What awesome form. Drew Ginn is quite the rower. Wonderful finishes! Love it! Allot of the guys I row with have great finishes like this but can't get out nearly as perfectly timely as these guys. Front slide is so controlled, so sooo vital!

simply incredible! rowing very relaxed, long and their bladework is perfect!!!

Beautiful run & set!

damn... this is nice! i'm acctually rowing in men's pair and this is a nice video to learn about! congrats drew!

I have Duncan Free's Signature on my rowing hat and drink bottle! haha.

@cvansan it's a resistance hose. it creates more drag. then when it is taken off, the boat feels a lot lighter

Look, my friend: I'm free to dispute anything as long as I don't offend anybody. Tufte (one of my heroes BTW) was an example. Progress in technique, as in anything else, is made also through discussion and the thinking of multiple brains: else we'd still be rowing like the Olympic champ of 1900. I like to watch the champs row and to discuss why they are so fast: hand speed of the aussies is a hot topic, and I'm sure *they* don't mind. I can't see why you should.

Hello I have been using bungees for training and coaching. I can see how the "pause" at the finish lets the boat run a little longer, which is not how I was taught... The water flares up nicely when Duncan and Drew are rowing from drive through recovery to right before the next pick up. XENO

so beast

Hey Drew, we've examined your technique closely. IT'S BUUULLSHIT!!! Hahaha only kidding (love your other clip with that comment). We'll give this one a go to see if we get more boat run. Might be more condusive to masters rowing. We currently row the other way, quick hands, body, slowing slide... We'll let you know one day what happened.

is a pair faster than a double? i remember my coaching saying a double had more blade area but i am unsure which is the quicker boat

yeah why that pause at the finish?

@datapk South african rowing isn't something to brag about. And these guys Have such great technique that you couldn't ever dream on critiquing them. And you don't necessarily need backsplash to negate missing water. Also If you look, their finishes are so clean and defined that their bow has such a horizontal drive. Too much lean back causes the bow to dive into the water, makign you slow.

askhams, I kinda agree, especially when they go to the tail view, the stroke looks a little sloppy.. but surely that is just the bungy doing that... if you watch their other videos these guys row mint.

Quality bro

holy shit theyre fgast i was like these guys arent so fast then i see the bungee haha

From which Club is the bow side blade?

@ihrtmusic12334 thrue, I am rowing, and this is a beautifull technique vote up for you :)))

Imagine the guy filming ! Truly impressive! One hand on the blade and one on the camera.

Looks like they have a bungee or something on there?

it looks like they also have a boat strap on which could be affecting their stroke slightly

@jamesdstudent Can you finish your comment please? I was interested in what you were saying.

damn fast

Looks like if they stopped rowing the boat would still go on running forever :^)

That it is appropriate, nor rude neither blasphemous to discuss them even if they are Olympic champs. Sure their trainer does, and he's not faster than them either. Get it? Free speech. There's nothing bad in it. 18 years after retirement I'd probably still row circles around you, yet I thank you for your comments to my video. And now, as you're too far for me to get there and kick your butt for having called me an idiot, let's stay friends and watch Drew Ginn's videos in peace, shall we?

how come they're not releasing their arms off quickly?

is bow seat digging or is that just me?

i dont agree. their arms speed is fine. when youre going 20 strokes you simply cant get your arms away like when youre going for example 30. there are two reasons. first is that every quick move on the boat is not good when youre going 20 strokes (except putting oar to the water and youre must be sure that youre not loosing power and speed in the beginning). second reason is if your getting arms away to quickly in stroke rate 20 what are you doing when youre up to 40? sorry for my english..

@MitchDigney Not to mention my rowing :P

my coach hates it but every time row the 4 or pair i always copy Free's and Ginn's style of that slight pause at the finish.

Ok, ok, I will not: please don't kill me! (You would have noticed that I didn't say that, BTW, had you bothered to read my post. Sorry, I'll write in capitals next time.) I think you and other diehard fans out there could learn a lot from the politeness and openmindedness of one Olympic champion in the single on this very same thread (thank you Xeno). But probably you didn't even notice that, you were too busy telling people what they can say and what they can't.

This beats the Tamar river by far :(

@ihrtmusic12334 Well the slide is supposed to be slowest at the end so it doesn't upset the boat but i agree with the fact that they have very good form

@datapk because south african schools are at olympic standard and all. oh wait. they've only had one boat competitive in the last 10 years at olympic level.

@cvansan

Aaaaargh! Please don't...! you already made me break my promise. Peace and fun, ok? The neanderthal thing made me laugh, although this may surprise you I had many even less intelligent comments from coaches over the years.

@ihrtmusic12334 drew ginn would disagree with you on your first point

Sorry, I strongly disagree. This would mean Olaf Tufte's technique is perfect and nobody but Karppinen and Ivanov can comment about it. F&G *are* wonderful technicians, but it is legitimate to discuss their hand speed. Why not?

O RLY ?

hahaha they're rowing with a strap on too... soo jealous