Mental Preparation

Then we attach a PowerPoint on mental preparation in Rowing!

Presentations

Hello vallued and dear visitors of our blog. We are three companions of the University of Alicante, in Spain. Students of sciences of the physical activity and the sport, in the subject of technologies applied to the physical education there arose the initiative to announce one of our big passions, the ROWING. Of here there arises the idea of being kept informed, we hope that you like and visit us often, we will be publishing the poet Izar Sanchez, the king of the oar Juan Pina and a servant, Víctor Esteban. 

Be happy in this Monday!

Coastal Rowing

Last Saturday it was celebrated in Valencia, the Rowing's first regatta of Coastal Rowing (http://www.worldrowing.com/coastal/) between universities of the Valencian Community and Barcelona.

The University of Alicante presented 2 boats masculine and 3 feminine ones, in double scull. Obtaining in femininely 2 º and 3 º position.

In this photo I am with my companion David Poves.

The Art of Rowing: Physiology of Rowing

An analysis of physiological demands for a rowers body.

By: Ashley Niles (2009).

Planning in Rowing: Trainera

A very important in every aspect and every sport is planning for it. Here is an article in which we see properly plan a season of any discipline we leave.

Hope you like it! Come on!

This article is written in spanish, sorry.

By: 

Pierna, J. J. B. (2001). La planificación en el remo: trainera. Deporte y actividad física para todos, (2), 103-110.

Physiological Aspects of Training in Rowing

Great article by J. M. Steinacker about the psychological aspects in training in rowing.

Carlos Dinares: Body Awareness Drills For Rowing

Carlos Dinares is already a household name in many elite rowing circles, because the athletes he coaches tend to be fast. Examples? South African phenom Ursula Grobler set the lightweight women's world record for 2,000m on the erg, and has competed for the U.S. as well as the RSA national team. And, most recently, double Olympic champion sweep rower Elle Logan made the A Final at the world championships in Chungju in her first year sculling at the international level. Here, Carlos shares some insight into his approach through the below video, made specifically for our 'Best Rowing Drills' series, and outlines two ways to help understand technique better, on and off the water.

1: How We Greet The Oar

"The first part is about how we think, and act, when we greet the oar," Dinares says. "It's about how we connect the handle, which is our connection to the water, to the hand, to the arm and shoulder, and to our frame—our body." And he refines his approach down to the level of individual muscles and nerves in the wrists—key elements to grip, and ultimately to your ability to move a boat. How you grip the oar will determine your wrist position, which will in turn determine the level of your elbows, your shoulders, and ultimately the way your body interacts with the handle and the water. Attention to the little details, and focus on the neuromuscular development over time to produce the most efficient stroke, can pay big dividends in the long run.

                   

In part, this is inspired by Dinares' observation of other sports. "If you take a tennis player, and you have him put his arms next to each other, you'll see that one arm is more developed than the other," he outlines. "You will see a different development." Over time, the body has adapted to suit the refined movement necessary for excellence on the court. "If we look at the Croatian double, for example, and we see the level of skill they have on the water—the message is, that arm of Valent [Sinkovic], or Mahé [Drysdale], or Olaf [Tufte], or whoever it may be out there, that arm has done thousands of repetitions, developing and growing into a rower's arm. It's not from doing push-ups." The more careful you are in your approach to the handle, the more you'll develop the right neuromuscular memory.

2: Body Awareness

"A lot of good rowing—a lot of the rhythm, a lot of the consistency of our movement and fluidity of our movement—comes across from having internalized the movement, without the need of having an oar in hour hands," Dinares says. In other words, if you know what good rowing feels like, you can do it without an oar. "You just need to be able to replicate that movement." To practice this, you can have your athlete move through a stroke progression on the water, while the person in front tends to the oar, first moving through legs only to legs and swing before adding the arms and taking full strokes. The movements remain the same—the point is to repeat the exact movements as though you are holding an oar—but the body awareness naturally increases. Also, it can point out gaps in understanding or in neuromuscular training if the rower cannot properly execute the motion of the stoke without an oar. "If you can't row without an oar, then it means that something is missing, and we need to be patient about building the correct movements, not just developing fitness."

