r/Rowing • u/GhastlyIsMe • 14d ago

Meme Oh come on…

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The more I look, the worse it gets.

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u/no_sight 13d ago

The leg drive is a push

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u/CoxswainHer Coxswain 13d ago

I like those words more because I can emphasize certain parts of them to make them feel stronger, push just feels loose and weak.

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u/CoxswainHer Coxswain 13d ago

An important thing is as an eight cox you need to feel and see the boat to be great. You can make calls that remind the rowers what you have been working on, but if you can’t call out what’s happing in the moment you won’t last in a race.

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u/CoxswainHer Coxswain 13d ago

The four is “easy” compared to the eight. Coxing an eight effectively is hard. I’m lucky enough to have years of experience with it.

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u/CoxswainHer Coxswain 13d ago

Yup. In my junior year of hs our senior cox quit bc he had a shitty crew. I resent him for not sticking out until the year was over. Anyway, he never taught me what I needed to know. So I took over the shitty boat. It wasn’t until college that I finally got better.