Toe steering a race from bow
Steering is hard to get perfect. Learn the key issues as we get ready for racing season. – positioning the foot – roles in the boat – how to steer and how much Timestamps 01:00 Who steers – bow or stroke? Considerations – bow for head races, stroke for a straight, buoyed lane course. 02:15 […]
Get a horizontal drive
Going deep is a common technique issue, as is “corrugating” through the drive where the blade goes deeper and shallower. In this podcast Marlene and Rebecca discuss how to get a horizontal drive in the rowing and sculling stroke. Timestamps Horizontal Drive – what is a horizontal drive? 02:00 Why it matters? Stroke length is […]
12 tips for teaching learn to row
Things you wish you’d been told or learned earlier before teaching learn to row. You’ll never stop learning because this is rowing – it’s normal! Timestamps 03:00 Marlene’s first learn to row class 1982 07:30 Use lifting a box to demonstrate the stroke sequence. 09:00 Port is on the right. Port wine is red, red […]
Different technique for men and women
Should we row differently based on our strength or sex? Marlene and Rebecca discuss lower and upper body strength in relation to rowing technique. Timestamps 03:15 Differences between men and women in general. The standardised testing difference is about 15%. For a standing broad jump – can you jump your height? 05:30 Boat speed differences […]
Coaching the “empowered” athlete
4. — Woaching masters is not the same as youth rowers. Adjust how you coach, how the athlete interacts with you and with the rest of the crew. Guest Duncan Holland explains his framework for the empowered athlete. Timestamps 02:27 Debunking the myth of masters being uncoachable. Duncan says “I find it relatively easy & […]
Coxing Masters men
Join coxswain Kim Degutis, (Riverside Rowing Club, Cambridge, MA USA) as we talk head racing and tips for coxing masters crews. Dive deep as we talk – what’s different about coxing masters – how to get a group who want to row eights – advice to anyone wanting to start coxing masters 01:00 Rowing genealogy […]