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2. Rowing stroke - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Boat positions - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Stroke (position) - Wikipedia

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   When the boat has more than one rower, the rower closest to the stern of the boat is referred to as "stroke". This is the most important position in the boat, because the stroke rower sets the stroke rate and rhythm for the rest of the crew to follow. Stroke seat has to be a very calm and yet very competitive individual.

5. Glossary of rowing terms - Wikipedia

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   To stop rowing and hold the blades at a 45 degree angle in the water to slow the boat down. "Throw the boat, ready, up - and down" lift the boat above heads, and bring it down with the rowers all on one side to place it in the water; or the inverse operation. “Touch it / Touching” A stroke where rowers use only their arms and back.

6. Helen Glover making rowing return with Paris Olympics target

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   Glover will sit in the three seat, behind Belfast star Shorten in the stroke seat, with whom she combined in April’s Trials to claim a first British small-boat title since 2016. “I’m used to ...

7. Rowing (sport) - Wikipedia

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   Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling, each rower holds two oars, one in each ...

8. How 'The Boys in the Boat' Became a George Clooney ... - AOL

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   But rowing is the opposite of that; it’s the least star-oriented sport there can be. You’ve just got to sync yourself into the collective and bury your ego and move as one.

9. Coxswain (rowing) - Wikipedia

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   A coxswain (far right), 8th and 7th position rowers at the Head of the Charles Regatta Coxswain (right) with stroke, 7th, 6th, 5th and 4th position rowers, at Summer Eights in Oxford In a rowing crew, the coxswain ( / ˈ k ɒ k s ən / KOK -sən ; colloquially known as the cox or coxie ) is a crewmember who does not row but directs the boat. [ 1 ]