The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between biomechanical performance indicators and rowing performance in novice students. Based on a review of the literature, it was found that the relationship between biomechanical performance indicators with boat speed and crew performance has not been sufficiently investigated. The sample consisted of 72 third-year students of the Faculty of Kinesiology, 27.78% of students (N = 20) and 72.22% of female students (N = 52) who they had the task of crossing the 500-meter section of the school quartet as fast as possible into pairs with the coxswain. All respondents have the same level of knowledge of rowing technique since they are beginners in rowing. The obtained results showed that a greater number of strokes during the 500 meter race in adult beginners is not positively related to the total rowing time, which is interesting considering that nowadays top rowers want to achieve as many strokes per minute as possible because it should be positive related to speed and time taken. In terms of speed and acceleration results, we got the expected results because faster crews had higher mean values of speed and acceleration, but it is interesting that the fastest crews did not necessarily have the maximum speed and acceleration, but less major errors that would significantly impair the speed of the boat. For the results that tell us about the time required to perform one stroke cycle, we can say that less successful crews had large maximum values of this variable, which leads to the conclusion that they had bigger mistakes and practically stopped the boat with every bigger mistake. For the paddle impulse variable, we can say that it is in a very large correlation with the total set time of the crew, i.e. that crews with higher values achieved better results. Note that the acceleration is highly correlated, and the speed is almost perfectly correlated with the total time set, i.e. the performance of the crew on the section of 500 meters. Research has shown that we cannot expect the same correlation between biomechanical performance indicators and rowing performance in beginner students as we expect the same in top rowers. For novice rowers, crew performance is largely determined by the number and magnitude of technical errors.