3. Work.—a. Beginning—together, sharp, hard. b. Turns of the wrist—on and off of the feather, sharp, but not too soon. c. Rise of the hands—sharp, just before stroke begins. d. Drop of the hands—sharp, just after it ends.
General Exhortations.—’Time!’ ‘Beginning!’ ‘Smite!’ ‘Keep it long!’ and the like—to be given at the right moment, not used as mere parrot cries.
B. Individual.
1. Faults of position.
2. Faults of movement.
N.B.—These concern body, hands, arms, legs, and sometimes head and neck.
1. Point out when you easy, or when you come in, or best of all, in a gig. Show as well as say what is wrong and what is right.
N.B.—Mind you are right. Decipit exemplar vitiis imitabile.
2. To be pointed out during the row and corrected. Apply the principles taught in ‘E. W.’s’ paper on the stroke, beginning with bow and working to stroke, interposing exhortations (A) at the proper time.
N.B.—Never hammer at any one individual. If one or two admonitions don’t bring him right, wait a bit and then try again. For coaching purposes, not too fast a stroke and not too slow. About thirty per minute is right. Before you start, see that your men have got their stretchers right and are sitting straight to their work.