Please consider inviting any one of the Olympic rowers to be interviewed on your channel. It would make for a fascinating learning experience to hear directly from them on what was happening during the Olympic final. And I know you’d do a great job interviewing. Please consider.
Hey Aram, I really like your videos. Please consider doing one of some of the London Olympics races. I would be particularly interested in your insight on lightweight men’s double scull and comparison of technique of British and Danish crews
My faith, or belief, in my four stroke cycle is total. Stroke 1: with boat at max velocity is effortless and long, involving max body swing I am currently associated it with 'sit up!' at the finish. Stroke 2 is a leg press body swing without lean back, pelvic bone remains forward, always close to max pressure. Stroke 3 is the same but more power and more speed. Both 2 and 3 are good for square blade sculling exercise. 4 is long and hard, max leverage from core and back muscle groupings with max arms draw. Incredibly long recovery up slide for beginning of cycle.
One thing: the Greek is not as strong physically as the others. His 2K erg pb is 5:57 with body weight of 84 kg. Kjetil Borch, Damir Martin, and Sverri Nielsen have 10 or more sekonds better pb with about 10 kg more body weight. It means - technicque matters ;)
Totally agree. In fact, this race put my faith back into technique and my chances as a smaller rower. After recent years when Oli Zeidler destroyed the competition with power over technique I almost lost this believe.
I just love "strategy" racing. I think its a topic most young coaches fail miserably to understand when they get to higher performance levels of this sport. What I've found, physically speaking in the A Finals, all of those athletes are pretty darn close physically in putting out WORK. So it then comes down to "strategy". How do you apply "work" over 2000 meters? Sure, there are intangibles like stroke errors. But how often do you see an elite Rowing Person screw up a catch and or catch a crab? Not too often, but it can happen. I saw it in a Quad Men's Race. So it could happen. But when everything is playing out, and nobody screws up technically. It comes down to race strategy. There are many a great debate in strategy of racing. But in every case, the Crew that wins had the right strategy. 2000 meters always settles the score.
Also quite important (although not relative to the race) is that because of the timing, even Ntouskos's coach admitted that had Olympics not have happened at that time in 2021, he would not have won. He wad obviously on a huge peak in his training cycles whereas the others may well have been in a slump as Covid was not taken into account. Albeit, in the race itself, it would have had an impact on the actual 'technique' of the scullers. I'm just saying that timing and tapering/peaking plays a MASSIVE role in performance. I know this from hard won experience.
Thank you for your analyses of the Olympic 1x final. I think that there is another significant issue why the results for the four rowers ends like this in the final 1X race. Sverri Nielsen is usually more a "later starter", like NZ Drysdale was. In the Olympic final, he starts very offensive , and it probably costs him the Olympic medal. An analysis of Ketil Borch and Drysdale in a Henley final race, is what you did earlier, also with the same technical issue. Nevertheless, almost all rowing elite coaches worldwide, recommend the style with straight upper body, and the hypothesis is that it costs to much and without any significant results, to use upper body. Perhaps there are evidence? Or you could make more scientific tests with Austrian rowers, whether this thesis is evident? Thank you for interesting reflections, as a Norwegian Master rower, living in Denmark I follow our Scandinavian rowers:)
Please consider inviting any one of the Olympic rowers to be interviewed on your channel. It would make for a fascinating learning experience to hear directly from them on what was happening during the Olympic final. And I know you’d do a great job interviewing. Please consider.
I am definitely biased but I would love to see an analysis of the u23 men's four A final at world champs last year!
Finally! My back hurts watching that hip swing 😂
Hey Aram, I really like your videos. Please consider doing one of some of the London Olympics races. I would be particularly interested in your insight on lightweight men’s double scull and comparison of technique of British and Danish crews
Good idea! An interesting race that led to future rule changes
Can you please share the link for the race (men’s final A) thanks:)
My faith, or belief, in my four stroke cycle is total. Stroke 1: with boat at max velocity is effortless and long, involving max body swing I am currently associated it with 'sit up!' at the finish. Stroke 2 is a leg press body swing without lean back, pelvic bone remains forward, always close to max pressure. Stroke 3 is the same but more power and more speed. Both 2 and 3 are good for square blade sculling exercise. 4 is long and hard, max leverage from core and back muscle groupings with max arms draw. Incredibly long recovery up slide for beginning of cycle.
Maybe easier to understand as a 4 phase stroke?
Great Analysis.
One thing: the Greek is not as strong physically as the others. His 2K erg pb is 5:57 with body weight of 84 kg. Kjetil Borch, Damir Martin, and Sverri Nielsen have 10 or more sekonds better pb with about 10 kg more body weight. It means - technicque matters ;)
Totally agree. In fact, this race put my faith back into technique and my chances as a smaller rower. After recent years when Oli Zeidler destroyed the competition with power over technique I almost lost this believe.
Actually his pb is sub 5.50. He did 5.50 back in 2019 (posted it on his instagram). He's now closer to 5.45
@@eh6604 In this interwiev after the olymipcs ua-cam.com/video/7_oGz7-A9QE/v-deo.html he tells it's 5:57. But maybe makes up ;)
@@eh6604 he literally says himself it’s 5:57
I just love "strategy" racing. I think its a topic most young coaches fail miserably to understand when they get to higher performance levels of this sport. What I've found, physically speaking in the A Finals, all of those athletes are pretty darn close physically in putting out WORK. So it then comes down to "strategy".
How do you apply "work" over 2000 meters? Sure, there are intangibles like stroke errors. But how often do you see an elite Rowing Person screw up a catch and or catch a crab?
Not too often, but it can happen. I saw it in a Quad Men's Race. So it could happen.
But when everything is playing out, and nobody screws up technically. It comes down to race strategy. There are many a great debate in strategy of racing. But in every case, the Crew that wins had the right strategy. 2000 meters always settles the score.
Also quite important (although not relative to the race) is that because of the timing, even Ntouskos's coach admitted that had Olympics not have happened at that time in 2021, he would not have won. He wad obviously on a huge peak in his training cycles whereas the others may well have been in a slump as Covid was not taken into account. Albeit, in the race itself, it would have had an impact on the actual 'technique' of the scullers. I'm just saying that timing and tapering/peaking plays a MASSIVE role in performance. I know this from hard won experience.
Thank you for your analyses of the Olympic 1x final. I think that there is another significant issue why the results for the four rowers ends like this in the final 1X race.
Sverri Nielsen is usually more a "later starter", like NZ Drysdale was. In the Olympic final, he starts very offensive , and it probably costs him the Olympic medal. An analysis of Ketil Borch and Drysdale in a Henley final race, is what you did earlier, also with the same technical issue.
Nevertheless, almost all rowing elite coaches worldwide, recommend the style with straight upper body, and the hypothesis is that it costs to much and without any significant results, to use upper body. Perhaps there are evidence? Or you could make more scientific tests with Austrian rowers, whether this thesis is evident?
Thank you for interesting reflections, as a Norwegian Master rower, living in Denmark I follow our Scandinavian rowers:)
It would be great if you could also comment singles from Rio olympics
Can you please do more 8s and sweeping analysis
Perhaps something about setting the rhythm of an 8 and what to do in stroke seat?
@ Aram .. Rower is best if you can’t afford the best quality rower that you produce ..