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Identifier: practicalrowingw00stev (find matches)
Title: Practical rowing with scull and sweep
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Stevens, Arthur Wesselhoeft, 1875- Darling, Eugene Abraham
Subjects: Rowing Physical education and training
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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is instantaneous anddefinite after the preparation has been completed.So, then, to turn to rowing, the catch or beginningof the stroke, the application of power to move theboat forward — the change of direction after thereach—should be sharp, immediate, and snappy.Sharp, so that it may cut in cleanly; immediate,so that it shall lose neither time nor space; andsnappy, so that it shall be effective. Drive The drive, or leg drive, following immediatelyafter the catch, is a very important part of thestroke. The old rule, ^ First make sure and then goahead, might be rewritten, ** Make sure of the catchand then drive the stroke through. The ideaof drive must not be confused with the landsmansalternative, — ride, — as it is too often by crews.Drive implies an action wherein power is used.The idea of persuasion or coaxing is not present.The drive of the legs in rowing is imperative. Theboat is no longer left to herself, but is driven bythe man behind the oar. Moreover, the drive must
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u Rowing Terms 7 be steady, not merely a kick or boost. A golfermust be a very duffer who is satisfied with adrive that sends the ball sputtering two or threeyards from the tee. There must be the * follow to the drive to give it weight and direction. So, inrowing, the position must be firm, the body con-trolled, and the feet pressing solidly and evenly onthe stretcher throughout the drive, — and longer,for the leg drive is ineffective unless it acts on thewater by means of the oar. Therefore, the drivein its larger sense is not confined solely to the legs,but is continued by the arms, and becomes, in fact,the very stroke itself. It would be considered gross negligence on thepart of a carpenter if he were to build a house andnot drive the nails used in the construction all theway in. We should be obliged to go about com-pleting the work he had left unfinished, or run therisk of catching on projecting nails and injuringourselves or our clothes. Yet many crews forget tofinish one strok

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