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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 to change to support rowing up to its Olympic peak? Do junior medalist become senior medalists? 18:00 Age group rowing and making ability the decider for crew selection 22:00 Year 12 is the finale of school and this year there's no Canadian Henley so they join clubs 24:30 Comparison between UK, Ireland and Canada for their international rowing system. 30:00 What you need in sport - at lower levels people putting things in place to catalyse action 35:00 Sanita Puspure's development as an athlete 39:00 My 1997 life lesson in understanding athlete resilience and injury to survive the training. 45:00 The expectation set by Governance in rowing is critical. Rowing suffers from homophilia - rec

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 Who you have interviewed. What's the one thing you want your white coach to know? 14:00 Common themes - how to vocalise your thoughts. Fear of backlash for having opinions. 20:00 Denise's story. Not getting seen as a coach. 23:00 Integration versus assimilation. 28:00 Actions to improve. First speak out; Second implement your own change. As a team form the solution. e.g. We don't take requests for lineups - we aren't DJs. 38:00 Diversity in Sport goal - have black male Olympic medalist in 2028 43:00 What can I do? Start with listening. Contact @Rowingincolor on Instagram Sponsors Please help us by clicking on these links and sharing with your friends Listener s

Marlene and Rebecca have recommendations for easing back onto the water, getting into a single scull gracefully and working effectively at rates 24-26. Timestamps to the show 06:00 Recommendations for easing back onto the water. 50 - 30 - 20 - 10. In week 1 do 50% of what you would normally have done before Lockdown; week 2 do 30% less than normal i.e. 70% of your normal workload, then week 3 is 80% and week 4 is 90%. 10:00 Charles River GPS Speed order event from Rowsandall https://analytics.rowsandall.com/2020/05/22/want-some-hot-singles-action-the-gps-speed-orders/ Here's a link to the challenge page on rowsandall: https://rowsandall.com/rowers/virtualevent/1995/ 14:30 How to get into your single scull from a dock 21:00 How to get into your single scull from a beach launch 27:00 Changing ratings in your boat - have a clear definition of what the commands (words) mean. Then also have clear calls in a crew boat. Know how many strokes BEFORE the change you will call it 34:00 How to make rate changes thro

It’s our FIRST birthday. Marlene and Rebecca started Faster Masters Rowing a year ago. Timestamps to the show 06:00 Frequency of episodes - should we stay weekly or revert to monthly? Let us know in the comments. 07:50 Ideas for substitute camps and regattas. Plan a weekend camp at your club. Friday potluck supper, Saturday row and get videoed, Do a video review on land. Afternoon paddle. Sunday row and video then go home. 10:35 Run a scrimmage regatta on your home water. Could use a time trial to find boats of similar speed first. 14:00 Steering to cover off your blind spot. How to look around and check where you are going! 18:15 Work out where in the stroke rhythm you do your look around. Practice on the erg indoors first Rebecca’s old rowing photos 36:30 Challenge - how to find your stroke rate without a meter. 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 Rowing book of

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 on RowingChat in 2013 https://rowing.chat/robin-williams/ Timestamps 03:20 Introduction and background in rowing - as a lightweight for University of London. 11:00 Athletes want consistency, fairness and transparency in the selection process. 14:00 Coaching with Harry Mahon at CUBC. Our technical model. He was enigmatic and didn't coach the obvious stuff. 21:00 Robin's coaching style. Length and strong leg push, synchronisation, relaxation, creating rhythm and efficiency in the stroke. 24:00 The margins are made in a race by technique, mentality and efficiency. I have an affinity with people who are good but not yet brilliant. 27:00 Changes to the Olympic programmes - centralised

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 Rowing book offer discount https://rowing.chat/sponsor/blake-gourlay-book/ William Mahoney shirt maker for athletes and discount coupon https://rowing.chat/sponsor/william-mahoney/ Timestamps to the show 03:00 Phil White - professional author of books on human performance 04:30 How i met Kelly Starrett - The Waterman and a famous Crossfitter. I got injured deadlifting and watched his videos on YouTube 07:00 Kelly's waterman story - he couldn't feel his arm. His coach said "that's what happens" go and get surgery. So he founded Mobility WOD [workout of the day] 10:00 What percentage of injuries are preventable? Acute inju

