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Topher Bordeau has a track record as both a coach and an athlete recruiter for Dartmouth College in USA. His "coaching philosophy" insights into failure and how to improve your coaching are leading edge. Sponsors “Science of Rowing” is a new monthly publication by “Strength Coach Roundtable” podcast hosts Will Ruth, Blake Gourley, and Joe DeLeo. Visit ScienceofRowing.com/RowingChat for details, a free Sample Issue, and a special discount offer. https://rowing.chat/sponsor/science-of-rowing/ Castelldefels Stage Esport is a specialist tour operator who books sports camps for rowers. They specialise in the Spanish region Catalunya which is near Barcelona. Get in touch and ask for Jordi – he speaks perfect English, and don’t forget to mention RowingChat when you book. https://rowing.chat/sponsor/castelldefels-stage-esport/ Faster Masters Magazine is designed for masters rowers. If you want to become a student of the sport of rowing, learning more will give you confidence in your own rowing practice. https://ro

Marlene and Rebecca discuss - when to breathe in the rowing stroke - finding like-minded people to socialize with - rowing with macon blades - World Masters virtual Regatta Sponsor Faster Masters Magazine membership is $15 and gives you a monthly Technique video (Rhythm and Run), Performance article (breathing when rowing), Rowing Lifestyle advice (Sleep checklist) and a bonus (Interview with KaBoomer author on athlete aging). From coaches who both row and coach masters - we understand what masters need from rowing. https://fastermastersrowing.com/courses/magazine/ Timestamps 05:00 Would you race for fun? What is the appeal of racing and rowing? 11:30 The Goddess Coach 18:00 Socializing at the rowing club. We started the club and agree that NOT chatting in the boat is important. But when you are training at Category VI you should be able to talk while rowing. 22:00 Does it matter if training groups don't overlap and meet at the club. Every Tuesday night we have picnic dinners on the grass. 25:00 Macon

Rebecca and Marlene discuss conscious incompetence in the learning process, Sponsors Nuts and Bolts Guide to Rigging https://rowing.chat/sponsor/nuts-and-bolts-guide-to-rigging/ NK Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ Timestamps 04:00 Conscious Incompetence in the boat. 4 development stages of learning as an adult - from unconscious incompetence through Conscious Incompetence and conscious competence to unconscious competence which is the goal. 09:30 It happens in your cerebellum - how you lean and the smooth co-ordinated movements of rowing depend on your brain to create new movement patterns. 15:00 Salt water versus fresh water 500m splits 17:50 Erg times compared to water times. Concept 2 times equate to a heavyweight mens 4-. RP3 and Rowperfect software equates these to water times. Generally it's hard to do so track them as two separate parallel times. Marlene calculated WL1x water and erg times - she found a 15% difference with ergs faster.

Bert Cocu has coached internationally for both the Netherlands and Australia. He started the Olympic 8 project for the womens 8 in the Beijing Olympiad which won a silver medal. Sponsors Nuts and Bolts Guide to Rigging https://rowing.chat/sponsor/nuts-and-bolts-guide-to-rigging/ NK Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ 03:00 Bert Cocu - background in rowing. From the Netherlands to Melbourne University Boat Club and now back at E.S.R. Thêta (Eindhovense Studenten Roeivereniging Thêta) 07:00 Differences between Australia and The Netherlands rowing. How to introduce yourself to a new club as a coach 09:30 I know I made the girls cry. But at the end they liked it! 12:00 Bill Tait head of Rowing at Victoria Institute of Sport asked me to do the LW4x for the Interstate races. 16:00 National Style - in Australia there was more pitch / angle measurement. There is a lot of money available in Australia compared to the Netherlands. Sport institutes are very i

George Washington University Men's Rowing is cut, but they're not going down without a fight. Paddy George, John Knies, and Head Coach Eric Gehrke are leading the charge to try to protect more than their own program, as teams around the country are being cut during Covid. Paddy George has come up with an initiative that could change men's rowing as we know it: to Merge the IRA and NCAA.

Marlene and Rebecca tackle the topic of rhythm in rowing. - What is rhythm? How to get it, how to lose it and get it back. Sponsors Nuts and Bolts Guide to Rigging https://rowing.chat/sponsor/nuts-and-bolts-guide-to-rigging/ NK Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ Timestamps 04:00 Jonathan Tyson's wife asks we were reviewing stroke and talking about left hand over/ahead of right to allow for the oar handles to pass over one another. She asked why don’t we design / rig so that the oar handles are separated, meaning both hands could stay at the same level during recovery and drive? 10:00 For the 1k racing 12 week programme sold on Faster Masters Rowing, how are the sessions described - is there a 500m split time and stroke rate target, with the split times set based on your ultimate target speed?--Australian listener. 12:45 James Dundon from 612endurance sculling club in Minneapolis, MN reported coordinating a small boats race at a variety of lake

