The New York herald., 1874-07-16
TEACHING YOUNG HANDS TO ROW,

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TEACHING YOUNG HANDS TO ROW,
The following extract from the book entitled
"Principies Of Rowing at Harvard" compiled from
the rules used at oxford, will be OF value here:-
We.lnust start from the principle that rowing ID
genius at the oar, and that you must show Ts your
pupil what no ID to DO, ana how. You must give
S a % s 5S9 1o
this only III boat roomy, comfortable AMI steady;
FIRST, put him into par.oar boat Gig with
Aod sides. but with proper arrangement OF seat,
stretcher and outrigger. Sit down on the after
thwart and make him see how and where your feet
are placed the heels resting together and the toes
turned out; then cause him to Initiate you IN that
particular Next: put put the oars SIN INTO S his hands,
The outside hand close to the end but not Gaping
it. II 1t is . square loomed oar AL fingers Of tho
OF tSs nsae s hand alone a @ Sus
II it be round loomed oars let botn thumbs come
Fl s mss Sfs . am ys1 Ssn s es Sss s
straightens his back, squares hts shoulders, holds
up his head, extends his arms fully to their reach,
keeps the outside wrist nat with the arm, the In
side brought over the handle and bent cOnvexly.
Then, sitting down In your place. 60 through the
sec what you are doing. Repeat the several parts
make him follow those motions i'm, In the air:
ought 70 be at the commencement and
an angle Of eighty degrees and pun through .
small area, the rdader being put against him;
Again WITH your hands regulate nS posture t9 ana
sure. Instruct him to have his chest well bent
forward toward the loom, that ne may strike tho
once Make him LOOK al BUS blade now. and Yet
him endesvor to fotce it into travelling with the
YOUR own oar and row Q mild stroke with one
hand, watching his performance. and urging on hie
the sa Of Ss s
tuition to get stroke through and to right hin-
great thing here TO be aimed a. is 70 get MIN from
tho nrst to learn form. Application Of strength b
an oar horizontally through his reach, upright
and without contortion, and all else WIN duly fol.
$ D" an ss.y psade ana S@ @ nsSd
till he has mastered all the points. Any man can
thus be transiormed into an Sarsmsn with GER
Bot 1t will be said, The tame and trouble con-
sumed In this operation are endless. and the atten-
where is tine man to be found who thus teaches
scientifically the elements OF the craft" 10 this
a nfteen e. Is minutes each to 20 many Freshmen in an
hour. And considering that you would otherwise
take down your whole crew Of green hands in .
snd Voice YOU 1 nd sSss end Of the week @
you have spent no more more hour: in boaS
you now DO psn s% 5. put pap:s ssG
you will have advanced 100 per cent farther
toward the oImatCn Of boats crew than BY any
ing as an Instructor instead of bully; teaching
by gentle, inteigibie words, and stu! more by
shouting out vocabulary Of technical terms mot
understood BY the people, ana repeating them
Be oseyed f Of What earthly use can il % BE- to roar
out to No "Quisxes M forward longer N the water:
ton hA IN fopU a nd
at all; he cannot keep his oar hall sec
ond buried, because mis- untutored wrists
places. pn ' he Knows nothing about 4 fetcnna ming
Q purchase from his feet and throwing hls weighs
and, accordingly. he makes q frantic effort to do
bit Of work by some kind Of clumsy wrench, all
TO the diaiculty Of providing instructors In the
pair-oars one word will serve for An answer. Do
you really intend 70 teach, in the proper sense
do then every thing taught there be taught far
more expedittousiy, thoroughly and eniciently 10
tine tine g But not sSs rswn to
your own knowledge, and are content to use
merely cycle or ndscrim'nate general appeals
applicable TO particular cases, then you are an Inn
should deal in the same way rn,statts n,,.tannte
with moro advanced oarsman who requires cor
rectiOn In style. The young Oarsman VINO has
be as full Of faults as the IItaugHt asorpidS man.
but fanlts OF different character, and which are
more likely to pass concealed. because CLOSED
over by certain facility OF style, and not papable
from positive ciumsiness. Now you may do much
with such man in six-oar, but vet you cannot
should therefore put him also in gig, frst
properly arranged, along with steady old hand,
Sit opposite HIM and COZ Contemplate % % him all 'Se. over,
observing especially the position OF his hands,
1eet wrists and elbows. l should make him feel
sure whether ne felt an equal pressure upon the
heel Of each foot at the first part OF the stroke.
should make MN Try to be conscious that his
and that they are dropped again quite square, and
his chest expanded at the featherlng; also, that
his 9ades I',p lower tip throws the wa.er ait IN.
always touch his ribs; tnat he is not
screwed on either side when forward; that
the first moment OF the blades contact with the
water; and that from the same moment the
hurled right sway IN mass SO that I t'ye tne hole.
made at first, be carried away astern OF the boat.
ishoud take particular care that he sits well over
his work; for sitting too low and at too great q
distance IRON his thoe are the two points In q
mans position which unfailingly ruin his rowing.
that his inside arm Is as true and rigid from the
shoulder as the other Again, see that ms recovery
and exempliy the elastic spring necessary to .hat
end most p0intedly.
Finally, should pat him ION on the back, and ten
failings are, and desire him to remember them
carefully on the next occasion Of rowing In the
Six Then word VIII suflce from you IA It Will
recall an item Of his work already grated npop
his mind, AS No 4, elbows - wrists heads
But throughout the lesson should Insist on his
doing TO the traction OF letter what is required
OF him, II 1t Is IN his power, and remind him on
every occasion oi his reapsng into iorulness
OF 1t.
shall leave rowing men to decide whether this
be the rational method OF teaching and the more
adequate to It's purpose; or the bucketingin a SIX
oar. amid shouts and abuse, without the possi-
bllity Of stopping or repeating the points incui-
Gated after fresh start anything ike quiet re-.
nection on the part OF the rowing pupils. And.
again. would press the conviction that hard, ex-
haasting work does not and cannot make OARS
men; f0r as soon ae they are distressed they cease
70 learn. We must first attain form and swing,
and then but not before enter upon racing