Rebecca Caroe and Marlene Royle talk single sculling and the difference between balance and stability. 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 Rowing book offer discount https://rowing.chat/sponsor/blake-gourlay-book/ William Mahoney shirt maker for athletes and discount coupon https://rowing.chat/sponsor/william-mahoney/ Timestamps to the show 03:00 9 Weeks into Lockdown and we are getting back in single sculls 05:30 Back on the water and feeling muscle fatigue. What to do in your first few rows 10:45 Get into a single - even if it is for the first time 14:00 My first single - a Colley for Rebecca; a van Dusen for Marlene 23:00 getting in to a single for the first time. Confidence drills, handle heights, shift your weight to be centred. 26:00 Balance versus stability in the sculling boat. Early drills - row in circles with arms only. Row alternating oars port and starboard

This week Leah Sass guest hosts as we talk all things Para Rowing. Leah was the coxswain of the Israeli National team para 4+ and dives deep into the differences in "able-bodied" and para-rowing, personality management, conflict control, messing up, and the amazing lessons learned as she took the 4+ to the medal stand on the world stage. There are SO many takeaways for coxes AND rowers alike in this eye-opening episode!

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe continue to provide ideas and inspiration for rowers during lockdown. Sponsors First a big thank you to our sponsors – if you can click on ONE of these it will help us stay online. https://www.rowing.chat/sponsors/ Shirts from William Mahoney for athletic men https://www.williammahoney.us/pages/rowing-chat-1 RowingChat Listener survey https://rowing.chat/listener-survey/ Timestamps to the show 03:30 The Week's happenings - how different countries and states are opening up 06:00 Advice about going back to sport after having Covid19 from a question from Gill Shaw. Consider your age, the duration of the Covid sickness and the severity. As a general rule if you've been off for 8 weeks it will take you 8 - 12 weeks to get back into fitness after any illness or injury. Plan a gradual return. Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle and is a real risk post-Covid19. Check with your doctor that you have normal cardiac function. https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2020/04/24/the-re

This week on the CCC, it's another DUTCH EDITION with coxswain and now-lightweight rower sisters Julia and Emma Groenveld. I butcher the Dutch and they provide some cool insight on what their Netherlands-based club does to help coxswains get better when most coxes are left to their own devices to learn the craft AND be expected to perform. we talk resources, strategies, how to use your athletes and even your "competition" to learn and get better. This episode is jam-packed with fun and strategies, so I hope you enjoy this one! Follow on Instagram for updates or submit your questions and get involved with the show: @TheCandidCoxCast or email at TheCandidCox@gmail.com Julia Groeneld: @JuliaGroenveld Emma Groenveld: @Emmasophiexx Skoll (Amsterdam): @Skollamsterdam

Guin Batten is a legend in womens rowing - she has worked so hard to get to the top of the flat water sport and is now actively working to expand into Coastal Rowing making it an Olympic sport. Sponsors First a big thank you to our sponsors – if you can click on ONE of these it will help us stay online. https://www.rowing.chat/sponsors/ Shirts from William Mahoney for athletic men https://www.williammahoney.us/pages/r... RowingChat Listener survey https://rowing.chat/listener-survey/ Timestamps to the show. 02:40 Background in rowing and outrigger canoeing. FISA elected representative and chair for Coastal Rowing Committee and Womens Eights Head of the River Race in London 08:35 Rowing on the sea goes back a long way. In 20 years FISA started by the French who set the boat dimensions for racing. Test World Championships in Channel Isles was run 12:00 Ocean Racing Adventuress - Tallisker Whisky Challenge is now an annual event with 30+ boats. And the Great Pacific Race from Monterrey Bay to Honolulu and

Faster Masters tips for continuing to find enjoyment in rowing during lockdown Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe focus on the difference between oarsmen and rowers Sponsors First a big thank you to our sponsors – if you can click on ONE of these it will help us stay online. https://www.rowing.chat/sponsors/ Shirts from William Mahoney for athletic men https://www.williammahoney.us/pages/rowing-chat-1 RowingChat Listener survey https://rowing.chat/listener-survey/ Timestamps to the show 02:45 Poll on Facebook group - Masters Rowing International - when do you think you'll be back on the water? 06:50 The difference between oarsmen and rowers. It's a philosophy - culture, etiquette, a way of life. 17:01 Read biographies of rowers and coaches. Read Steve Fairbairn on kindle or Paul Wilson's "Modern Rowing" published in 1969 25:00 A rowing Tale from Henry Trotter, 2018, entitled "Easily" 32:00 Balance Exercises for masters rowers. Marlene explains 2 for you to try 41:00 Power naps as a way of overcoming lethar

"The Strength Coach Roundtable" is rowing strength coaches Will Ruth, Blake Gourley, and Joe DeLeo. In this episode, the trio discuss Blake's new book on ankle mobility for rowers, the importance of the ankle for rowing performance, and how rowers and coaches can address this area for better rowing performance and decreased risk of injury. Buy Blake's new book here: https://www.rowingstrength.com/store/p12/book.html Part of the RowingChat network and the 8,400-member Masters Rowing International group on Facebook. You can subscribe on our website www.rowing.chat to receive notification of upcoming shows or send in news tips, and listen to other shows in the network wherever you get your podcasts.

