On-water Wrist Problem
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[old] PaulH
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Last year I struggled with a small area of technique that applies only to wet rowing. To get my wrist to twist far enough to get a flat blade on the recovery I end up pulling with a bent wrist (i.e. knuckles below wrist) which is clearly inefficient and uncomfortable. Is there something I can do to fix this? Do I need to do some form of stretching exercise, or should I be rolling the handle to my fingers rather than keeping firm hold of it all through the stroke?<br><br>Thanks for any help!<br><br>Cheers, Paul
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[old] Cran
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If you are talking about sculling then the handles roll in the fingers, and the wrists stay flat.<br><br>If you mean rowing, the ouside hand shouldn't twist at all so will always be straight. The inside hand should feather but have a straight wrist when the blade is square if possible (at least thats what I do).
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[old] Cran
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You might find the newer (thiner) carbon type handles easier, but you probably don't get a choice what blades you use.<br><br>I guess you need to relax the grip and roll the last bit, but you really don't want to be losing grip at 40+ spm and catching a crab if you don't square up...<br><br>difficult one, I guess the thing to do is try and work on flexibility as much as possible, and try to keep a relaxed grip. You can pull with just the outside hand so there is not much pressure on the inside handle when the knuckles are under, that may be another option.<br><br>I think it's a case of see what works best.<br><br>Theres nothing to stop you once the blade is square sliding the hand a bit round the shaft so it pulls with a flat wrist. <br><br>I'd try and get more flexibility if possible though as a long term solution if you can.<br><br>or row square blades