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Sculling in a Nutshell Paperback – February 7, 2013

by Gordon Hamilton (Author)
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  • Paperback: 102 pages
  • Publisher: Gordon Hamilton (February 7, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0615679560
  • ISBN-13: 978-0615679563
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.2 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsHad me rowing faster in weeks
By Jeff on August 5, 2015
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This book had a number of different ways to look at the rowing stroke and ways to increase your boat speed. Although many are contrary to the way we were originally coach, they do work.
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5.0 out of 5 starsI am new to sculling and this book was EXACTLY what I needed!
By Emily Hagen on October 11, 2015
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After indoor rowing on and off for ten years now I was blessed with the opportunity to purchase my first recreational scull this past summer. I thought I would jump on the boat and just row away due to all the time spent on the indoor rower. My first on the water outings were almost comical. I immediately headed to the internet, the library, youtube and reddit to learn as much as I could. I was fortunate to meet a few other scullers locally which is not really a thing in a Colorado mountain town. I have been somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-15 times this summer and plan on getting in quite a few more outings before lake that my wife and I live next to freezes over. I picked up this book about a week ago and just could not put it down. It has been super informative and has changed my sculling level drastically even in the last two times out. The drills that I understand and have tried are great thus far and I look forward to learning and trying out the rest. I have even read and tried many of the techniques suggested while reading my Kindle version on the water on the phone (in a water proof case of course).

If I were to give any feedback, opinion or request regarding the book it would be surrounding more pictures or illustrations with markings and indicators to help you visualize. I found myself having to re-read and think about what was being said to be sure that I was applying the techniques properly. Even then I am not entirely sure and having an on the water partner or coach to walk you through it would be huge. Or video of yourself. The Kindle edition did have links to some external animations that did help somewhere with the understanding. Not the best animations in the world but pretty good.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA truly polemical guide to sculling
By Charles Carroll on April 10, 2013
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What follows are notes I took from a sculling lesson with Gordon Hamilton in 2005. Everything in these notes is there in "Sculling in a Nutshell." But these notes can only give you a glimpse of what's in Gordon's book. The book itself is 50 years of thinking about and coaching sculling distilled into 88 brief pages. While one may not agree with everything Gordon proposes, one cannot easily dismiss anything he says.

15 July 2005

"We'll probably spend all our time on just the Catch," said Gordon.

I took the first strokes.

"I see," shouted Gordon through his megaphone, "that we have a lot of other things to work on too."

I smiled. We could take care of the other things later. For the moment, however, we were working on the Catch, so that is what held my attention.

I believed that I knew what Gordon wanted. He had told me before we left the dock, "Slice the blades into the water." I took this to mean don't drop them in. Guide them in. Guide them in with purpose! Try to have them fully immersed milliseconds before you arrive in the Catch position. That way, as the Recovery evolves into the Catch, three things should happen simultaneously: you should be feeling pressure on the back of the blades, while at the same time springing off the stretcher and rolling on to the rowing pins.

Did I say that I knew what Gordon wanted? I think Gordon is after nothing less than perfect timing.

"... as the oarsman pushes his weight off the stretcher, instantly he must pull it on to the rowing pin. Coupling the drive and draw is about the most difficult art of timing in rowing." "Steve Fairbairn on Rowing," p. 440

Coupling the drive and draw is hard and requires time to learn. But it can be learned. It is not all that hard.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA unique addition to the theory and practice of sculling
By Daniel Chernoff on April 9, 2013
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This book represents the distillation of a lifetime of observation of what makes boats go fast, beyond the obvious factors of power and endurance. Gordon has a different approach to sculling than most coaches I have worked with, including a lot more emphasis on what is happening when the blades are out of the water, and a complete rethink of how to keep the boat set. As students at the Florida Rowing Center will attest, Gordon strongly recommends a change in the terms we use to describe the rowing cycle, and with good reason: for example, "catch" and "finish" are liable to create an incorrect mental image leading to bad habits at both ends, while "entry" and "release" are more conducive to the movements that are desired. It may sound somewhat mystical at first, but in my opinion adopting the change in terminology does lead to significantly faster progress in the Hamilton method. I have found that many of the other "mental images" described in the book are extremely useful in breaking known bad habits. There are excellent discussions of technique drills, and short but helpful chapters on the mental approach to racing and on ergometer training. A superb addition to the literature on rowing technique.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars
By PenNameWilliam on May 19, 2015
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Rowing for smart people.....You will learn to get out of your own way
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5.0 out of 5 starsJust in time for rowing season!
By Mary Wynne-Wynter on April 11, 2013
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Scullers of all levels find Gordon Hamilton's book among the definitive manuals on technique and style. His coaching is the perfect combination of practical and creative, continually offering new perspectives and techniques to correct persistent problems, thus taking your stroke to a whole new level. And btw - not a single chapter would be wasted on a die-hard sweep rower.

Masters rowers will further benefit because Coach Hamilton's technique never trades off proper posture and load balancing for speed and power. For me, that translated to less injury as well as a rock-solid core connection that improved my overall physical conditioning, both on and off the water.

This is not a book you'll read once. You'll find yourself referring to it over and over. So I highly recommend "Sculling in a Nutshell". Its the next best thing to having Gordon Hamilton coaching you, in person, from his launch!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsGood for relative beginners

I like the style and find the advice useful and relatively easy to implement. I'm a fairly new sculler (4 years) and believe that the book has helped improve my rowing. Read more

Published 7 months ago by W. Goodman
5.0 out of 5 stars"Out of the Box" thinking about Sculling Technique

A very interesting book which looks "outside the box" at sculling technique. I have been using some of the ideas in my own sculling and with the crews I coach and they have... Read more

Published 8 months ago by Ian
5.0 out of 5 starsPurchase. Read carefully, visualize and practice. Reread ...

Purchase. Read carefully, visualize and practice. Reread at least every year. Every sentence has a meaning. Read more

Published 12 months ago by Earl K
5.0 out of 5 starsGordon Hamilton's lucid explanations very effectively convey concepts...

If you only get one book on sculling, make this the one. Gordon Hamilton's lucid explanations very effectively convey concepts that are not necessarily easy to grasp, but are... Read more

Published 14 months ago by Arthur Train
4.0 out of 5 starsvery useful

I am new to sculling and this has some grat tips. Time will tell if I can adopt them successfuly.

Published 15 months ago by Chris Raymond
5.0 out of 5 starsone with the boat

Rowing for seven years with coaching from more than a half dozen coaches, I did not expect to be surprised. Read more

Published 15 months ago by Laurie Munson
5.0 out of 5 starsTHE ROWING BIBLE

I bought two, one for my bedside table and one alongside my erg. Buy the e-book - it's got clever and precise visual animations for every level of rower. Read more

Published 17 months ago by fairdealia
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

Good for beginning to intermediate scullers; needs a bit more depth on some topics.

Published 17 months ago by Anne L. Hird
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent

Excellent sculling book. Full of concise how-to's and accessible rationales..

Published 17 months ago by John T Stacey
5.0 out of 5 starsA real gem

Practical advice from an expert who knows the subject so well, he makes even difficult concepts easy to understand. I will go back to this book numerous times in the future. Read more

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