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Skying: When the blade is too high off the water just before the catch. Digging: When the blade is too deep in the water during the stroke. Washing-out: When the blade starts to come out of the water during the stroke. Rushing : Being too fast on the recovery and ahead of everyone else. Shooting Your Tail : Using your legs at the catch before your back is set. This results in your seat moving but the blade handle going nowhere. Looks as funny as it sounds. Swing : Attaining aquatic Nirvana where everyone is in tight synchronization.

Head Race: Generally a Fall regatta, typically rowing upriver over a winding course covering several miles. Races are timed start to finish, rather than parallel racing. Sprint Race: Generally a Spring regatta of 2K meter races. As many as eight shells may line up in parallel and race each another over a straight course to the finish line.

Erg: Short for Ergometer. A land based pain machine commonly in little use at health clubs. An erg uses a rowing stroke motion and measures various statistics such as power, length, frequency, distance, and time. Ergs have a sliding seat and a rowing handle used to spin a caged fan blade. Ergs are great for style, warmup, and endurance training.

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Stand up Paddling SUP. Our Waters. Rowing Basics. Use of Proper Lights. Contact Us. Useful Links. Remember me. Forgot password. Coxswain Commands A coxswain is responsible for the safety, direction, and performance of the shell and it's crew. Both terms are in use - "I believe the expression stems from the nautical term to be underway. These are the areas that can handle the stress. Never lift a boat by its rigging. Always stand in-between two sets of riggers; Never stand within a rigger.

Moving: All land movement boat lifting and carrying should be done at a moderate and deliberate pace. The crew should slow down any time something feels awkward - make adjustments and if necessary ask the coxswain for assistance.

Never allow circumstances to rush you and compromise the safety of the team or boat. Clear Riggers : When a shell is lifted the crew should be able to see all riggers. Each rower is responsible for making sure the riggers in front of them will clear any obstacles. Ideally the crew will alternate their sides and riggers to facilitate this need.

All rowers should be attentive and call out any potential collisions as early as possible. Fins can break easily under the smallest stress. Try to place your slings and shell in a location that still allows other movement of equipment around you.

Exterior hulls should be wiped with a soft sponge to remove marine scum and followed with a rinse. Oars blades and handles should be rinsed with fresh water too. Racking : Always place a shell on ribs when racking the boat.

Do not rest a shell on it's riggers. Eight very different rowers, all bound by one common goal : to make the boat go faster. Fast forward about 30 years to today and I find myself with the honor of leading engineering for Digital and Sales Technologies at adidas. Little did I know then that the three key principles I learned in my high school rowing team — Boat, Set and Swing — would also be central to my career in product-led engineering.

But it is the mutual trust, respect and personal connections that are developed while toiling together towards a common goal that make a product team truly great. An eight-person rowing shell is an inherently instable boat. If one side pulls harder than the other, the boat turns and tips. When eight rowers and a boat become one fluid motion and you seemingly fly through the water with limitless speed and performance. They have established mutual trust , found a healthy cadence and maintain a well-balanced product backlog.

Teams who have found their flow watch their customer satisfaction scores improve, their business results grow, their velocity accelerate, their quality improve and their team happiness increase.

Today, when I walk around the office on big launch days and see the teams working together — the sense of focus, the comradery, the pride in achievement — I feel the same feeling of awe and respect as that little boy on a New England bridge long ago, watching the power, precision and poise of rowing eights gliding by.

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I have made some meaningful new friendships, which just make the rowing lessons all the more enjoyable. There is no pressure to race, and the recreational rowers are afforded equal attention and consideration. This past Memorial Day weekend my race team boat competed in a regatta — my first formal competitive endeavor. This is a feat that never before entered my mind. My transformation is so shocking that at times I do not recognize myself.

Fifteen years ago I became a single mother. Feeling lonely and defeated, I got involved with a gentleman who abused me for the next 8 years. Once I came to the realization that I was better than the situation I was in, I decided to make changes. I spent a year single and then met my current husband, who is the first person who helped me feel good about myself and the love of my life. A year after we met, I began having pain in my right hip, later to find out that I needed a full replacement.

Soon after having the surgery, I began having pain in my left hip. Needless to say, within a 3 year period I went from pain free to having both hips replaced. During that time I did my best to stay active, but that was not always possible. I put on over 35 pounds by the end of the second surgery and felt awful about myself. I felt fat and old. Meanwhile, my daughter was on her high school crew team. I absolutely loved watching her and crew in general.

It is one of the most beautiful sports I had ever seen.