Beautiful views, scholarship options and increased strength and endurance are all available for someone who rows.

Rowing is a sport that has grown progressively more popular in recent years. Many spectators and coaches believe that it is because there are many scholarship opportunities for rowers of both gender. According to Ryan Leckey, in an article titled “Making Waves: Rowing Gains Popularity,” “One out of every two women who row get special admission attention in the college process; one out of every six men also get attention.”

Another cause of this growing popularity is that many schools that never had rowing programs before are now getting them. In addition, new rowing clubs have sprung up in cities with access to an appropriate body of water, which is bringing more awareness and availability to the sport.

Rowing may either be done in the water or on an indoor ergometer, which is an indoor rower machine.

The seats in the boat are numbered according to position, from the bow, the front of the boat, to the stern, the back of the boat. In an eight-seat boat, there are eight rowers and a coxswain, seated at the stern to steer, who gives commands to the crew and passes on the coach’s directions to them.

In the fall, most schools focus on technique and proficiency, as well as on improving the team’s strength. Rowing tests both mental and physical capabilities as one must have a lot of endurance. Rowing uses both energy systems, such as aerobic and anaerobic, and muscular systems. Practices are generally longer in length with only occasional shorter practices in between.

Winter is a time of intense practice to prepare the athletes for the spring racing season. Practices primarily consist of long intervals, but become shorter and more intense as the race season approaches. Spring is the primary season for rowing, and the majority of the schedule is composed of dual races.

When it comes to scoring, whichever varsity one boat has the best time will win first place. Then there are other categories for junior varsity, varsity two and novice boats, which are beginner boats.