Adventure Sports: Rowing

Description

Rowing has long been a popular sport, but never more so than now. This is the perfect book for anyone of any age who wishes to take up this enjoyable activity. Rowing has long been a popular sport, but never more so than now. This is the perfect book for anyone of any age who wishes to take up this enjoyable activity.This guide introduces the beginner to the essential techniques, which can be applied on and off the water (with the aid of rowing machines). It explains body coordination and continues with advanced techniques, as well as covering training and coaching for competitive rowing. Paperback

Author description

Keith Maybery comes from a family of rowers whose involvement with the sport goes back to 1934. He has won championships in every boat class in his native South Africa, has represented his country in numerous international competitions and has rowed all over the world, including England, Denmark, the USA, Canada and Egypt. He was world-record holder in the coxed four in 1980 and 1981. Today a leading trainer, he has coached since 1963 at the highest international level. He's been an elected member of the world-famous Leander Club at Henley-on-Thames since 1991.

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9781859749364
• Publisher : newhol
• Imprint : newhol
• Publication date : April 2002
• Dimensions : 265mm X 195mm
• Produced in : United Kingdom
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : 10 illustrations, 173 colour photos
• Pages : 96
• Dewey classification : 797.123
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Keith Maybery