If you haven’t had a chance to take advantage of Tom C’s generosity you should.  Tom’s been putting older copies of Rowing News at the login table for members to read.  There are some very interesting articles published within.

In the November 2006 piece Quick Catches by Tom Bohrer there’s a nice visualization you can use to perfect your technique of coming into the body with the oars from mid-drive to completion.  Most of us have the tendency to draw our elbows in to the body when completing the drive.  Bohrer suggests envisioning that you’re pulling your arms across a table.  If done properly this keeps your forearms parallel to the water, elbows away from the body, and perhaps most important - keeps your shoulders low and relaxed.

Give it a shot next time you’re on the water.

Let’s row!