It’s time to geek out! Join us as we talk to Kevin at Concept II to talk about the new Comp Blade. Get some history and technical insight into rowing oar design and innovation.

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 are links to Ben's videos and instructional blog with Coastal Rowing Technique articles. Timestamps 02:34 Background in rowing 07:50 Rough Water technique in a rowing scull - read Ben’s blog where he explains a lot https://rebelrower.com/blog 09:30 Ocean Rowing Technique basics - how to get in the boat if you fall out. This is skill number 1. Finding breakers to practice rowing through https://rebelrower.com/blog/2020/2/8/re-boarding 11:30 You need a bulldog mentality. Just gun it! Take a glimpse over your shoulder. Know when to stop and de-power at the base of the wave. Throw your weight forward to weigh down the bow. 15:00 Bracing into the wave and surfing it sideways. Amount of zen is high. 21:15 Rounding a buoy is the bigge

Faster Masters Rowing podcast for surviving training during Lockdown. Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe focus on gratitude and enjoying the process Sponsors First a big thank you to our sponsors – if you can click on ONE of these it will help us stay online. https://www.rowing.chat/sponsors/ Shirts from William Mahoney for athletic men https://www.williammahoney.us/pages/rowing-chat-1 RowingChat Listener survey https://rowing.chat/listener-survey/ Timestamps to the show 02:00 Marlene has a surprise for us. The Up The Pond Song from St John's Regatta Newfoundland 08:00 Gratitude will help us through - and love the process 10:30 Do you need an extra motivation boost? 13:15 Rowing training is supposed to be hard. Marlene says "I never writes a workout that I haven't done myself." 17:00 Gratitude and Anzac Day / London Marathon erg fund raising for charities https://rowing.chat/rowing-for-charities-during-covid-19/ Coming back from missing sessions or injury - you need to allow a similar amount of time to get

**This is the video version on an AUDIO PODCAST** On another Dutch edition of the Candid Cox Cast, Henley Winner and Okeanos coxswain RIANNE KOOMEN and I talk about how to race difference distances! Follow Rianne on Instagram at @rianne_koomen and me at @TheCandidCox

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 challenge AND donate. Looking forward to seeing the results.

Luke Walton is a US Olympian, alumnus of the Cambridge Boat Race and founder of Rower Academy who specialises in helping athletes get recruited to US Universities for rowing. https://roweracademy.com/ Sponsors First a big thank you to our sponsors – if you can click on ONE of these it will help us stay online. https://www.rowing.chat/sponsors/ Shirts from William Mahoney for athletic men https://www.williammahoney.us/pages/rowing-chat-1 RowingChat Listener survey https://rowing.chat/listener-survey/ Timestamps 02:00 Luke got started in rowing by flipping an open water single in San Diego RC. 05:50 Rower Academy helps young people navigate the US college recruiting process successfully. To improve your 2k; the mental game and strategy. 07:30 The Rowing community taught me a lot. How we became men and women - life lessons in rowing. 09:30 How I quit swimming - my parents asked how it made me feel when I had the conversation with my coach 13:00 The 3 rowing numbers that matter in getting recruited. GPA, SA

Faster Masters Rowing podcast for surviving training during Lockdown. Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe ask - is the end in sight? Sponsors First a big thank you to our sponsors – if you can click on ONE of these it will help us stay online. https://www.rowing.chat/sponsors/ Shirts from William Mahoney for athletic men https://www.williammahoney.us/pages/rowing-chat-1 RowingChat Listener survey https://rowing.chat/listener-survey/ Timestamps to the show 3:50 Is the end in sight? 8:00 Fall racing may happen. World Rowing is running the European Championships. http://www.worldrowing.com/news/new-dates-for-postponed-european-rowing-championships 12:30 Coaches take care of your personal life balance now. Athletes are more demanding of your time and attention. 15:00 Fun Faster Masters Quiz https://myquiz.org/ Code 186343 18:30 Surprise bonus for April is interview with Dr Connie Lebrun 23:00 US Rowing webinars - register if you’re a member or get them a week later if you are not. Jim Dietz, Steve Gladstone htt