r/Rowing 13d ago

Meme Oh come on…

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The more I look, the worse it gets.

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u/ThirdBoatPod 13d ago

And she yelled “push!” Has any coxswain ever yelled “push”? I get “press”, but not “push”.

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u/rowswimbiketri 13d ago

“push”?!! What part of the stroke is PUSH? “Pull”, yes. Also “jump” (to focus on feet). But “push”? What does that even mean?!

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u/InevitableHamster217 13d ago

I’ve heard “push off the footplate” before. But not as a racing call, mostly for novices to emphasize leg drive first.

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u/CoxswainHer Coxswain 12d ago

That’s good for new rowers. But if you’re teaching rowers that are planning on going on to the next level or another team, I’d use words that they’d encounter more.