Word: jerk
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Stroke - Is apt to hang, and shoots away with too much jerk...
...Goes back too far. Must pull his oar in more smoothly, and not jerk at the finish. Should be careful to use his outside hand. Apt to hang and catch behind stroke...
...Should not go back too far. Must keep a better grip with both inside and outside hands. His rowing is not firm enough. Is apt to jerk at his stroke...
Applegate, '89, comes nearly up to the perpendicular on the first half of his stroke before he kicks his slide; finishes with a bad jerk; takes hold of the water with bent arms; and rows with a crooked back...
...Being a new man is rather bad in his watermanship. Doesn't handle his oar easily. Feathers under water and makes a bad jerk at the water on the full reach, instead of simply placing his oar in and pulling it way through. Slumps badly...