Re: the constantly moving seat

"Nick Suess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> G'day Playmates
>
> Some of my network of spies out there in the big grown up world have told
me
> that the modern technique now being fostered by international coaches is
> that of "the constantly moving seat". Now I fully understand the debate we
> had recently about the seat moving constantly at the catch, meaning that
> there is a finite period of time around the catch during which the seat
has
> constant acceleration towards the bow, so that its sternward velocity
> decreases and turn bowwards with only an infinitesimal moment in between
> during which that velocity attains zero.
>
> But I'm being told this should happen at the finish as well. And that the
> extraction should happen seat prior to the infinitesimal instant of seat
> reversal, with the hands punched fast away past the knees before they
begin
> to rise.
>
> My simple question is, IS THIS BOLLOCKS?
>
> I wonder what The Great Man thinks?
>
>

It is impossible to keep the seat in constant motion while using any
layback. If you use layback, you must get your hands past your knees on the
recovery before they start to rise otherwise you hit them. To make this
possible your seat must remain at the finish while you get your hands away
and start to rock out of the finish. In theory you could probably keep the
seat moving constantly if you used no layback, but i think most people agree
layback to some extent, is better than no layback.

Robin