Penny Chuter

Penny Chuter was the leader responsible for standardising the selection of athletes and formalising the coach education methods used today by British Rowing.  She also worked for FISA (World Rowing) as a coach on the development programme.  Her insights into what makes athletes skilful, boats move fast and how to get the best out of […]

Rebecca Caroe

We decided to turn the tables for August and to interview Rebecca Caroe who hosts RowingChat. Joe de Leo, expert podcaster from the Leo Training Podcast agreed to be the guest host. Listen to RowingChat with Rebecca Caroe on SoundCloud Timestamps to the interview 01:00 Introduction and background in rowing 08:00 My introduction to Thames Tradesmens […]

Masters Rowing transitioning out of winter

Marlene Royle is a welcome return guest on RowingChat today with a talk focused on how to transition out of winter training and back onto the water for the summer. Timestamps for Marlene Royle RowingChat 01:00 Introductions and personal background in rowing 05:00 Transitioning off the erg.  Ergometer training is a linear world. Water rowing is […]

Drew Ginn

Drew Ginn, Olympic rowing champion and now the National Head Coach of the National Rowing Centre of Excellence in Australia, comes to us for RowingChat. Drew has unparalleled expertise in the sport (especially from an athlete’s perspective). He took home gold at Olympics of 1996, 2004 and 2008 and silver in 2012. For the Rowing […]

Kirsten Barnes

What does it take to become a robust athlete? Kirsten Barnes describes the components of mental toughness for sport and life.  Listen to her interview on RowingChat in which she amplifies on each of these slides. RowingChat with Kirsten Barnes – Kirsten’s slides from rowperfect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSQyV8tM6lU&t=858s