Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series
A brand new rowing competition just being launched. Be the first to hear about it from Alix James, President and CEO of Nielsen Kellerman. Timestamps 1:00 Background in sport – NK founded by Alix’s stepfather. 03:30 NK was the first company to do rowing electronics as a business. Friends with Ted Nash whose crew used […]
Robin Dowell – Jeannine Gmelin’s Coach
Robin Dowell is mainly known as the coach of Swiss World Gold medal winning sculler, Jeannine Gmelin. He talks his journey as a coach from being a nearly-national team athlete from the British World Class Start programme through school, junior and international team coaching. Timestamps 02:00 My personal journey as a swimmer into rowing as […]
Kristin Hedstrom
Kristin is a lightweight rower who discusses with Rebecca how to be successful at rowing lightweight and improving your 2k. Timestamps 02:00 Background in rowing and professional personal training and fitness training for women and weight loss. 05:00 Pacing your 2k correctly. Knowing what not to do is important. Physiology – lactic acid flood hurts […]
Saul Garcia
Saul Garcia is a former Mexican team international lightweight athlete. Having studied in Canada and trained in the national development squad there, he has a unique insight into the differences between both systems. 03:00 Background in rowing – I chose University of Victoria in Canada for my rowing career. Howard Campbell was my training partner. […]
Martin McElroy
Martin has coached in UK, Ireland and Canada, a specialist in mens sweep he won Olympic Gold in Sydney 2000. We talk leadership, governance and good coaching. Timestamps to the show 03:00 Background in rowing 05:30 from Imperial College in 1995 where Bill Mason was coaching GB womens 8 09:30 How does junior rowing need […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rebel Row Coastal Rowing Boats
Ben Booth is the founder of Rebel Row – he started rowing on the ocean as a child – with a small diversion into flat water rowing, he is now back doing what he enjoys most. He is designing and building a FISA approved coastal rowing single scull. At the end of these show notes […]
Rowing for Charities during Covid 19
Martin Cross talks about the 2.6 challenge. For UK Charities https://twopointsixchallenge.justgiving.com/ For NZ and Australians the Anzac Day Challenge (25/04) to row 2504 meters https://www.rowingnz.kiwi/Story?Action=View&Story_id=717 Please get involved, share this on your social media And tell one friend…. to tell one friend…. and then get them doing SOMETHING with you. Either donate or do a […]