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...experts, who use infrared lasers, force plates, high-speed video cameras and computers to isolate the motions and moments that make a difference. Scientists have analyzed every type of athletic movement, from a diver's twist to a runner's stride, from a weight lifter's lunge to a rower's stroke...
...race can be so nerve-racking that less experienced crews sometimes lose their composure and experience "crabs"--the colloquial term used to describe what happens when a rower doesn't push his or her blade out of the moving water behind it quickly enough. (The force of a "crab" is sometimes great enough to eject the hapless person out of the boat...
...fact, quite a few members of the varsity men's and women's teams often serve as good coaches for beginning crews. While intramural rules dictate that no varsity rower can "row" house crew, it is permissible for them...
Sleeker hulls. The correct angles to set the oarlocks. Where to place the to get the maximum amount of power from the rower...
Cooper's title of collegiate champion needs an asterisk, however. Three rowers from Brown pulled fast enough times in the preliminary heat to qualify for the Men's Open Division finals (which any rower regardless of age is eligible...