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Category Archives: Coaching
Polar Transmitter Compatible with Rowperfect
TweetTo satisfy any enquiries you may have had, Polar transmitters are compatible with Rowperfect Polar Receivers. The following Polar chest straps have been tested and proven to be compatible with the 2009 Rowperfect Polar Receiver: Polar T61 transmitter (coded en non-coded) Polar … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Racing, Rowing, Uncategorized
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43 Things to do before the new race season
TweetNew in the Rowperfect shop, an e-book designed for every club who has been off the water during the Christmas holidays and needs to get ready for spring time rowing. 43 Things to Do before the new Rowing Season. Written … Continue reading
Posted in Club Management, Coaching, Equipment, