In the past, these technique articles have predominantly pertained to sculling but there are some technical areas that are singular to sweep rowing. The most prominent is that in sweep the body follows the arc of the oar as it swings out to port or starboard at the catch and then again at the finish. While the sculler keeps their body right over the keel, the sweep rower keeps their body directly behind their oar.
The most common mistake is leaning away from the oar at the finish. If all the other rowers are leaning into their oar but one leans away, there is no longer an even number of people leaning to port and starboard, causing a loss of set at the finish.
On top of that, it's a weaker position - you don't want to lean away from the work but instead keep the body weight hanging off the oar all the way into the finish.
People have less trouble with this concept at the catch. Here again, you want the body to follow the oar as it swings out towards the rigger.
What you don't want to do is drop your outside shoulder as you approach the catch or to let your outside hand lose its grip on the oar. These both tend to happen if the inside arm is kept straight; instead allow it to relax.
A practice I'm not strongly in favor of is having rowers switch back and forth between port and starboard. While it may work for some, most people fail to master both sides and in the end, probably row neither side as well as they could. One common mistake that comes from this practice is feathering with both hands.
In sweep rowing, the inside hand should do the feathering while the outside hand carries the oar. When the inside hands feathers the oar, the handle rotates inside the outside hand.
Be sure, too, to keep the grip fairly narrow. The outside hand should be at the very end of the handle while the inside hand should be approximately two hand widths down the oar. If it's wider, you're simply losing leverage.
The more efficiently you row, the less power you waste and the faster you go; so row smart and go fast!
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