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Drive: The part of the rowing action between the catch and the release when the oar is moving through the water with force.

False start: A start where one or more boats has taken off too early.

Feather: To rotate the blade of an oar while rowing so the blade is parallel to the surface of the water.

Finish: The final part of the drive before the oar is taken out of the water.

Front splash: Spray kicked up as the oar enters the water at the catch and the oarsman begins to apply pressure before the blade is submerged completely.

Full paddle: The top level of exertion an oarsman can produce; also called "full pressure".

Full pressure: The top level of exertion an oarsman can produce; also called "full paddle".

German rig: Two consecutive rowers (usually the fourth and fifth rowers of an eight) working the same side of a shell while the remaining oarsmen alternate left and right.

Heat: A single division of a race, with the top finishers advancing to the finals or semi-finals of a competition.

Hold water: A command by a coxswain for the oarsmen to place their blades horizontally in the water to stop the shell quickly; similar to "check it down", but usually less dramatic.

Inboard: The distance from the end of the handle to the portion of the button touching the oarlock.

Inside hand: The rower's hand nearest the oarlock (left hand for starboards, right hand for ports).

Italian rig: A crew realignment where all but the rowers on each end are rowing in pairs on alternating sides.

Knife in: To put an oar too deep into the water, resulting in a loss of power; also called "dig deep".

Layback: The amount of backward lean of an oarsman's body toward the bow at the end of a stroke.

Lightweight: A weight division in some events for women weighing 59 kilograms or less and men weighing 72.5kg or less.

Oarsman: A rower.