Boat Feel
The boat tipping to one side or flopping back and forth, may be caused by handle heights, rush, wash-out, and more.
What is off-set?
A gradual build up of rowing arms only, arms and body, half slide, then full slide.
What is the pic drill?
Notre Dame
Test pieces
What are 2ks and 5ks?
The command meaning "stop"
What is weigh enough?
Causes your body slide forward and backward in the seat, can be caused by rush, lunge, or hesitation at the catch.
What is check?
Rowers pause to reinforce posture, clean releases, and controlled recovery timing.
What is the finish pause?
The National Championship race and climax of the club rowing season.
What is the ACRA (American Collegiate Rowing Association) Championship?
Name four things that can be shown on a C2 erg screen.
What are: rate, average split, stroke split, meters/time to go, meters/time estimated to finish, power curve.
The direction the boat moves if you push your right hand forward.
What is port?
The sensation of the boat accelerating when all eight blades enter and leave the water together.
What is run?
A drill that removes feathering at the catch, forcing rowers to control blade depth, timing, and recovery speed.
What is rowing on the square?
The race that the Collegiate 4+ (Ben D, Anthony, Alex, Finn) did not requalify at.
What is the Head of the Charles
Determines erg order
What is your finish position on the most recent piece day.
Motion from the coxswain indicating that your boat is not ready to start
What is raising your hand?
The feeling when rowers hang their body weight off the handle instead of muscling the stroke; sustained pressure throughout the drive sequence.
What is suspension?
Drills that might be used for front end impulse (give an example).
- Top quarter
- Reverse pick
- half slide
-tapping at the catch (stationary)
The favorite to win ACRA in 2026.
Who is Purdue?
Two examples of rate-capped pieces (and the rates they are done at).
What is 5x1500m (20,24,open,24,20)?
What is 4x10' (4'/3'/2'/1' at 24/26/28/30)
The stroke seat (port) makes a motion to move the boat. Once he has made the motion the bow of the boat has moved toward port. What did the stroke seat do.
Backed the boat down
The point at which pressure should be applied; when press is applied here it feels like the boat is "picking up" without stopping.
Front End
Drills that might be used to resole rush (give an example).
- Pause at bodies
- Pause at 1/2 slide
- Feet out
The team that knocked the 2V out of the A final at ACRA 2025.
Who is Delaware?
Give a plan for helping someone who is "blowing up" on an erg piece
1. "three bridges" (aka the tall bridge, the short bridge, and the railroad bridge)
2. Twick (twyckenham drive, white bridge before the S turn).
3. IUSB (the red walking bridge after the S turn)
4. Ironwood (aka the bucket, about 200m after IUSB)
5. Logan (aka the "turning bridge, about 800m before the wires)