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Technical Analysis and Development of Single Bamboo Floating from the Perspective of Education and Psychology
Surprisingly, solo bamboo drifting, which originated from indigenous boating in southwestern China, has evolved into a new and captivating sport. This research focuses on the competitive aspect of solo bamboo drifting, examining the oar-rowing strategies and techniques through which top athletes achieve success. The study aims to provide evidence-based training advice for participants by analysing the performance of five athletes selected based on their results in a 60-meter straight track event. Research methods include literature review, observation, video analysis, and statistical mathematics. The Dartfish sports technique video analysis system is employed to scrutinize precise movements and compare them to evaluate pole-rowing techniques. Findings indicate that athletes' positioning on the bamboo, the angle of pole entry into the water, rowing power and speed management, and bamboo direction control are crucial technical aspects affecting competitive outcomes. Correct posture and efficient pole-rowing techniques minimize water drag and enhance bamboo velocity. Effective force management ensures bamboo stability and rowing efficiency. Yawing phenomena during competition disrupt rowing rhythm and stability, hindering performance. The study conducts a comparative analysis of the pole-rowing tactics of three athletes, identifying differences in movement intricacies and effectiveness throughout the rowing cycle. The findings provide a scientific foundation for future training, offering specific recommendations such as using advanced technology for technical monitoring, enhancing physical training for better rowing efficiency, and practicing direction control under various conditions. These guidelines aim to help athletes optimize their techniques and improve competition performance. This research not only provides theoretical support for technical training in solo bamboo drifting but also offers practical instructions for the sport's scientific advancement and broader adoption.
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BOTAFOGO, CAJU, PAQUETÁ: A BAÍA DE GUANABARA EM FESTA - O REMO E A PRODUÇÃO DO ESPAÇO (1866-1895)
This study aims to discuss the role played by nautical societies in the design of a new Baía de Guanabara occupation profile, also conceived as a place of entertainment. The time frame considers the foundation of the first association that had greater vitality and longevity (Clube de Regatas, 1866) and the initial moment of stabilization of the fluminense rowing (1895). Two types of sources were used: documents available in public archives and, mostly, magazines and newspapers published in Rio de Janeiro in the period. O dirigente percebeu que o esporte náutico era adequado para celebrar as mudanças que protagonizava, materialmente perceptíveis nas reformas urbanas que promoveu no Rio de Janeiro nos anos iniciais do século XX (em conjunto com as realizadas pelo governo federal, tendo como presidente Rodrigues Alves) (MELO, 2001).
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Dare to do : taking on the planet by bike and boat
On 1 April 2011, rower and adventurer Sarah Outen set off in her kayak from Tower Bridge for France. Her aim was simple: to circle the globe entirely under her own steam - cycling, kayaking and rowing across Europe, Asia, the Pacific, the Americas, the Atlantic and eventually home. A year later, Sarah was plucked from the Pacific ocean amid tropical storm Mawar, her boat broken, her spirit even more so. But that wasn't the end. Despite ill health and depression, giving up was not an option. So Sarah set off once more to finish what she had started, becoming the first woman to row solo from Japan to Alaska, as well as the first woman to row the Pacific from West to East. She kayaked the treacherous Aleutian chain and cycled the Americas, before setting sail on the Atlantic, despite the risk of another row-ending storm ... Dare to Do is more than an adventure story. It is a story of the kindness of strangers and the spirit of travel; a story of the raw power of nature, of finding love in unexpected places, and of discovering your inner strength. It is about trying and failing, and trying again, and about how, even when all seems lost, you can find yourself.
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PROFESOR STANISŁAW KOMORNICKI (1949-2016): WSPOMNIENIE
The aim of this article is to present the figure of Prof. Dr. hab. Stanisław Komornicki (1949-2016), who worked at the University of Science and Technology in Kraków and the University of Applied Sciences in Tarnów. The professor was born, raised, and educated in Krakow (in the years 1967-1968 and 1971-1972, he graduated from full-time master's studies in physical chemistry at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University). He started his scientific work and career in Kraków (first at the Environmental Laboratory of Physicochemical and Structural Research of the Jagiellonian University, then at the University of Science and Technology in Kraków). He attended many symposia and conferences as part of his studies, but also participated in competitive sports, and later served as a judge of rowing. He was associated with the city of Tarnów as an academic teacher, vice-rector, and then rector at the University ofApplied Sciences in Tarnów, which was established in the late-1990s. S. Komornicki also participated in the works of the oldest sports federation in the world, Federation Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron - FISA (International Federation of Rowing Societies), as a member of the Arbitration Commission. He was on the jury of the World Rowing Championships in 1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, the 2000 World Rowing World Championships, the Olympic Games in Athens (2004), Beijing (2008) and in London (2012).
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Stride : a History of Competitive Women's Rowing in Britain, 1945-2000
Since the turn of the century, the British women’s rowing team has enjoyed unprecedented success and profile. Yet such success belies a more chequered history of female participation in rowing in this country. This is the first academic study to consider the trajectory of competitive women’s rowing in Britain. It focuses on the period from 1945 to 2000, with particular interest in international competition and the domestic structures underpinning athletes’ engagement with it. It addresses the ways in which historic barriers to female participation in sport, and the wider social subjugation of female needs and ambitions to male ones, continued to manifest in women’s rowing throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Using a mixed methodology, juxtaposing archival sources with oral histories, it foregrounds the lived experience of a cohort of women who competed for Great Britain over this period. It makes no claim to a comprehensive account; rather, it advocates for the value of the individual, and necessarily partial, insight that characterises oral history. This thesis contributes to the growing literature pertaining to women’s sport in two important ways: firstly, as a close analysis of women’s rowing in Britain, and secondly, as a case study of the intersection of gender and sport in social history. It identifies increasing – yet, uneven – individual and collective excellence, ambition and achievement in international rowing, and argues that the alignment of personal and institutional understandings of sport was a driver of fulfilment and of success. It suggests that increased centralisation and funding, notably from the introduction of the National Lottery, created new and different costs to the individual, as well as opportunities.
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