June 6, 2011- Learn to Row at Lake Newnan

4 hours

This is the first time, I was on the other side in the sport of rowing. Rather than learning to row, I volunteered my help to the coaches who were conducting a camp to teach the sport of rowing to other residents of Gainesville.The Gainesville Area Rowing club is a non-profit organization that conducts this rowing camp to introduce the sport of rowing to students, and adults around the Gainesville area. I was asked to stroke a 8 seater shell. It was an easy task for me, but I enjoyed seeing others getting some idea of how tough rowing was as a sport.
The mechanics of the stroke, the coordinated use of the whole body: the arms, the back, the wrist the legs.