Sports

Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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catch

Sports; Rowing

This is the first stroke a rower takes. The rower knees are bent, his arms are stretched out in front of him and the oars are behind him. The oar enters the water and then the ...

catching a crab

Sports; Rowing

A phrase meaning to make a bad stroke with the oar. The blade could go into the water at a wrong angle and go in too deep or it could be held at a wrong angle and not go into the ...

check

Sports; Rowing

This refers to the sudden change in the rate of deceleration, which is produced by pressure on the foot stretchers where the oarsmen's feet are, without instantaneous pressure on ...

check it down

Sports; Rowing

This is an emergency command to bring the boat to a complete stop by thrusting the oars into the water to create enormous drag on the shell.

course buoys

Sports; Rowing

Course Buoys are white and they mark the middle of the course, they begin right after the first 250 meters (820 feet) and the end right before the last 250 meters (820 feet).