Rowing Chat

Matt Zatorski of Seattle Scullers

Innovation in club sculling from Matt Zatorski who coaches in USA at Seattle Scullers. Matt has a particular interest in athlete-centered coaching. Timestamps 01:30 Matt’s background in rowing 04:00 Seattle Scullers – a process oriented, athlete centered and research based rowing club. We help build a pathway for each athlete. The quality of your habits […]

Michael Morgan

Michael rowed in the Olympic 1868 Australian VIII (silver medal) as well as the 72 crew. He then coached the 1976 crew. He also has had a long and successful career as a schoolboy coach in NSW Australia. Timestamps 01:30 Background in rowing 1963 St Ignatius’ centenary rowing 3.30 Olympic crews – how I got […]

Lauren Hadaway – The Novice movie

Meet the director of the recently released movie “The Novice” about an obsessive rower and her college team. Lauren rowed for 4 years while at university in Texas. Stars Isabelle Fuhrman and Amy Forsyth with Kate Drummond as the head coach, Charlotte Ubben as the coxswain and Jonathan Cherry as the novice coach. Timestamps 01:50 […]

Row for the Cure

Katie Rodgers is a passionate rower and supporter of Row for the Cure – a breast cancer charity. https://rowforthecure.org/ Timestamps to the show 01:00 Your background in rowing 02:00 How Row for the Cure got started – the teams are all in pink Cathy Frederick founded it as she wanted to fund raise for the […]

Angela J Schneider – Drugs in Sport

Dr Schneider is both an ethics specialist, she is also expert on the state of drug testing in sport and works with WADA. Timestamps 01:15 Background in rowing – from recruitment at university to the 1984 Olympics and retirement in 1985 before the 2010 comeback as a master and learning to scull with Volker Nolte. […]

Bont Rowing

Istvan Nemeth talks sport shoes and why rowing has been slow to join the party. Get at 15% discount on Bont Head across to this link: https://shop.bontrowing.com/account/register?fastermaster (this link will redirect to AUD, USD or Euro depending on location) – Create an account. – Check email and verify account. – Browse the range, select products […]

John Wojtkiewicz

John Wojtkiewicz is challenging the structure of the sport of rowing – how are we constrained? What could we do better? Top challenges for clubs 1. new members 2. Digital advertising and awareness 3. Equipment rotation schedules 4. Strategic vision – 10 to 30 year future map Timestamps 01:00 John wrote a provocative article on […]

David Hickey

David is the author of the Trinity College VIII: Rowing for the Ladies Plate. A history of his student rowing career. Timestamps 1:50 Background in rowing 4:50 write a book as a lockdown project. I decided to learn Spanish and write a book. David Sanfey had 300 photos from our university rowing club. 09:30 I […]

Tristan Mayglothling

The head coach for Dulwich College talks about coaching, science and success. Timestamps: 01:00 Background in rowing – my experience was you could either have fun or win, not both. 03:45 The Australian national champs were amazing. It includes the national team, juniors and clubs all together. 07:00 Joining a club part way through the […]

Tony O’Connor

Coach of the New Zealand Olympic gold medal winning eight – Tony talks to us about his journey as a coach. Timestamps 01:00 My journey as a coach – Trinity College Dublin women and novices squads. I became a better rower because of having coached. 03:30 Coaches speak a lot of rubbish. I learned quickly […]