2010 TSS ROWING HANDBOOK - The Southport School

The knees should be one fist apart.
The blades should then start to square when the
hands are over the toes so that they are square
for the last part of the slide movement.
During the whole recovery, the hands should
remain close together. The knuckles of the right
hand tucking up below, and touching, the palm
of the left hand during the first part of the
recovery.
10.7 BALANCE OF THE BOAT
Balance of the boat is very simple. It comes from the three points that the rower has contact
with the equipment:
o The seat – the rower must be sitting relaxed and evenly on the seat. Must not be moving
the mid section of the body or rocking the legs side to side to attempt to balance the
boat.
o The feet – the rower must be relaxed in the shoes, feeling the feet drawing them
forward.
o The hands – the hands (blade heights) must be level from one side to another. The
hands should be moving parallel to the water during the recovery with no vertical
movement until placement of the blade. Small adjustments with the hands should be
made to correct balance.
The profile of the blade is very important. This
diagram shows the path that the blade must
travel.
Hand heights reflect blade heights and
blade heights reflect balance.
Practice make perfect ‐ is incorrect ‐ PERFECT PRACTICE, MAKES PERFECT
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