Niskayuna Boys Crew: Controlled Rowing

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Controlled Rowing

Rowers:

This training video is excellent. While you are watching the rowing, look at the following parts of their stroke: the control, their puddles, blade heights, timing, feathering, and reach.

More specifically, when all eight are rowing at full slide, notice how each rower reaches out towards his rigger and effectively divides the boat.

Courtesy of YouTube

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Results

SPRING 2008 SEASON
Stotesbury - Freshmen 8: Niskayuna A (4:47)
Stotesbury - Junior Varsity 2x: Niskayuna (7:13)
Stotesbury - Second Varsity 8: Niskayuna B (5:09)
States Finals - Freshmen 8: Canisius (4:53), Chaminade A (5:01), Saratoga (5:06.26), Niskayuna A (5:06.70), Chaminade B (5:22), Niskayuna B (5:29)
States Finals - Junior 4x: Cold Spring Harbor (5:31), Mohawk (5:36), Friends Academy (5:55), Niskayuna (6:48)
Sectionals - Freshmen 2x: Niskayuna (6:30), Shen (6:35), Shaker (6:35), Ballston Spa (6:36)
Sectionals - Freshmen 4x: Niskayuna A (6:10), Mohawk (6:11), Burnt Hills (6:30), Albany RC (6:45), Niskayuna Modified (7:34), Niskayuna B (7:46)
Sectionals - Freshmen Eight: Saratoga (5:20), Niskayuna (5:23), Burnt Hills (5:47)
Sectionals - Novice Eight: Niskayuna (5:52), Shaker (6:01), Saratoga A (6:25), Saratoga B (7:15)
Scrimmage vs. Burnt Hills - Nisky Freshmen (5:47), Nisky Novice (6:14), Burnt Hills (6:24)
Shaker Invitational - Niskayuna Dirigo (4:34), Niskayuna Swift (4:41), Shaker (4:48)
Scrimmage at Salisbury - Salisbury 3V (5:02), Brunswick 3V (5:20), Niskayuna Freshmen (5:47), Salisbury 4V (5:49), Niskayuna Freshmen (6:03), Salisbury 5V (6:17)
Scrimmage at Fayetteville-Manlius - Niskayuna Freshmen (4:31), F-M (4:50), Niskayuna Novice (5:20)
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FALL 2007 RESULTS
Mohawk Bell - Niskayuna Freshmen (15:28), Niskayuna Novice (16:32), Burnt Hills (17:34)
Head of the Fish - Novice 8: Concord - A (11:15), Fairport A - (11:25), Ottawa Rowing Club - (11:49), Norwalk River Rowing (12:06), ..., Niskayuna (12:54), Chaminade A (12:55), Saratoga A (13:00), Shen (13:10)
Head of the Fish - Freshmen 8: St. Catherine's (11:32), Niskayuna (11:50.0), Saratoga A (11:50.2), Chaminade A (11:52), Chaminade B (12:38), Saratoga B (12:52), ..., Shaker (13:29), Burnt Hills (13:29)
Mayhem on the Mohawk: Niskayuna Freshmen (17:12), Niskayuna Novice (18:29), Shaker (19:37), Saratoga (19:47), Shen (19:58)
Mohawk Cup: Niskayuna Freshmen (17:24), Shen (19:55), Burnt Hills (20:41)
Triple Race: Saratoga (13:04), Nisky Freshmen (13:52), Saratoga C (14:33), Shen A (14:36), Saratoga D (15:21), Nisky Novice (16:39)
Scrimmage: Cancelled

"A man goes through many changes in 2000 meters. Some are not very pretty. Some make you hate yourself. Some make you wonder if you've been rowing for only three or four days. To avoid that fate, we prepared for all possibilities. If a meteor landed 10 feet off our stern, we would not blink.... Every ounce of energy would be funneled into the water, and not wasted by looking around, worrying about opponents, wondering about things that didn't concern our primary goal--to be the first across the finish line."
Brad Alan Lewis from Assault on Lake Casitas