It was a second (or third) entry for everyone in that crew. Lopa got the crew on the start without drama, kept a great point into a strong crosswind and got them off the line in good order. I had the great opportunity to follow that event in my car and watched as they put on a beautiful race. From 3/4 of a length down at the 700m mark, the lightweights stopped the other crew's momentum, walked back through and broke them at the 1500. A race like that takes all five people in the crew, because the athletes must believe the cox and the cox must trust the athletes. If that bond isn't there, that crew falls apart when the opposition gets that far ahead.
They threw her in. It was perfect. It was redemption.
Pre-SIRA Gluckman
This is a quick vid upload. Make whatever comments you would like for me to address if you all like, I've got a lot of running around for William tonight but I can come back to watch these again.
Takes a few strokes in each build to get the oars going in together. Catching Jo a few mistakes on the entry, Rachel early once or twice. Second 20 was better than first.
A few entry bobbles by HannahH. Just a touch of digging in the bucket. Kate timing good. Catches good.
Few entry bobbles by Jo and HannahH. HannahM make sure you're at full length. Like the glide finish. Good workout today.
Takes a few strokes in each build to get the oars going in together. Catching Jo a few mistakes on the entry, Rachel early once or twice. Second 20 was better than first.
A few entry bobbles by HannahH. Just a touch of digging in the bucket. Kate timing good. Catches good.
Few entry bobbles by Jo and HannahH. HannahM make sure you're at full length. Like the glide finish. Good workout today.
How to: Row in a headwind
First, let's get this out of the way: I hate Princeton. Hate them. Always have, since my first visit on their soulless campus in the middle of a New Jersey field. If there was ever an Ivy League campus that had not one thing interesting about where it was located, it's Princeton. The best part about Princeton is the train station that takes you away from there to New York.
But.......this Princeton 1V blasts into a headwind like it isn't even there:
Watch 6 seat especially. Headwind? What headwind. He has no fucks to give about your headwind. Upper body under perfect control, rowing very long, legs first then the body and arms are just follow through. Look at 5's catches. Entering the water at full extension, with backsplash, Every Damn Stroke.
Fuck you, Princeton. But nice rowing.
But.......this Princeton 1V blasts into a headwind like it isn't even there:
Watch 6 seat especially. Headwind? What headwind. He has no fucks to give about your headwind. Upper body under perfect control, rowing very long, legs first then the body and arms are just follow through. Look at 5's catches. Entering the water at full extension, with backsplash, Every Damn Stroke.
Fuck you, Princeton. But nice rowing.
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