Woh - This Sat, we actually ran out of seats on the Papillon boat!
Instead of a dragon head, we had our distinguished figurehead - Captain Jon - happily parked on the bow while the rest of us practised our strokes for the first half.
With 10 of us rowing, the surge felt great!
Of course, at this point we are lacking coordination - but that is only normal when we are in transition towards the new stroke. Paddles were entering the water slightly off-timing, recovery and setup too... But fear not! More water training will solve the problem. (Keep up the attendance!)
Desmond was our Model Student as Coach Patrick made him demonstrate the new stroke for our reference. With a steady pace and consistent stroke execution throughout, he was a very positive example to the rest of us. (Des - can borrow your notes to copy?? Heh.)
Then - there was Yen Nee. We welcomed Yen Nee back after a long maternity break and recuperation from wrist injury. But make no mistake - da power is back! Patrick pointed out how Yen Nee used her core muscles to great effect, rotating her torso to achieve each powerful stroke. (All these, on a cold-start engine!! Amazing.)
During a bout of pair rowing, Big Ben (Yes - he's back! For a brief cameo before EM packs him off to Houston again.) and Kenji were like two high-revv engines trying to scoop out all the water from the Kallang basin. Patrick had to "stop stop stop" their "Pace of Fury" as we restarted (and lost) the count thrice!
Overall, I would say this is the most productive training so far. Turnout was good, and we felt it in the boat's surge. Still needs refining of course, as we tend to lose consistency during the latter half of a longer row. Part of that is due to fitness level - at this stage, without regular gym workouts, fatigue sets in faster.
I suddenly recall Captain Jon's nice cheddar-cheesy kickoff slogan last season:
Instead of a dragon head, we had our distinguished figurehead - Captain Jon - happily parked on the bow while the rest of us practised our strokes for the first half.
With 10 of us rowing, the surge felt great!
Of course, at this point we are lacking coordination - but that is only normal when we are in transition towards the new stroke. Paddles were entering the water slightly off-timing, recovery and setup too... But fear not! More water training will solve the problem. (Keep up the attendance!)
Desmond was our Model Student as Coach Patrick made him demonstrate the new stroke for our reference. With a steady pace and consistent stroke execution throughout, he was a very positive example to the rest of us. (Des - can borrow your notes to copy?? Heh.)
Then - there was Yen Nee. We welcomed Yen Nee back after a long maternity break and recuperation from wrist injury. But make no mistake - da power is back! Patrick pointed out how Yen Nee used her core muscles to great effect, rotating her torso to achieve each powerful stroke. (All these, on a cold-start engine!! Amazing.)
During a bout of pair rowing, Big Ben (Yes - he's back! For a brief cameo before EM packs him off to Houston again.) and Kenji were like two high-revv engines trying to scoop out all the water from the Kallang basin. Patrick had to "stop stop stop" their "Pace of Fury" as we restarted (and lost) the count thrice!
Overall, I would say this is the most productive training so far. Turnout was good, and we felt it in the boat's surge. Still needs refining of course, as we tend to lose consistency during the latter half of a longer row. Part of that is due to fitness level - at this stage, without regular gym workouts, fatigue sets in faster.
I suddenly recall Captain Jon's nice cheddar-cheesy kickoff slogan last season:
"Have you GYM yet?"
HAHA - love it.
See yous this Saturday!
Look forward to getting better with each session.
= Chief Editor D.L. signing off =
See yous this Saturday!
Look forward to getting better with each session.
= Chief Editor D.L. signing off =
No comments:
Post a Comment