Thursday, August 30, 2007

Hannah 8-28

Keep your hands moving. They should go out at the same speed at which they come in, with no hesitation at the body.
Connection: Begin pulling with your arms a bit sooner. You want your hands and legs to finish at the same time. Your legs will provide the power to allow your drive to accelerate all of the way through to the release. Your arms and body are not strong enough to accelerate without your legs

Alyssa 8-28

Sit up. Get your body angle through your hips, not your spine. Watch as you come up the slide and your upper body lunges forward. You need to minimize the movement coming out of your upper body as you compress.
Connection: Watch where your hands are when your legs have finished. Ideally, the handle will come into the body just as the legs are finishing. The legs provide the power neccessary to accelerate the hands in as the drive picks up.

Alex 8-28

You need more swing, both with your body angle and your layback. Once you get your body angle, you need to keep it all the way up the slide and even through the beginning of your drive. Squeeze your abs as you begin to push off of the balls of your feet. Keep your body closed until the legs have begun. Connection looks pretty good.

Natalie 8-28

Things look pretty good until the last inch of the recovery. Just when you should be starting your drive, instead you reach just a little bit out of the shoulders. Hold your body and arms steady and begin pushing off of the balls of your feet. No shoulders.

Judith 8-28

Get your body angle right away. Don't wait until you're on your way up the slide.
Hold the hands steady. Even on the erg. There is no reason to dip way down just to lift up at the catch. The differences in handle level will be much smaller in a boat anyway. Keep the hands at the same level both in and out when on the erg.
Relax your shoulders.

Zach 8-28

There are two things that you need to work on. One problem is the same as Brian's with a bit of hesitation with the hands at the release. You then begin coming up the slide before your body gets forward. You need to get all of your body angle before you come up the slide. The other problem is the same as Chris' with the lack of connection. Your hands and body need to finish at the same time. Take a look at where your handle is when your legs are flat. Make the legs last long enough to power the handle into your body.

Chris 8-28

Connection. Notice where your hands are when your legs finish. Instead of finishing your stroke, you continue pulling with the arms and body. There is no way to continue to accelerate your drive without your legs. Make your legs last long enough to bring the handle into your body.

Brian 8-28

Your hands pause briefly at the release. You then send your hands and body forward at the same time that you are beginning your slide. Keep the hands moving at the same speed, both in and out. Send your body away at a slightly slower speed than your hands. Get all of your body angle before you get up the slide. Imagine where you should be during a pause drill.

Adam 8-28

Your body angle isn't too bad here. Why does it change in a boat? Watch your slide speed. You accelerate the last 6-8" of your slide. Control your body all the way into full compression.