Steve Bloyce is one of the longer-standing pararowers in the Thames Valley area. He rowed for Maidenhead for the adaptive and senior squads. He’s contributed to Adaptive Rowing UK before about arm impairments (“Arm Impairment Physio Odyssey”) and now he … Read More »
Arm-impaired rowers are going to have to sweep in some fashion…either in a supported “Scull Pair” (rowing with a single scull blade in one hand), or in a conventional sweep. But for the latter, one really needs a way to … Read More »
Rowing is physically one of the most inclusive sports there is. This is because it is a whole-body sport. As a result, if some part of the body (nearly any part) is impaired, you can still use the rest of … Read More »
Arielle Torres developed a transradial rowing prosthesis as part of her final project for her master’s in Mechanical Engineering at Nottingham University. Once she had developed a prototype, she approached Marlow RC’s BEA PR3-PD Kirsty Mason to provide user feedback … Read More »
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brachial Plexus Injury (@mettleplexus) on Sep 8, 2019 at 10:47am PDT Monster feat! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. This remarkable feat is the result of extended and specialized training with … 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 »
Kirsty Mason is one of the latest faces of Parasport and in particular featured in the sport of rowing. It was actually Kirsty’s work with Parasport UK that led her to rowing at Marlow. The organization was doing some photoshoots … Read More »
Amateur athletes tend to be driven by one of three motivations – the thrill of competition, the investment in fitness, or enjoyable recreation. I’ve found that the fitness motivation is more prevalent among adaptive athletes than non-adaptive. The adaptive athlete … Read More »
What’s wrong with this picture? Or in other words, find the deliberate mistake. Give up? The port side pontoon is affixed “backwards”. Don’t worry if you didn’t spot it. I’ve had many an adaptive boat set off with one of … Read More »