Niskayuna Varsity Boy's Rowing: Pictures for Visualization

Friday, January 23, 2009

Pictures for Visualization

The following pictures are of the Cambridge and Oxford crews practicing for and racing in the Boat Race, the oldest and most popular rowing duel in the world. The pictures selected illustrate some excellent technique. Use them to help you visualize yourself as a rower. For more pictures or to watch the 2009 Boat Race on March 29th, go to http://www.theboatrace.org/.

Courtesy of TheBoatRace.org

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Every race was as much a race against yourself as it was against opponents. Crew was always imperfect; no matter how good your crew, you were bound to lose, if not a race, then the ephemeral feeling of swing, when a boat was moving perfectly....The oarsman in a boat that had won every race would always wonder if his boat was better than one that was comparably victorious six years earlier. The only clue that his boat was probably faster came from other sports, for swimmers and runners were systematically improving on the records set by their predecessors. But there was no empirical evidence. Therefore, humility became part of the code: you did not boast of what you would do or had done, nor did you embarrass a loser....you respected them as much as you respected yourself.

-The Amateurs

Niskayuna Varsity Boy's Rowing

Friday, January 23, 2009

Pictures for Visualization

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