Best way place the blade into the water (Catch)
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We refer to the this part of the stroke as "The Placement", rather than the catch, but essentially it is the process of putting the blade into the water in preparation for the drive. It's complicated because it needs to be done delicately and precisely, yet it is just before the start of the drive, where all the raw power in the stroke is applied. Because of this and the fact this is where the boat is also moving at its slowest, it is a place where mistakes are easily made.
In our Technique series, we plan to do detailed videos on each part of the stroke. We focus on how to place the blade into the water, establish connection, and prepare for the drive.
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Chapters:
00:00 Opening
00:26 Title sequence
00:34 Intro
01:25 Preparing for The Placement
02:28 Explaning The Placement
04:02 Backsplash
05:29 Exercise
06:14 Summary
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Another well reasoned argument for how to row the right way.
Great informative video
Could you clarify what secondary front splash is and how that checks the boat?
@InFin8RowingIntl
14 күн бұрын
Nice question Hans. As the blade enters the water it has the water rush against it, causing the "backsplash" behind the spoon. In front of the spoon it creates a small void. This fills up by the time the spoon has properly submerged, but if you get onto the power before this has happened then you end up trying to push against the void and the front of the spoon will splash when it hits the water on the other side. You will usually get a sound from this sort of entry too. The check comes from pushing with the blade not connected, which is the case when there is still air on the working side of the spoon.
How about a butterfly splash. That is, symmetrical.
@InFin8RowingIntl
Ай бұрын
Yes a V splash is great if you can time it perfectly. I would still prefer to see more of it going to the back than the front though.
The blade has to be moving towards the stern as it’s placed. There would be an absolutely almighty boat stopping backsplash otherwise. The crucial thing is coordinating the timing and speed of entry and change of direction to get the right balance between too much backsplash and not enough.
@InFin8RowingIntl
Ай бұрын
Thanks Anthony. Practically, even the best placers of the blade, like Pierre Houin (who I used to illustrate this) has a slight sternward movement during the fraction of a second that the blade is submerging, but considering the blade is spearing in at the catch angle, I firmly believe that its like a swimmers arm... it stops the boat less than pressure on the foot plate would. I agree on the balance between too much and not enough though. When I coach people who row the blade in, I get them to develop a big back splash first, just to "unlearn" the desire to change direction too soon, and then work on them almost completely getting rid of it.
@anthonyward5329
Ай бұрын
@@InFin8RowingIntl agreed. And it’s an asymmetric distribution around perfect timing - for every athlete who puts the blade in too early there are 20+ who put it in too late. Also agree on the approach of getting them to go too far the other way and then pull back from there - they need to overcorrect so they can feel what that is like and then start searching for the balance point between too early and too late.