China is a "boat" hometown, but also the home of paddle. In 10000 years ago in the Neolithic Hemudu culture, and canoe there the same time, paddle have emerged, and quickly forming. Paddle was very different to today's Blade: grip relatively short, paddles You Zhaiyou long. Verified by experts because it was one way of rowing are very different than it is today, when the people who single-handedly held his grip in one hand and put the paddles to boating. However, when the paddle has done a very neat, very beautiful, but also with a beautiful carved design. In contrast, the Middle East, Western Europe and the American continent, our ancestors of the paddle, relatively crude in workmanship.
To the Warring States, Qin and Han dynasties, with the rudiments of the Navy, "Danzhou Shi" development, as well as the emperor had to look for elixir of life and many times in the "east to" activities to promote the development of the paddle. Paddle becoming more and more large-scale, grip variable length, paddles reduce thinning is more convenient to use a more powerful and faster sailing speed of the water. During the Jin dynasty after the appearance on the oars has been basically finalized, but the volume and surface area still continued to increase, with the Propeller size is gradually enlarged from the original two paddle a boat, development of "a boat (the boat at this time the volume are already quite large and) oars stacked "this is using up and down two rows of oars. Because the hand-rowing has been very inconvenient, so there have been on board at the time of the profile control of precision machines rowing oars.
Now that we no longer use a large wooden boat, and at the same time, paddle gradually launch of our vision. Now paddle is most popular in a variety of cruise ships, bringing tourists with a classic chic charm; In addition, retained the Olympic Games canoe race. However, with the paddle game is carefully designed timber, the ratio etc, we have seen on the antique paddle boat is very different.

Paddle-frequency (tempo) - rowing technical terms. Refers to the number per unit time of the paddle. The whole tournament was drawn by the propeller divided by the field. From the biomechanical point of view, the frequency and the speed designated by the paddle from the decision. These two variables also subject to technological and equipment and other implications. Therefore, mainly from the planning to improve the speed and the propeller from the increased frequency of both, but the paddle can not indefinitely increase the frequency, not to paddle in order to increase the frequency and reduce the stroke effect. Rowing at the frequency of the propeller blade from 30-40 / min range. Men's eight rowing with the oar at a frequency of the highest, particularly when it set sail paddle-frequency is more prominent, and even as high as 48 paddle / min. The different paddle in training can often reflect the difference in frequency of training intensity.

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