Word: jerk
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there is little difference between the end of his finish and the beginning of the recover. He does not control his slide nor row his shoulder back hard. He rows smoothly but with little power. Holder catches too hard and finishes weakly. He pulls his hands in with a jerk and hangs on the finish. He rushes down and does not keep time. Carpenter does not get enough life or power. His finish is weak, and he lets his knees wobble. The trouble with the crew as a whole is, that they do not get a hard enough finish...
First, as to the stroke: so much has been written about this matter that little remains to be added. In brief, the stroke used is this: smoothness throughout the stroke is aimed at; the catch is made without a jerk, and is made with just that force which can be carried through to the finish; the body is kept in motion all the time, without a hang at either end; the legs are used hard and the hands are drawn in with life at the finish; the slide and back are used at the same time; the blade is well...
...been partly overcome, though some of the men, especially 3, need to pay strict attention to this point. The time is still poor, and the crew as a whole rows short. The men (except bow and stroke) still swing back too far, and when they get back they jerk in their hands badly instead of flnishing smoothly. This failure to row smoothly applies all through the stroke and, to a greater or less extent, throughout the boat. The great improvement, however, has been in overcoming to a great extent the bad hang which the crew had on both the catch...
...fizzles a little on the finish; his chief fault is that he does not pay attention to time or to the boat. 3: very hard worker, but gets in work at the wrong time; does not get weight on to his stretcher until half through his stroke; has bad jerk at finish; slumps badly at finish, and swings back too far; covers his blade well at the beginning. 4: works hard, and is getting a good deal of work out of the crew; swings back and forward too far; should try to work more from his stretcher and less from...
...were consumed in manoeuvering and falls on the face. The bout was so protracted that several times the contestants were compelled to rest and get their wind. Once both were thrown together, and came down flat like a pair of turtles. Finally they locked, and Hughes, with a quick jerk, threw Coolidge...