Word: swinging
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first two weeks on the river were spent in grasping the principles upon which Mr. Watson expects to develop his stroke. Particular attention was paid to watermanship and to a long, sweeping stroke, obtained in great part by a long body swing. The necessity of dropping the oars into the water at full reach instead of rowing them in through the air with the body was emphasized...
...goes back too far and does not swing far enough forward; is stiff and his time is poor...
Blake, No. 7.- Smooth, but gets too much body swing and continues his body swing after legs are down...
Sleeper, No. 6.- Lacks control of the body, too slow on the shoot and does not swing well...
...varsity crew candidates are now in active training and there are twenty-two men trying for places in the boat. The work so far has been very elementary, most of the time being spent on the body swing, although some work has been done on the other parts of the stroke...