Marlene and Rebecca discuss - synchronising male / female masters crews - solving a leftwards lean in a scull - Buying a boat - FISA Masters Regatta - Masters Nutrition Webinar from Rowing New Zealand Sponsors Nuts and Bolts Guide to Rigging https://rowing.chat/sponsor/nuts-and-bolts-guide-to-rigging/ NK Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ Timestamps to the show 04:15 Synchronising male and female mixed crews - look if your oars are parallel; check catch and finish timings - clues you are not together. Easy things to adjust - foot stretchers, Hips level with the pin, practice timing drills to blend your strokes together. 12:50 Buying a boat - Have you got storage space? The type of boat should suit your water and racing choices. Different pricing levels. The right size for your body weight. Comfort is key. Test drive as many as you can. 19:00 Buying second hand rowing boats - how to get a 'deal'. 27:00 Solving a leftwards lean in a single scull. C

Dan is a former US international athlete, coach and was first famous for being part of the "Oxford Mutiny" of 1987. He now builds high performing teams based on the principles he learned from rowing. Sponsors MaxRigging.com for all your rowing rigging needs https://rowing.chat/sponsor/nuts-and-bolts-guide-to-rigging/ NK Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ Timestamps to the show 02:15 Background in rowing at Navy and 1988 Olympic team for USA 05:00 When is a rower "ready" to move the the next stage? Cultivate a belief system in yourself and a vision that you are capable of taking those steps. 07:00 Trialing with Harry Parker at Princeton for the 1980 Olympics When you have the opportunity to bring someone to a higher level, you have to take it. 11:00 Seat Racing - when you switch in this is YOUR crew. What is the rhythm? Announce yourself and ask what are you emphasising? Lock your gaze onto the back of the neck of the person in front. It's all about

Marlene and Rebecca discuss - synchronising male / female masters crews - solving a leftwards lean in a scull - Buying a boat - FISA Masters Regatta - Masters Nutrition Webinar from Rowing New Zealand Sponsors Nuts and Bolts Guide to Rigging https://rowing.chat/sponsor/nuts-and-bolts-guide-to-rigging/ NK Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ Timestamps to the show 04:15 Synchronising male and female mixed crews - look if your oars are parallel; check catch and finish timings - clues you are not together. Easy things to adjust - foot stretchers, Hips level with the pin, practice timing drills to blend your strokes together. 12:50 Buying a boat - Have you got storage space? The type of boat should suit your water and racing choices. Different pricing levels. The right size for your body weight. Comfort is key. Test drive as many as you can. 19:00 Buying second hand rowing boats - how to get a 'deal'. 27:00 Solving a leftwards lean in a single scull. C

In this episode, you will meet the inspiring principals in the documentary "A Most Beautiful Thing" - Arshay Cooper, Alvin Ross, Preston Grandberry, Malcolm Hawkins, and Ray “Pookie G” Hawkins, and their first coach, Ken Alpart. The newly released film, directed by Olympic rower Mary Mazzio (50 Eggs Films), is drawing deep praise across the country. Boston rower Mona Granucci (#communityrowing) hosts this episode, produced by PiercePress.com The documentary explores the safety and brotherhood these young men found on the water (“we were in a place where we could not hear the sound of sirens”), as well as the trauma of violence and cyclical poverty that they endured first-hand. The documentary explores how these young men were able to support each other in re-imagining a different future for themselves, and how rowing and the water drew them to that opportunity. These young men came together, after 20 years out of the boat, to race this past summer, not only to celebrate the team’s founding, but the fact tha

Rebecca reviews the feedback from listeners about Rowing Chat Podcasts. - Most subscribe (70%) - Most listen to all the episode - Top 4 satisfaction factors are Content, Overall Quality, Host(s) and Audio Quality - Likes include great information, knowledgeable hosts, tips, skills, club news, taking masters seriously, and coaches sharing their experience. - Dislikes focus around audio quality, fast-talking hosts, filtering the different shows, show length, show frequency, and the headline interviewee compared to the actual detail in the show. We have taken all your insights on board and are working to improve the good things and mitigate the bad.

Questions and topics this week for Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe asked by Masters Rowers just like you. Sponsors Nuts and Bolts Guide to Rigging https://rowing.chat/sponsor/nuts-and-bolts-guide-to-rigging/ Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ Timestamps to the show 05:00 Bonus this month is a video assessment for Faster Masters subscribers. Get eyes on your rowing if you don't have regular coaching 07:00 Improving movement and technique as you age - Marlene presents at Craftsbury webinar https://www.craftsbury.com/camp-schedule-1/sculling-webinar-series-6-2020 10:00 I already have your 3 month 1k training program. I am considering the heads program but unsure how having these two programs may be different from an individual membership. Stock programs for Head Racing and 1k Racing are standardized. You need qualified guidance and a steady progression and Faster Masters Individual subscription is much more specific. 14:00 Recommended stretches for so

