Rowing and Sculling

if you're injured,say you can't use your legs? also, it is handy for if you're dragging someone unconsious, or if you are on the ocean and simply want to stay afloat

You were probably thinking about how many athletes. You can row in 1x ( one man rowing with two oars ) , 2x (two men each with one oar ), 2 - (two men each with one oar ), 2+ (two men each with one oar and a cox ), 4x (four men each with a pair of oars), 4- (four men each with one oar), 4+ (four men each with one oar and a cox) and there's 8+(eight men each with one oar and a cox). But that's it ;)

A typical four-man rowing shell is about 40 feet in length.

Specific lengths on a few rowing shells from Vespoli (a well known company) can be found at the bottom of the page from this link:

http://www.vespoli.com/boats/fours.php

when they where 18 years old

Caroline Evers-Swindell has at least one child, born late in 2012 after both she and her sister Georgina were pregnant. in December 2009, Caroline married former Olympic rower Carl Meyer. She now goes by the name Caroline Meyer.

I don't know what a 'sensible' age is. Most kids start between 12 and 14 (in the 8th or 9th grade in the US) - but it is dependent upon the size of the child. Boats are built for adults - mostly men or tall women. A very short child will not fit well in a boat built for adults. A very tall child can fit well. Smaller kids tend to cox, and then if they grow, they migrate from the stern to pulling an oar. Because rowing does not stress joints like running does, once the child fits in a boat, they can row fine. Rowing in sweep boats is generally a more social experience because there are more people involved. With kids - it should all be about fun anyway - so most junior programs (correctly) focus on making it an enjoyable experience. It is easier for a Junior coach to handle 2-3 eights of kids - so a class of over 20 kids - at a time. If kids start off in sculling boats (suggested below) there is a necessarily much smaller student/teacher ratio, which can be hard to find in many programs. You can start rowing at any sensible age. The best method is to begin with sculling until your muscles are developed before taking on sweep oar.

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If you live in the Nashville area, Nashville Rowing has a development program for kids as young as 10, and a child can begin racing once they are a freshman in high school.

Steve Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster and James Cracknell

first you have to hold on to the bridge and keep letting go and grabbing it again, but grab it in the middle. eventually the bridge will break in the middle and the truck with the target wil come down

Rowing in general provides a full body workout that is also mentally challenging. Sculling is beneficial for rowers for numerous reasons: when learning the symmetry of the movement helps master the stroke more quickly. Also the small boat size encourages a better stroke as imperfections and inconsistencies are revealed more readily than a larger boat.

In rowing, a boat propelled by oars is normally called a shell. Based on how many people are using the boat, and eight has eight rowers, a four has four rowers with one oar each and a quad has four rowers with 2 oars each. A pair has two rowers with one oar each while a double has two rowers with two oars each. A single has one rower with two oars in it.

Rowing. The cox also is responsible for steering a sailing ship. A Helmsman.

A boat's coxswain (pronounced cox'n) is in charge of tactical decisions, steering, and most importantly, the safety of the rowers. Coxswains do not row. Sculling boats (boats of 1, 2, or 4 rowers with 2 oars per rower) generally do not have coxswains. Occasionally a 4-scull will have a cox, but the others do not because they are simple not big enough to be effective with one.

there is no such boat that exists. in rowing there are single man boats (1x or referred to as a single) a 2 man boat (referred to as a double or a pair) a 4 man boat (a four) or an 8 man boat (an eight). including the coxswain there can be a 5 man boat in a four but not six

^^This is incorrect as a 6 does exist though it is not very common, people don't race in 6's and most people don't know they exist unless their club owns one. I don't know exactly what they are called but I guess it's easiest to just refer to it as a 6

Because the shape and size of your body determines what things you can become really good at. If you're short and stocky you're unlikely to become a good basketball player, a jumper or a marathon runner. If you're really tall and skinny you're unlikely to become a good downhill skier just to give a few examples.

On water records:

Men - Mahé Drysdale - 6:33.35 - NZL

Women - Rumyana Neykova - 7:07.71 - BUL

Indoor Records

Men - Rob Waddell - 5:36.6 - NZL

Women - Sophie Balmary - 6:28.4 - FRA

Well, if you're talking sweeping, then a pair is as small as it gets (2 people, one oar each). To get bigger, there are fours (four people, one oar each) and eights (eight people, one oar each)

But it you're sculling, then you can have a single (one person, two oars), a double (two people, two oars each), or a quad (four people, two oars each).

1 mile = 1600 meters.

Check www.concept2.com to see the online rankings to compare times of different rowers over this distance on a rowing machine.

Rowing as in the sport of crew, tends to be pretty expensive to be a part of. The positions made with the body and shear physical effort exerted requires immense amouts of training for the average person, so you need a qualified coach (which costs money). You also need a boat to row in... which are about as expensive as a car... a single rower's boat costs about $7,000 (and that's without anything fancy on it) and 8+ boats can cost $40,000. Then you have to pay for a place to put the boats (ie. a boat house because they will not fit in your garage), and insurance for the boat, in case you would crash.... Yes it is an expensive sport.

There are 2 parts to an oar holder. The first part is the rigger which is attached to the side of the shell. The second part is the oar lock which swivels with the stroke and keeps the oar in place. This is mounted on top of the rigger.

There are quite a few ways ....

one of them is to travel head first

you lie on your back and move your hands in a figure of 8 shape going towards your thighs and then back up to your hips.

some things

its a sweep oar

The most common race in single skulls as well as other classes is the type seen at the olympics, this is always a 2000m course.

Another common race is a Head, this is generally a much longer course (around 10 - 15 km is not unusual), and competitors are set off at intervals.

Sculling = One oar in each hand and a sliding seat. Usually 1,2, or 4 rowers written as 1x,2x,4x. Steering can be done by varying the amount of pull on each side. Sweep rowing = Two hands on one oar. Each rower takes one side (port/starboard) so there needs to be an even number of rowers. Sliding seat. 2,4, or 8 rowers. Often (and always with 8 rowers) has a coxswain to steer and coordinate. Rudders is used. Usually written as 2+,4+, 8+ (rowers w/coxswain) or 2-,4- (w/o coxswain)

alot of them acutally, the major ones being you back, arms, and thighs, biceps, triceps, wrist and grip, quadriceps and your ability to WIN
If used properly, rowing machines provide a full body workout! Muscles in the legs, arms, back and stomach are used. Quadriceps and lower back muscles are used heavily. Also, if using proper form, the rowing machine helps strengthen core muscles (abs and back).