Word: gripped
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Goes back too far. Lets his shoulders go at the full reach. Fails to control his slide on the recover. Should keep a stronger grip with his outside hand...
...Should not go back too far. Must keep a better grip with both inside and outside hands. His rowing is not firm enough. Is apt to jerk at his stroke...
Stroke - Must be careful not to hang. Settles at the finish. Should keep a good grip with outside hand...
...power in his stroke. The trouble with the whole crew is that their time is pretty bad; they are slow in starting forward, and they do not get their shoulders on quick enough. They do not hold their oars with a firm enough grasp, and keep changing their grip all the time. Their swinging is very bad, hardly a man swinging right over the keel...
...keeps his inside arm bent all the time and his outside arm bent most of the time. He does not swing straight, and wobbles every which way at the finish. His finish is hurried, and he is apt to rush down. He does not keep a firm grip on the oar, and is stiff and awkward. No. 2 is a little stiff. He wants to hold his oar firmly without changing his grasp, nor yet gripping the oar convulsively. He gets a weak finish and rows his elbows out from his side. He needs to get more pressure...