sculling or sweeping?

There are two kinds of rowing: sculling and sweeping.

Scullers use two oars, one in each hand. Sculling boats are configured as single, double, and quad, that are rowed by one, two, or four people.

Rowing where each person has one oar (held by both hands) is called sweeping. Sweep boats are set up as pair, four, or eight, that are rowed by two, four, or eight people. Fours (most of the time) and eights (always) carry an extra person called the coxswain (or cox, for short). The cox is responsible for executing race strategy, steering the boat, encouaging the crew, and insulting the other boats in a race.

Both sculling and sweep rowing are Olympic sports. Essentially all Collegiate rowing is sweep rowing where larger crews can be assembled and trained. Sculling is more common in adult rowing because rowers can train and race individually, but they can also easily team up with another one or three rowers to row as a team. Twin Cities Youth Rowing is a sweep rowing program with a focus on teamwork and technique and preparation for college rowing.

Twin Cities Youth Rowing
A program for high school rowers
Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minnesota
http://www.tcyrc.org/

Equipment

TCYR is excited to have acquired some great boats for this summer. We have four 8-person boats and three 4-person boats.

Twin Cities Youth Rowing
A program for high school rowers.
Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnestoa
http://www.tcyrc.org/
612-474-4515

Twin Cities Youth Rowing

Twin Cities Youth Rowing is a club dedicated to high school rowers in the greater Minneapolis St. Paul metro area. We have rowers from more than ten area high schools.

We teach teenagers how to row in the beginning of the summer. They join the Novice team and compete in races in the U.S. and Canada.

Our program is open to boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 19. Experienced college rowers may join the team as Mentors. Our Mentors help the coaches and teach learn-to-row.

We are based at Bryant Lake Regional Park in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a few miles southwest of Minneapolis. Bryant Lake is inside I494 in the area bordered by Highway 169, Highway 62, and I494.

If you are interested in learnign to row, please come to one of the rower/parent meetings to be held on May 18th and June 1st. For more information, visit our website http://www.tcyrc.org/ or call 952-470-8614 and ask for John or Carri.

Twin Cities Youth Rowing
A program for high school rowers.
Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnestoa
www.tcyrc.org
612-424-4515