sculling
Noun
Meaning
of Scull
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An oar is often referred to as a blade in the case of sweep oar rowing and as a scull in the case of sculling.
Another popular style involves sculling water horizontally while using flutter kicks vertically.
In addition, some indoor rowers include a pivoting handle or handles (as opposed to a simple chain) in order to more completely simulate the action of rowing or sculling.
A sculling oar is shorter and has a smaller blade area than the equivalent sweep oar.
He is able to do this because the body action in sculling is more anatomically efficient (due to the symmetry).
The symmetrical forces also make sculling more efficient than rowing: the double scull is faster than the coxless pair, and the quadruple scull is faster than the coxless four.