Word: swing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...secured a regular coach. The men who are trying for the crew are, with a few exceptions, of good size, and their principal faults are due to their lack of experience. They all lack control of their bodies, and hence their rowing is very irregular. The body swing is carried too far at both ends and results in "slumping" at the finish and falling forward at the full reach. The crew shoot out their hands at the finish with such a jerk that the oars do not come out of the water cleanly, and the boat receives a series...
...blades are carried back flat a little longer than last year. Of late they have got a better hold on the water at the beginning of the stroke, but the finish still falls short of being as clean as it should be. They have a magnificent swing, and at times good control of boat and slides. For the past two or three weeks a slower stroke-30 or 31 per minute-has been used than that which the crew rowed earlier in the spring -33 or 34 per minute. In the race the regular stroke will be about...
...Settles away from his oar at the finish; doesn't swing straight in the recover; should try to get more ease and freedom in his movements...
...Doesn't swing in with the shoulders at the beginning of the stroke; settles at the finish...
...Doesn't swing on well with his shoulders; lags at the finish...