Physical Education

Unit - 8

8.2.2.How to play and win?
There are two types of Rowing at the Olympic Games: Sweep Rowing and Sculling.
Sweep Rowers use a single oar. They compete in crews of two, four or eight – the eight is steered by a ‘cox’, who also gives the crew directions.
Scullers have an oar in each hand, and so can compete alone, as well as in doubles and quads.
There are events for both Heavyweight and Lightweight Rowers, and crews race in six lanes over a 2,000m flat-water course, usually on a lake.
Speed and stamina are the keys to success – top rowers complete 40-45 strokes a minute towards the end of a race.

• Catch a crab: To make a faulty stroke.
• Bowside: All the members of a Sweep boat crew whose oars are in the water on the left side of the boat.
• Regatta: An organized event for boat racing between crews.
• Rating: The number of strokes a crew rows per minute.
• Full paddle: The top level of exertion a crew can manage.