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Crew: The Rower’s Handbook
(Sterling Publishing, 2007)
“Ready All, Row!”
Become a part of the ultimate team sport. Rowing is fantastic exercise,
enjoyable and rewarding—its focal point is teamwork, dedication and
determination. What goes into achieving success at this challenging
sport? All the fundamentals are covered in this comprehensive
guide—from the basics of getting into the boat to the role of the
coach, coxswain, and oarsman, from the finer points of technique and
training to the history of the sport – for male and female rowers. With
this book as your guide, you’ll soon be able to hit the water and race
with the best.
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From pg. 1
So, you want to row? The first thing to know is some simple
terminology: crew refers to a group of rowers assembled to propel a
racing boat through the water using oars. The rowers row (they don’t
crew), and the crew is just a crew (not a crew team). It’s okay to say
rowing team if you’re talking about the whole shebang – the coach, the
coxswain, the boatman, and the crew. But a crew is just a crew.
From pg. 48
The Buzz
The introduction of the famous crew-cut hairstyle is largely credited
to early 1940’s Yale and Harvard crews, whose members decided it showed
camaraderie, intensity and practicality.
A story told by Yale alumni credits one of their own, John Hay “Jock”
Whitney, with setting the trend when he walked into a New Haven
barbershop in 1926 and asked for a “Hindenburg” haircut, resembling the
short hair worn by German soldiers in World War I. As the legend goes,
the barber said, “We just fought a war with those guys. I can’t call it
that.”
Jock responded, “Just make it as short as you can. I’m rowing for the
crew.”
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