Gr10-4 training

Sponge stepped in to help coach today and he is going to coach Thursday.

The first focus was to get the blades off the water in the recovery.  Sponge did an exercise where they did 10 strokes then checked the boat but with blades flat on the water.

Then we focused on getting a definite tap out.  Explained that we understand there will be some instability but we'll come back and work on that.

Richard also wants the lean back and arms in more together .  I'd been keeping them quite distinct because that seemed the current mantra.  His logic was that by working them together you get a multiply effect of back plus arms to give a higher overall handle speed.  That translates to boat speed.

So the focus for the last week will be on the finish.

Interestingly when I'd spoken to Barnaby about what to focus on, he'd said the finish. Speed up the hands round the back turn ready for the last 500m.

Angus- lean back further.
James - pull up at the finish.
Louis - quick catch.
Zacar - best catches in the boat. Focus on finish. Lean back, big chest. Shoulders back.

Note that I've unintentionally coached them into the pause at the finish. Need to work on getting quick hands while in the sit back.