Rowing . wrists, andthey should be treated in the first part of the stroke as mereconnecting-rods between the body and the oar (See Figure4). If they are crooked, immediately the weight and strengthare thrown on the handle of the oar, and thus the firstpart of the stroke is lost. The inside wrist, however, must besomewhat raised and the outside one bent slightly round inorder that the knuckles may be parallel to the oar, as the oarmust be firmly grasped with both hands, otherwise the beginningof the stroke will be weak. But it must be kept nearly flat,though pressed down the least bit in the w
Rowing . wrists, andthey should be treated in the first part of the stroke as mereconnecting-rods between the body and the oar (See Figure4). If they are crooked, immediately the weight and strengthare thrown on the handle of the oar, and thus the firstpart of the stroke is lost. The inside wrist, however, must besomewhat raised and the outside one bent slightly round inorder that the knuckles may be parallel to the oar, as the oarmust be firmly grasped with both hands, otherwise the beginningof the stroke will be weak. But it must be kept nearly flat,though pressed down the least bit in the world ; in other wordsit must show only the natural hollow. The hands should holdthe oar firmly, not with the tips as usual, but with the whole ofthe fingers well round the oar, and each separate finger—notmerely the first two—must feel the oar distinctly. The knucklesof the thumb must not be more than one and one-half or twoinches apart at most, for if kept too far off one another, the in- 10 Fig. 3. SHOULDERS BRACED (WRONG).
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