Feedback on practice - 19JUN2009
Another great practice! Though, we lost Winnie due to nausea, Ramy to fever and Mikael who needed to catch a bus for NYC towards the end of practice. Marc-Daniel gave us a great practice… Thanks Melissa for finding us a great sub coach!
- We’ve determined that our starts will be 5-15-5. Since 7-15-5 wasn’t good for us… the start was too slow to reach race pace. We’re better off with 5-15-5.
- Note that the first 5 strokes have to be long (reach-it out) and DEEP to be able to LIFT the boat.
- Note that the following 15 strokes, you don’t need to bend your back… it’s more rotation and increasing pace to reach race pace.
- I don’t know about the rest of you… but, I really enjoyed the pressure of being pushed or feeling the rush from the 8 pack in the back… which helped us in the front to focus and increase pace without losing control. I hope that we’ll get to keep this!
- The last two 250m pieces were eye openners for the most of us where the pacers (first 3 rows) went to the back while the back 3 rows went to the front. I hope that with this experience, we now have a better understanding of the different water resistence flowing through out the boat and the different roles in the boat.
- Like MD mentionned during practice, if you’re starting to feel aching pain/muscle, it’s time to focus on proper technique then strenght/power. Do the SUPERMAN posture! Keep that in mind!
- When the coach calls for a pick-up, it doesn’t mean to bundle-up and lose your reach. It’s the total opposite! Reach-it out and do the Superman!
Well, I have to say that it’s starting to look a lot better! We might actually kick some ass at the upcoming festival! Remember that we have practice on Monday, 22JUN2009 and Friday, 26JUN2009. Every practice counts! Don’t be late!
Have a good weekend!
Nancy