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Post by Werebeaver on May 3, 2020 8:35:31 GMT -8
Haven’t heard word one about it.
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Post by jefframp on May 3, 2020 8:59:07 GMT -8
Yeah, me neither. What's up with that?
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 3, 2020 10:19:20 GMT -8
The coaches have to finish their scull sessions before identifying potential recruits.
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Post by TheGlove on May 3, 2020 13:12:09 GMT -8
Who’s going to be our crew recruiting analyst?
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Post by ochobeavo on May 21, 2020 11:47:43 GMT -8
Who’s going to be our crew recruiting analyst? Wouldn't it be Baseba111? I believe he stayed at the same Holiday Inn as the team during a regatta once.
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Post by Werebeaver on May 21, 2020 16:10:05 GMT -8
Who’s going to be our crew recruiting analyst? Olivia Jade might be available once her folks check into the gray area hotel - and for cheap.
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Post by Werebeaver on May 21, 2020 16:57:39 GMT -8
Who’s going to be our crew recruiting analyst? Olivia Jade might be available once her folks check into the gray area hotel - and for cheap. Graybar Hotel
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 21, 2020 19:07:22 GMT -8
Olivia Jade might be available once her folks check into the gray area hotel - and for cheap. Graybar Hotel It's probably and either/oar decision.
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Post by bihvhar on May 31, 2020 12:11:04 GMT -8
Former Beaver rower here. I don’t know about expert, but I can speak somewhat intelligently about both the women’s and men’s teams. What are you looking to learn?
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Post by TheGlove on Jun 1, 2020 8:10:36 GMT -8
Former Beaver rower here. I don’t know about expert, but I can speak somewhat intelligently about both the women’s and men’s teams. What are you looking to learn? I think the thread was kind of a joke, but please don't take offense. Welcome aboard and thanks for posting. Any insights into the crew programs at OSU are welcome here. One question I've had about OSU crew. Is it an advantage or disadvantage to practice on a river versus a lake?
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Post by bihvhar on Jun 5, 2020 18:11:47 GMT -8
Overall on a day to day basis, rowing on a lake or river is very little difference. Where the difference comes into play is when coaches are trying to select the rowers for each boat. They will run a series of switches, where they race for a set time or distance, then switch a rower in one boat for one in another boat. Once they’ve switched, they’ll race the boats again over the same distance, or time, and compare margins between the two races. This is called “seat racing” and is really only fair when run on flat, calm water. Current in the river makes seat racing on the river incredibly unpredictable.
OSU has access to a gravel quarry that gives them flat calm water for 1000 meters at a time. Most seat racing in season will be done there. Unfortunately, races are 2000 meters long, so this seat racing distance doesn’t give our coaches the most accurate measure of the switch.
In short, there are a handful of days per year that rowing on the river isn’t passable for practicing. Of course this doesn’t account for the days when the willamette is blown out due to massive rains, and the current simply doesn’t allow for rowing on the river.
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Post by TheGlove on Jun 6, 2020 9:52:28 GMT -8
Overall on a day to day basis, rowing on a lake or river is very little difference. Where the difference comes into play is when coaches are trying to select the rowers for each boat. They will run a series of switches, where they race for a set time or distance, then switch a rower in one boat for one in another boat. Once they’ve switched, they’ll race the boats again over the same distance, or time, and compare margins between the two races. This is called “seat racing” and is really only fair when run on flat, calm water. Current in the river makes seat racing on the river incredibly unpredictable. OSU has access to a gravel quarry that gives them flat calm water for 1000 meters at a time. Most seat racing in season will be done there. Unfortunately, races are 2000 meters long, so this seat racing distance doesn’t give our coaches the most accurate measure of the switch. In short, there are a handful of days per year that rowing on the river isn’t passable for practicing. Of course this doesn’t account for the days when the willamette is blown out due to massive rains, and the current simply doesn’t allow for rowing on the river. How much time do you spend in a boat versus dry land ?
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Post by bihvhar on Jun 8, 2020 19:39:56 GMT -8
How much time do you spend in a boat versus dry land ? Depending on the time of year, it will vary. In the fall they'll spend four or five of the six days per week they practice (Sunday's off) on the water for team practice. In the winter training season, they'll be on land for team workouts three or four days per week and on the water for the other 2-3 (weather and water conditions permitting). Around the end of march, the team will transition to pretty exclusively on the water for practice. OSU does have a weather advantage, in that it never gets so cold here that the river freezes over. Schools in the northeast, and midwest will actually be frozen off of their water for months at a time, and spend the entire winter indoors on rowing machines. All of this is based on team workouts. Individual workouts (think running routes in football, or working on conditioning outside of team practice) are pretty exclusively done on land, on a rowing machine, for 60-120 minutes at a go. Running and biking are popular activities to break up the monotony, but very little in the way of gaining fitness works better than spinning the rowing machine for hours at a time.
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Post by TheGlove on Jun 9, 2020 8:59:58 GMT -8
How much time do you spend in a boat versus dry land ? Depending on the time of year, it will vary. In the fall they'll spend four or five of the six days per week they practice (Sunday's off) on the water for team practice. In the winter training season, they'll be on land for team workouts three or four days per week and on the water for the other 2-3 (weather and water conditions permitting). Around the end of march, the team will transition to pretty exclusively on the water for practice. OSU does have a weather advantage, in that it never gets so cold here that the river freezes over. Schools in the northeast, and midwest will actually be frozen off of their water for months at a time, and spend the entire winter indoors on rowing machines. All of this is based on team workouts. Individual workouts (think running routes in football, or working on conditioning outside of team practice) are pretty exclusively done on land, on a rowing machine, for 60-120 minutes at a go. Running and biking are popular activities to break up the monotony, but very little in the way of gaining fitness works better than spinning the rowing machine for hours at a time. Thanks for the info. Rowers are like distance runners in my mind. Have to be mentally strong to endure the pain. What's your PR for the 2k on a rowing machine (Erg?)?
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Post by bihvhar on Jun 9, 2020 20:01:19 GMT -8
I went 6:10 for 2k the spring of my senior year. 20:02 for 6k
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