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Stroke side refers to the port side of the boat, which is on the left-hand side of a cox facing forwards, but on the right-hand side of a rower facing backwards. The usage derives from the tradition of having the stroke rower's oar be on the port side of the boat.
The "stroke" is the rower closest to the stern of the boat and usually the most competitive rower in the crew. Everyone else follows the stroke's timing - placing their blades in and out of the water at the same time as stroke. The stroke can communicate with the coxswain (when in a stern coxed boat) to give feedback on how the boat feels.
This means that the oar blade is placed to the rower's left side. Stroke or stroke seat The rower closest to the stern of the boat, responsible for the stroke rate and rhythm. Stroke side (UK) Any sweep rower who rows with the oar on the stroke side (usually, the left or port side) of the boat. Sweep A style of rowing in which each rower uses ...
Man rowing in slow pace typical for long distances. In rowing (sport), the stroke is the action of moving the oar through the water in order to propel the boat forward. The two fundamental reference points in the stroke are the catch where the oar blade is placed in the water, [1] and the extraction (also known as the 'finish', 'release' or 'tapping down') where the oar blade is removed from ...
After the last stroke, I keeled out of my seat and spent a good few seconds trying to find a comfortable position – my baggy old 10K t-shirt now drenched in sweat and a plume of steam erupting ...
In the United Kingdom, the port side is referred to as stroke side and the starboard side as bow side; this applies even if the stroke oarsman is rowing on the bow side and/or the bow oarsman on the stroke side. In sculling each rower has two oars (or sculls), one in each hand. Sculling is usually done without a coxswain in quads, doubles or ...
A stroke left Heather Rendulic with little use of her left hand and arm, putting certain everyday tasks like tying shoes or cutting foods out of reach. It’s not a cure — the improvements ended ...
The top line remains unchanged in our updated bracketology, with Auburn, Duke, Alabama and Florida continuing to occupy the No. 1 seeds with less than four weeks left until Selection Sunday.