Tara is the leading world expert on para rowing coach education and inclusion for rowing clubs. Together we talk future plans, a conference and rowing coach certification. Sponsor NK is running the Speedcoach Summer Regatta series - virtual events everyone can take part in https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ Timestamps 02:50 Introduction and background in rowing. Known for founding Seize the Oar Foundation 04:00 Adaptive Team Training - outreach 05:30 Para Rowing Global Meetups during lockdown. Challenges with athletes to coach due to proximity issues. Return to rowing guidelines varied by country. We looked to Australia to their guidelines - Liam James at Balmain RC. 08:00 Essential Eligibility Criteria - EEC 10:00 70 people came to the first meetup from around the globe. Breakout sessions were working meetings. All resources and findings are on the website http://www.seizetheoar.com/ 14:30 Inclusive Coaching Conference - September 18-19. A Virtual event. The toolkit nee

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe discuss - making an emergency stop in a rowing boat - how to do a standing entry into a boat from the dock - rowing with sweaty hands in warm weather Sponsor Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ Timestamps to the show 02:20 Staying on your program during weird times. If you abandon your rowing training program the spiral down happens quickly. Keep your long term goals, and view rowing as a process. 07:00 Dealing with goose poo on your dock or pontoon - how to repel swans and ducks 10:50 Emergency stops - how to do them and how to avoid having to make them 14:30 Look around to avoid having to stop. Call out to other water users as a precaution. 18:00 Traffic patterns and circulation rules for your local water for public access. 23:00 Rowing with sweaty hands in hot weather 27:00 How to do a standing entry into a boat from the dock 34:00 Last week's exercise - feedback

Buying a single or double sculling boat may not be a dating game, but these days it can be just as stress-inducing - or thrilling, depending on your perspective! Our correspondent Mark Wilson of All-American Rowing Camp reveals some inside tricks and essential strategies for finding a sculling boat while the pandemic limits sweeps options. PLUS: Rowing News Roundup with Kymberly Reynolds of ROW

Alfred Campenaerts talks about developing a game to play on the erg. Sponsors Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series compete at your local water https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ Nuts and Bolts Guide to Rigging - the only book you need to get rig right https://rowing.chat/sponsor/nuts-and-bolts-guide-to-rigging/ Timestamps 02:20 Alfred is the project lead on Salty Lemon entertainment who build video games 3:00 What gave you the idea for this game? Alfred's brother is a professional cyclist who plays Zwift virtual cycling and the local Flanders Rowing Federation approached them to solve the problem of indoor rowing being boring. Watch the EXR games launch video 06:30 It supports the Concept2 indoor rowing machine 08:00 there is one demo map of a lake and there will be many more in future. Using Google Maps data to build a 1 to 1 scale of famous rowing rivers 09:20 There are four game modes - Just row - Training Mode - includes scheduling and custom pacing - Competition mode - Mini Game

Dartmouth Lightweight Rowing has been suddenly cut...and they aren't the only ones. Stanford and UConn are also gone. Three athletes from Dartmouth come on to tell us the heartbreaking story about how they found out, what reasons they heard for getting the axe, and what they're doing about it. This story is as frustrating as it is sad. Be sure to follow: INSTAGRAM: @SaveDartmouthLights

What's your boathouse/club doing to weather the pandemic and safely invite members back? Our special guest for this episode is Director of Rowing Programs for the George Pocock Rowing Foundation, Padriac McGovern. Padraic has been a thought leader throughout the COVID crisis, approaching shutdown and re-openings and future planning in a thoughtful and collaborative manner. Padriac also runs two of GPRF boathouses and is in the midst of opening a third. We've also invited several rowers and club managers from across the country to discuss post-shutdown boathouse recovery. You can offer your own experiences, best practices, and ask questions in real time in the event on Rowing Chat YouTube channel and Facebook page! PLUS: Rowing News Roundup with Kymberly Reynolds (ROW)

Back after our holiday break, Marlene and Rebecca discuss this week's masters rowing news, Listener questions and the Fall Racing Season Program. Buy a question / answer https://fastermastersrowing.com/our-courses/ Timestamps 02:00 Ian Perkins asks I have recently been getting feedback that I’m opening my body early at the catch. Check the muscle sequencing on the drive phase. Bring the handle with you as you initiate the drive. "Drive the knees away from the chest which is different from lifting the chest away from the knees." 06:00 The legs only rowing drill 10:00 Andres Carazo asks about Training for Head Races. What would be the best way to start the program should I wait til next Month to start, or should I just go ahead and start with the head race module mid-month? 15:00 Rowers versus Oarsmen article https://fastermastersrowing.com/oarsmen-versus-rowers/ Bend a Rowing movie by Daniel Pallotta. Watch the trailer https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bend 16:00 process-oriented athletes and goal oriented athlet

Battling visual technical difficulties for the first minute or so, Paralympic and world-champion Dutch rower Corne de Koning is a man of SO many talents: in the gym, on the erg, in the boat, and in the kitchen. Corne talks about how to do alot of things, from how to get better at pull-ups to how to make a killer pizza. This is your rowing almanac of an episode, so get ready to be inspired along the way!