He continues: "It's very difficult to row properly with an oar if you don't know how to row properly without one—you are following the oar through the stroke when the oar needs to be following your body motion." 

There are a series of stroke progressions that Dinares recommends in the video. The most challenging wrinkle you can throw at your rowers based on this exercise? A full start sequence, with eyes closed and no oars. If the movements are clearly understood and well enough practiced, this is possible. Then, when you do take up oars, you'll execute. "The oar has no life—you give life to the oar," he says. "If you're the one giving life to the oar, why shouldn't you be able to do it without one?"

Rowing is growing in popularity worldwide. This much was evidenced at the 2013 World Rowing Championships, which saw no less than 73 nations take part. Not only that, but the field is more experienced, with a greater number of Olympic medalists returning for second, third, fourth, and even fifth Olympic cycles. This means that for younger athletes to break into the international and Olympic level, a greater level of skill will be required than ever before.

It's important that this technical approach should begin at the outset of rowing training. "If in early development of rowers we obsess about physiology and don't develop skill, then we will get stuck in the future." In other words, while physiology will carry you to a certain extent, you're in danger of ingraining bad habits and carrying those inefficiencies with you throughout your career unless you are just as attentive to technique from the beginning.

Far from an afterthought, technical development is in fact a part of physiological development. How you build muscle memory and muscle mass matters—the two go hand in hand. And understanding that can make all the difference.

Thanks very much to Carlos Dinares for sharing his experience with us! You can get in touch with Carlos via his website, and check out more of his videos via his YouTube Channel. 

This is the fifth in our 'Best Rowing Drills' series, following up on Kevin Sauer's favorite five, Mike Teti's approach to technique, Linda Muri's multi-faceted exercises, and the athlete's perspective with Megan Kalmoe. You can find a series index on our Coaching page. If you like the idea of more coaching articles and ideas from some of the masters of the craft, please let us know, and share the love—together, we can move the sport forward.

By: RR Editor Bryan Kitch

SURF ROWING

 What is this? surf, trainera, llaut? Always there are crazy rowing men!

Surf Boat '38 from ENCYCLOPEDIA of SURFING videos on Vimeo.

Luxurious European shop window in Orio

Orio's club bets for the international races of Olympic rowing

By: El Diario Vasco (2015).

Carles Milla Masanas, expires at Airbus de Germanwings

In this post we want to give our condolence to the family of this great sportsman, who was in the Spanish selection of rowing.

Annalysis of performance in long-distance rowing

A great study of rowing, from the Alicante University, they bet for the rowing!

Rowing video

Amazing video! That defines the rowing in pure condition!

VIII Regata Liga SUMA - Benidorm

Good days! Thanks to the Federation of oar of the Valencian community and his author Rafa Galán, we you bring the video of Benidorm's race, let's wait you like it!

Rowing RIO 2016!!

Going to RIO 2016 rowing,rowing,rowing..

History of rowing sports

The history of rowing as a sport has one of the oldest traditions in the world. What began as a method of transport and warfare eventually became a sport with a wide following, and a part of the cultural identity of the English speaking world.

Today rowing is an amateur sport and an Olympic event. When Pierre de Coubertin created the Modern Olympics, he modelled the International Olympic Committee on the Henley Stewards. The stewards organise the Henley Royal Regatta, one of rowing's most prestigious events.

   

What muscles are worked in rowing?

In the beginning, the muscles of the back of the erector spinae are relaxed to allow for trunk flexion, which is provided by the abdominals. The major and minor psoas and the iliacus flex the pelvis and hips. The sartorius alternating thighs allowing the body to flex between the thighs for maximum range. The hamstrings and gastrocnemius are contracting while the knees are bent. The quadriceps are elongated and stretched, the rectus femoris contributes to hip flexion. The ankles are dorsiflexed by the tibialis anterior. The elbows are extended by the brachial triceps. The grip of the handle is held by the flexor muscles of the fingers and thumb.

During the stroke, the initial portion of the drive demands maximal leg power. The quadriceps extend the knee and foot plantar flexed by the solos and gastrocnemius muscles. Several stabilizing muscles help support the lower back. All shoulder muscles are contracting. These include the supra and infraspinatus, subscapularis, teres major and minor and brachial biceps. The scapula is stabilized by theSerratus anterior and Trapezius muscles.

