Mark your space
Mark it once. Every card in rowing starts from this space and adds what it needs.
The space
At home a clear floor for the stroke mime and a stool or a low bench; at a club a boathouse, a boat, a dock and a safety boat.
Where it fits: indoor room (land mime), supervised pool (swimming), club water.
Kit
A life jacket on the water; a broom handle for the grip mime; sports clothes.
Safety
The child must swim; a life jacket policy; learn to carry and rack a boat and do a basic safety inspection with a coach; never alone on the water.
Check the boat before and after each outing (heel restraints that release hands-free, a protected bow) and report damage; carry boats with correct lifting and plenty of hands; learn to right a swamped or overturned boat with a coach; know the local traffic, currents and underwater hazards; no unstructured rowing.
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