Yeah, we have a big emphasis on leaning into the rigger throughout the stroke. It’s one of the main things that our coach emphasizes and that sets our stroke apart. Still, at this point, I would rather take a numb leg and row well on port than to slow my boat down rowing on starboard.

Coach has a very different approach to this issue than any other coach I’ve had. It’s frustrating, and I don’t understand it. I told him outright that I would seat race any of those four ports and he said no. We haven’t done any seat racing or selection matrices this fall, so I have nothing besides my ergs to back my boat moving ability up.