Rowing and Sculling

For a an 8 boat you need 8 rowers + 1 coxswain. For a 4 boat you need 4 rowers and 1 coxswain. If you skull (use 2 oars instead of 1) then you can row a single, a two or a four. Those boats do not need a coxswain because the bow seat rower is in charge of stearing the boat.

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Depending on what are you doing on a rowing practice, but certanly A LOT!

Sculling boats with the same number of people are faster than Rowing (one oar) boats. However the fastest Olympic class boat is the coxed 8 (which is a rowing boat). This is because there is no 8 person sculling boat and the fastest sculling boat is the coxless quad.

You can purchase a home rowing exercise machine online from retailers such as Amazon. Once on the website, type "Rowing machine" into the search field at the top of the page and press enter to bring up the item.

Not sure about Olympics but at the high school level it ranges (for boys) from 5:00 minutes to 4:20, depending on the team, varsity boats generally go under 5 minutes thoughthese times are for my school so i other areas they maybe different. Hope this helps

1) Single Sculls - Beryl Mitchell

2) Double Sculls - Sally Bloofield, Nonie Ray

3) Coxless Pairs - Ruth Howe, Kate Painter

4) Coxed Fours - Katie Ball, Jean Genchi, Teresa Miller, Joanna Toch, Kathy Talbot

5) Coxed Eights - Belinda Holmes, Astrid Avling, Gill Hodges, Kate McNicol, Sue Bailey, Alexa Forbes, Kate Holroyd, Sarah Hunter-Jones, Ann Callaway

It depends on what you can afford, rowers tend to uses Empachers. (but they are really expensive)

Since conditions can be so variable in rowing there is not really a world record, but there are recognized worlds best times. Also, note that there are different records for each class of boats, but the overall fastest time for 2000m which is for the Heavyweight Mens 8+ is:

5:19.85 set by the USA in Athens at the 2004 Olympics

The name of the people actually rowing (in the sport, crew) are just called rowers. There is also a coxswain in a boat, that doesn't row but steers the boat and directs the rowers.

The members of a crew (rowing) team are called rowers. Individually each seat in the boat is given a number, counting from bow (front) to stern (rear) with the bow being one. Either "bow seat" or "one seat" will work for the bow rower, and similarly the sternmost rower is either "stroke seat" or 8 seat 4 seat or 2 seat (depending on the type of boat). The person steering the boat and giving commands (located in the stern of an 8 and either the bow or stern of a 4) is the coxswain or "cox".

A rower rowing with two oars oars (sculling) can be called a sculler, whereas a rower with only oen oar (sweeping) is just known as a rower.

Also, the sides of the boat are named, with the right side (facing forwards) being starboard and the left side being port. In Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, starboard is "bow side" and port is "stroke side", as this is how boats are typically (but not always) rigged.

For rowing you need excellent muscular strength in addition to great cardiovascular health. Rowing is both anaerobic and aerobic so when training for races, you must train as parts of your body. Looking at a diagram of the typical stroke, you can see rowing uses virtually every muscle in your body especially your legs and abs.

Most of the dictionaries refer to an oarsman (oarsmen) as a person who rows, especially as a member of a team. However, one dictionary did provide the terms oarsman, oarswoman.

If you are competing you wear something called a 'Zoot Suit'.

This looks like a one piece that females wear when swimming with bike shorts at the bottom, it is all one peice.

If you are training you can wear a zoot suit or tightish fitting clothing.

In 1928 the first Oxford- Cambridge race took place. 24 years later, the United States followed suit with the first Yale- Harvard face- off in 1952. these rivalries paved the way for rowing to be a part of the first a Olympics in 1896.

The person who steers the boat is called a cox, the person who sets the pace is called stroke, then the person behind is called 3 seat, the person behind 3 seat is called 2 seat and then at the back is bow.

To win in rowing, you have to be both physically and mentally prepared as a team. You have to believe you can win. Depending on the race and your opponents, it can take a lot of work to be up to speed with the competetion. Once you are ready to race (after much training), it takes some strategy, power, and resolution to finish the race with a gold medal. The coxswain needs to steer a straight course for the rowers. Although you can overcome a problem with this, it makes it much more difficult and discouraging to see that you're going in and out of your lane or swerving from one side to the other. Another of the coxswain's responsibilities is the race plan. This should include knowing when to call power strokes and other commands in order to get the maximum power out of the rowers while still leaving enough energy to finish the race. Motivation is key for a coxswain - different teams respond differently to different styles of coxing, so it's the coxswain's job to know what the best way to cox a race is. The rest is left up to the rowers - it takes both physical and mental strength, concentration, and ability to win a race. Starting a race feels easy, especially when the technique of a boat is good and it is 'set up', or not wobbling from side to side. Physical strength and proficiency of technique make the boat move fast in the start of the race, and can put you ahead of the game right away. Once the first 500 meters or so are passed, though, it starts getting tough. This is where the mental aspect must come in. Focus and concentration are definitely key aspects of finishing a race strong. Technique starts getting sloppy as the rower's legs start to burn and they start breathing raw air. Your view should be mind over matter here - you will want to stop and you will want to be able to breathe in gasps. You have to be able to control this and focus on your technique and power instead. Are you getting your full reach? Are you pulling your best strokes? Are you jumping at the catch? Another important thing - leave it to the coxswain to focus on other boats. Your ears, eyes, and mind should stay in your own boat. Just put your head down and pull; forget about the other boats in the race. You're racing for yourself, and your teammates, not for the rowers in the other boats. In the final 500m of the race, you need to pick it up. Believe you can win, even if the coxswain says you're behind. You have to pull as hard as you can. Keep your technique as good as it can get, and build the boat speed with your team. Make the boat feel light by rowing at the same exact time, don't let your timing mess up. The final sprint should be as fast as the start, if not faster. This is when the race is actually won. Never stop believing, and don't stop rowing until you're sure you're finished. I personally have had my boat stop rowing before the race was done because we heard the final horn blow behind us. It turned out that it was a boat that was about three seconds ahead of us that had crossed the finish at that moment. It's the best feeling in the world to win races, but to win, you have to be able to do all of the above things as a team. Just rememeber - pain is temporary, pride is forever!

30 -- (9 Gold, 9 Silver, 12 Bronze)

Row, Row, Row Your Boat is a nursery song. Its pretty simple to play it.

G, G, GAB | BABCD| GGG (high G) DDD BBB GGG (lower G) | DCBAG.

Sol, Sol, Sol la ti | ti la ti do re| sol sol sol re re re ti ti ti sol sol sol | re do ti la sol

In ancient Greece ships were built out of wood.

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Georgina Emma Buchanan Evers-Swindell