East Canyon Technique Videos

Daniel

good posture, good catch position, slight hand at the catch but quick blade entry, good job initiating the drive with the legs, good finish position, needs to keep hands moving at the finish, needs to keep body from wiggling to balance the boat, needs to keep shoulders from shrugging up at the catch, could be a little more horizontal into the finish.

Sasha

good job starting the drive with the legs, nice upper body reach, need to sit up taller, sitting on tailbone rather than butt bones, lower back curved, overcompressing. Need to keep shoulders from falling forward at the finish, slight hang at the catch.

Wilson

good compression at the catch, good forward reach, quick leg drive, good layback. Needs to sit up taller. Needs more acceleration into the finish. Could square earlier. Slight drop of hands at catch. Needs to pull in a little higher at the finish and then push down.

Wes

Wes - could sit up taller, occasionally lunging into the catch, good catch position, rowing the blade in at the catch, good initiation of drive with legs, need quicker legs, hands too far apart vertically on the drive, pulling hands down into lap at the finish, good layback position.

Will Maughan

Needs to sit up taller, good catch position, good initiation of drive with legs, needs to keep hands moving at the finish, needs level pull through with hands, needs more acceleration into the finish.

Boys 4X from the side

Will washing out at the finish, Wes missing water at the catch, no one pushing hands down far enough at the finish.

Boys 4X from the stern

digging deep, not pushing down enough at the finish.

Taylor

good compression at the catch, need line through shoulders parallel to the oarhandle, needs quicker blade entry at the catch, nice level pull through with hands, good finish position, dropping hands into the catch, small lunge at the catch, outside hand needs to be further around the oarhandle.

Emma Goldsmith

needs to get the blade off the water on the recovery, needs to square up earlier, needs quicker blade entry at the catch, good catch position, good initiation of the drive with the legs, good finish position, outside hand needs to be further around the oarhandle.

Bella

needs to get the blade off the water on the recovery, occasionally dropping hands at the catch, good compression and upper body reach at the catch, needs line through shoulders parallel to the oarhandle, good layback position, need to anchor the blade before starting the leg drive, nice upper body preparation on the recovery, pulling hands into lap at the finish, need more acceleration into the finish.

Jacinda

nice compression and upper body position at the catch, need quicker blade entry at the catch, nice initiation of the drive with the legs, nice finish position, nice push down at the finish, need to square up earlier, outside hand needs to be further around the oarhandle, feathering with outside hand.

Girls 4+ from the side

legs go down sequentially rather than all together.

Chloe Cornell

needs to put hands further around oarhandle, needs to keep outside wrist flat, needs to relax inside shoulder so that shoulders are parallel to oarhandle, nice reach with upper body at the catch, good compression, needs quicker blade entry at the catch, rowing it in, nice job initiating drive with the legs, shoulders dropping forward slightly at the finish.

Breighton

nice posture, hands need to be further around oarhandle, wrists should be flat, inside hand should be closer to outside hand, needs more forward reach with the upper body and a little layback at the finish, good shoulder position at the catch, overcompressing, shins should not go past vertical, stroke should be continuous without stopping.

Sydney Koutrouba

needs “superhero” posture, sit up taller with chest broad, needs to keep head up, good forward reach at the catch, good compression, needs to relax inside shoulder, skying the blade at the catch, rowing the blade in, good job initiating the drive with the legs, good finish position.

Jason

good posture, needs to square up earlier, rowing it in at the catch, better forward reach at the catch on some strokes but not consistent, overcompressing at the catch, shins should not go past vertical, needs line through shoulders parallel to the oarhandle, lifting back too early rather than initiating the drive with the legs, needs to needs to keep oarhandle moving parallel to the water rather than in an arc.

Alex Lair

good finish position, good upper body reach at the catch, overcompressing at the catch, shins should not go past vertical, needs line through shoulders parallel to the oarhandle, feathering with outside hand, good hand position on oarhandle.

Will McIntyre

good leg compression at the catch, needs to get more upper body reach with shoulders further in front of the hips, needs to keep head still, good finish position, needs to separate parts of the recovery, should not feather with outside hand, better pulling the oarhandle straight back rather than in an arc.

Katie Fenwick

needs to relax shoulders, leaning forward too much at the catch, good compression with the legs at the catch, knuckles facing forward correctly on the drive, outside hand needs to be at the end of the oarhandle, should not feather with the outside hand, coming up on recovery ahead of Breighton and then having to wait at the catch.

Sriram

nice posture, good catch position, nice job initiating drive with the legs, feathering with outside hand, outside hand could be a little further around the oarhandle, sometimes dropping the hands at the catch, rowing the blade in a little bit.