Rowing Chat

Lockdown Rowing Week 11

Marlene and Rebecca have recommendations for easing back onto the water, getting into a single scull gracefully and working effectively at rates 24-26. Timestamps to the show 06:00 Recommendations for easing back onto the water. 50 – 30 – 20 – 10. In week 1 do 50% of what you would normally have done before […]

Rowing in Color

Denise Aquino and Patricia Lyne started a podcast Rowing in Color to support equality of opportunity for athletes and to teach good practice. Timestamps 02:43 Introductions and background in rowing 06:00 Why start the rowing in color podcast? 08:00 Issues we are trying to highlight. What are the ground rules for coaches and athletes? 10:00 […]

Lockdown Training Week 10

It’s our FIRST birthday. Marlene and Rebecca started Faster Masters Rowing a year ago. Timestamps to the show 06:00 Frequency of episodes – should we stay weekly or revert to monthly? Let us know in the comments. 07:50 Ideas for substitute camps and regattas. Plan a weekend camp at your club. Friday potluck supper, Saturday […]

Robin Williams – rowing technique

Robin Williams is best known for coaching the British womens pair to Olympic Gold medals in London 2012 and Rio 2016; and 11 years coaching Cambridge University for the Boat Race. A master technical coach, he talks about his new coaching business, technique videos and what it was like coaching Mahe Drysdale. He was previously […]

Lockdown Training Week 9

Rebecca Caroe and Marlene Royle talk single sculling and the difference between balance and stability. Sponsors Please help us by clicking on these links and sharing with your friends Listener survey https://rowing.chat/sponsor/listener-survey/ Blake Gourlay The movement of Rowing book offer discount https://rowing.chat/sponsor/blake-gourlay-book/ William Mahoney shirt maker for athletes and discount coupon https://rowing.chat/sponsor/william-mahoney/ Timestamps to the […]

How not to get injured in rowing

Phil White is the co-author of Waterman 2.0 a book by Kelly Starrett about his journey through watersports, injury and understanding how human performance in repetitive movement sports like rowing can be optimised. Sponsors Please help us by clicking on these links and sharing with your friends Listener survey https://rowing.chat/sponsor/listener-survey/ Blake Gourlay The movement of […]