Authors developed a prototype ergometer-type training system with a function that visually displays the differences in rowing motion between the user and an expert in real time for each body part, so that beginner rowers can efficiently acquire correct rowing form. Six subjects with no prior rowing experience were divided into two groups of three. The group that trained using the prototype system and the group that received traditional training (video instruction training) imitating the movements of experts were evaluated for their acquired rowing form. The results showed that the former group had a smaller difference from the experts, and that the form was also more beautiful in the eyes of the experts. These results suggest that training using an ergometer-type training system that visually displays the differences in movement between the user and an expert in real time for each body part may be more effective in acquiring correct rowing form than traditional training that involves watching and imitating the movements of experts.
KURIU et al. (Wed,) studied this question.