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ULBRICKSON: Technique
is more important than power. You have to be able to pull
a perfect oar, stroke after stroke. It's called swing. When all eight are rowing
in such perfect unison that no single action is out of sync
with the rest of the boat. Then you aren't fighting
each other. You're moving
with less effort. Each one of your strokes
is worth one and a half
of the other boat's. Most crews never find it. But when they do, rowing is more poetry
than sport. White and Day, switch
is more important than power. You have to be able to pull
a perfect oar, stroke after stroke. It's called swing. When all eight are rowing
in such perfect unison that no single action is out of sync
with the rest of the boat. Then you aren't fighting
each other. You're moving
with less effort. Each one of your strokes
is worth one and a half
of the other boat's. Most crews never find it. But when they do, rowing is more poetry
than sport. White and Day, switch
Full Transcript
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ULBRICKSON: Technique
is more important than power.
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You have to be able to pull
a perfect oar,
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stroke after stroke.
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It's called swing.
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When all eight are rowing
in such perfect unison
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that no single action
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is out of sync
with the rest of the boat.
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Then you aren't fighting
each other.
00:00:21.187 --> 00:00:23.231
You're moving
with less effort.
00:00:23.606 --> 00:00:25.233
Each one of your strokes
is worth
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one and a half
of the other boat's.
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Most crews never find it.
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But when they do,
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rowing is more poetry
than sport.
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White and Day, switch.
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Movie Summary
A 1930s-set story centered on the University of Washington's rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings.
