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68 year old in month 2, love erging! Hope to compete in my age group in Feb of '25!

As a rower and a (volunteer Level II) coach of adult novices in a small club, I am LOVING your videos. I'm "just" a master rower who helps with growing our club after the Learn to Row by coaching a group of 15-20 new rowers, so I, myself, have a lot to learn about rowing AND coaching. I'm learning and appreciating so much from the way you present the concepts and point out excellent examples. Thanks!

How will the energy from the oars go into the weakest link if everything is super strong? What if you have no weak links?

I rowed under a coach who was as much an athlete as he was a historian of the sport. He and I would talk for HOURS both when I was an athlete, and when I later became his assistant coach. This video made me tear up a bit as it reminded me of our long conversations outside the boathouse. Thanks Aram, for bringing back those old memories.

Yep

A couple of strain gauges on the oar locks and footplates would go a long way to answering the load curve questions.

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@11:16 “nobody leaning back too much” Ok, yet Hamish famously leans back as far as one can, so what does “too much “ mean?

Aram, this video is very interesting and informative. My only question is, does this mean that you can ‘send’ the shoulders forward in the catch ever so slightly using back muscles? I have been trying this especially on the erg, but my coaches think that motions like that at the catch are unnecessary and that the body angle found at arms-body over should be the position at the catch. I feel that this makes the motion more robotic and brings some tension.

Literally perfect conditions wow 😳

ua-cam.com/video/faTbr6CZ5SY/v-deo.html Sliding rigger 1982

another great video Aram, I teach the same thing and it's great to see someone else teach the same principles

I thought that the objection to the sliding riggers was the cost - clubs and countries that could afford to purchase and maintain a fleet of new sliding rigger boats would have an unfair advantage. I imagine that a sliding rigger boat would cost more to build than a sliding seat boat and be fussier to maintain.

Handführung?

ua-cam.com/video/BNZwzuvyUyk/v-deo.html "7 World Class Scullers using sliding riggers"

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thanks for the analysis

Damn, you need to know to much. Thats why i suck.

4:09 "it takes a bit longer" - and that is probably why this is such a common and widespread issue. Because for decades the focus in beginner and intermediate training has been - at least in Germany - on fast hands away. I cannot remember the hip roll being taught at all... neither when I learned to row, nor when I did my coaching certificate. It was al about "fast hands-away" and "sitting tall at the catch" - just *how* you arrived there you had to figure out yourself. And if in doubt, the fast hands-way always had priority...

You have mentioned Robbie Manson. He used to hammer the blades into the water, too. Mahe Drysdale also did it. It makes absolute sense not to hammer the blades into the water. But the fastest scullers ever did it. Do you see a difference between Oliver Zeidlers technique and the technique of the New Zealand guys?

Great tips😊

This is why we needs humans 2.0 to release ASAP, can’t wait for that update

Jeeez…about as detailed and informative as a dumb simpleton blinded by his hatred for the English …. Us English/ British need to push back against biased scum like aram

Hi Aram, I’ve been enjoying learning from your videos. I am 56 year old, and have been rowing on a C2 for 7 months now. I am always looking for teaching tidbits on the proper muscle mechanics and you certainly are excellent at that! Do you have, or can recommend, any teachings that do focus on linear erg muscle mechanics? I appreciate you so much! Thanks :) Caroline

Hello, thanks for this video. really appreciated it. I know the Paris Olympics site in Vaires sur Marne, quite often very choppy water, way more than in Mantes la Jolie. No good news for Oliver Zeidler. I wish him all the best. Annette

tks ... gives me a good direction in my training. Tks. :-) P.S.: Would you recommend wooden oars to get that snapping dynamic back and taking out the stiffness ? I use rowing mainly for cardio, on a higher level. So not really focussing on regata ambitions for now. So the weight benefit is not so relevant for me, so far I know carbon fiber oars weigh about 3.5 lbs each while fiberglass and hollow shaft wood are about 4-5 lbs.

Yes, please do a beginner’s video of body mechanics please. If you have done it since this comment, may I please have a link? So appreciate you teachings. I’m a beginner at home with a C2 and so appreciate learning how to protect and be efficient with my body. Thanks 😃

I’m surprised they all stopped rowing before the finish line.

Thank you for this, Aram. So important!

Hi Aram, the best way to build up a solid corp strenght is to use Kettlebells (one arm swings, one arm snatches, windmill, turkish get up). But a proper technique is essential.

Are you allowed to use randalfoils in the Henley Regatta? Or are you intending he use it in training.

Giving up brute force for finesse cuts across many sports, like how to throw, or hit an object. But for many the first instinct is to go too hard. Thanks for this video, I’ve enjoyed watching Ziegler! A herniated disc is not fun! My boy’s high school boat now all have bad backs years later.

lactate nirvana lol

I was at the junior wordl championship in france there was so much wave

Incredible video super nice love it, can you make a video analysis about the swiss lightweight 2x (schäuble/ahumada) would be super interesting

I am confused after your video. I learned that the back need to be bend a little bit to have the body mass point on the same level. Now you say his back is too weak and that is the reason why Oliver is not good enough?

Glad you have drawn attention to this complex equation of balancing between technique and out and out strength, size, crazy power etc. Look at highly skilled lightweights such as Zac Purchase / Peter Haining etc. Pure magic. My first coaching advice to any young or old newby, is to forget power and strength issues completely for starters and firstly get the technical stroke and fluidity sorted…..then, later, worry about the very important issue of applying power, which is of course essential for competition.The Ergo has a lot to answer for in my view, as it tends to over-emphasise the power element to those not fortunate enough to be pointed in the right direction from the start in rowing / sculling.

Nice video, as always. Been following and learning a lot from your channel. Can you make a video comparing van Dorp and Zeidler in the recent Lucerne Cup II?

As I said, Ollie has the potential of being the fastest of all time. His technique is horrible though.

You are absolutely correct about the race course at Maintes La Jolie.

Would be fun to watch if you compared Drysdale vs Zeidler, both really powerful. HRR 2016 Drysdale vs. Obreno shows different techniques quite well.

I’d love to see an analysis of the men’s quad or double from the Netherlands. They have been dominate over the past few seasons.

Great analysis of Zeidler.

20:15 all technical analysis aside LOOK AT THAT REACH at 1/2 slide. Bro could get the handles outside the pins if he tried hard enough.

Do a video from the 4x Netherlands mens

Can you please analyze the Gier brothers from the Atlanta games?

Thanks for posting! I am also very curious about your thoughts on Karolien Florijn's technique. Superficially, it seems there are some similarities in her and Olli's body position.

Amazing analysis

Thanks for this item. The rowers I coach I tell not to bring the shoulders forward but pushing the belly button forward and lift the sternum. When you bring your shoulders forward the lower part of your trunk can stay behind. When you push your belly button forward you "force" to rotate your pelvis and the top of the trunk has to follow forwards anyway. I thinks this is consistent with "What matters is not where your shoulders are but what matters is where the low trunk goes".

The legs are moving while the blades are not all the way under the water. The sequence should be: blades go under, wait a tik (so that the pressure equalizes on both major sides of the blade), and only then, move the seat/legs. Otherwise, we are missing at least 1/5th of a stroke and even worse, depending on how aggressive we are with the leg movement before the pressure around the blade is equalized, we may be pushing the boat backwards (a.k.a checking the boat). As far as the body form, I think the lower back should be straighter, although this part is not critical.