As the knees are finishing their extension, hip also extends by the contraction of the gluteal muscles and biceps femoral. The back extension occurring by contraction of the erector spinae. In the upper body, elbow flexion is occurring via the biceps, brachialis and brachioradialis.

When shooting arms, knees are maximally extended and ankles are plantar flexed. Furthermore, the extension being completed hip and back. The muscles of the upper body are contracting with high force to end the show. Elbow flexors are dominant. The extensor carpi ulnaris muscles and forearm flexors contract to stabilize and adduct the wrist. The shoulder is extended and adducted. The arm is internally alternated the latissimus dorsi and pectoralis major. The teres minor, posterior deltoid and the long head of the biceps act onthe shoulder joint. The scapula is rotated downward by the Pectoralis minor and then drawn backward by the Trapezius and rhomboid muscles.

At the end of the pass, knees and ankles remain constant as the hips complete a full extension. The back extensors are continually contracting and alternate arms internally contracting the latissimusdorsal. The triceps are extending the elbows slightly. In recovery, the arms away from the body by stretching the triceps until elbows reach full extension. The anterior deltoids contract along with the coracobrachialis and biceps, and the arms are raised slightly when passing over the knees straight.The abdominals flex the torso and once the hands have cleared the extended knees, the slide begins its forward through the dorsalsection ankles and hip flexion and knee.

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Three Things High School Juniors Need To Know

We leave you a video in which three things that a high school Junior should know are indicated. Let Rowers!

Valencia's Race Rowing - Weather in Benidorm

Weather in Benidorm for the Valencia's Race Rowing this weekend:

By: WindGURU

Valencia's Race Rowing

Hello rowers! This wekeend is a tradicional Valencia's Rowing in Benidorm!! Let´s go!!

Dynamic analysis on the fixed seat rowing: trainera

And follow! 

We leave the following article about the dynamic at fixed seat rowing analysis: Drifter.

We hope you find interesting!

By: 

Buceta, H. L., Treus, S. P., Soidán, J. L. G., Giraldez, V. A., Cornes, X. A., & Cornes, A. A. (2014). Análisis dinámico en el remo de banco fijo: la trainera. Retos: nuevas tendencias en educación física, deporte y recreación, (25), 120-123.

Passion

Everybody needs inspiration in your life... What do you think?

Go ahead to practice this wonderful sport!

You will suffer... but that suffering will be insignificant when compared to what you will enjoy!

Orio-Oxford-Cambridge 1969

Another race in Orio, the first time that a competition in Spain filmed with helicopter.

Look clicking on the following link: "Orio-Oxford-Cambridge 1969"

CRB - DESCENS ORIO 2015

Hello rowers! 

Already recovered, I have turned to share with you the video of Orio's race, hope that you like.

Benefits of Rowing

Rowing is a complete form of exercise, in which cardiovascular conditioning and strength combined. This converts the paddle into a great complement to any training program or fitness for people of all ages and with a variety of fitness goals. We know people who go from Olympic rowers to people over 90 years of international rugby players, people who are recovering from injuries / major operations, people who want to keep fit, etc. They all benefit from the sport.

Some other benefits include:

• Magnificent aerobic training
• Exercises all major muscle groups
• Form of exercise, high time / effectiveness
• Stress reducer
• Ideal for rehabilitation exercise
• Very efficient fat burning and weight loss exercise
• It is a lifelong exercise, situable for people of all ages
• Provides a smooth, rhytmic movement that is as safe as fun

Indoor rowing

Ergometers are machines that simulate the action of rowing thereby creating a perfect training ground besides being used as a machine to maintain shape due to being a full year. You can not simulate certain aspects of the art vessels as may be the exact resistance of water, the balances due to waves or hand movements in rowing but helps train movements and basic positions of rowing.

Currently indoor rowing is very famous throughout the world, is a sport with thousands of competitors worldwide and many competitions as the World Championship CRASH-B Sprints Boston. It is helpful in the winter when they are not very frequent workouts in the water.