The Para/Adaptive Group of Thames Valley and West Midlands adaptive/pararowing coaches (eg. Stratford Upon Avon, Maidenhead, Marlow, City of Oxford, Shrewsbury) got together again this past week to continue their work of coordinating both club activities and resources for maximum … Read More »
British Rowing’s Thames Regional Rowing Council has set up a website to provide online resources for adaptive rowing in the Thames Valley region, the most active region in the UK. The website was set up and is being run by … Read More »
Many of the big adaptive/pararowing events are down in the Thames area – Marlow, Maidenhead, City of Oxford, Dorney – the growth of the sport in the western Midlands is surging. This strength is very much driven by a couple … Read More »
The primary use of the arms in rowing is to connect the drive train of the legs (and core with back rock) to the levers (oars) which move the boat. For a conventional rower, 70% of the power comes from … Read More »
One impairment one might think would be one of the harder ones to overcoming in rowing, but which is seeing a surge in interest, is arm impairments. Another recent recruit to adaptive rowing is Emma Green who used the motivational … Read More »