1. To keep the back rigid, and to swing from the hips.
2. To maintain his shoulders braced when the oar grasps the water.
3. To use the legs and feet in the best manner and at the exact instant required.
4. To hold his oar properly.
5. To govern the depth of the blade with accuracy, including the first dip of the blade into the water to the moment when the blade quits it.
6. To row the stroke home to his chest, bending his arms neither too soon nor too late.
7. To do so with the correct muscles.
8. To drop the hands and elevate the oar from the water in the right manner and at the right moment.
Then again, when the stroke is completed and the recovery commences, the details to be further observed are:
9. To avoid ‘hang’ or delay of action either with hands or body.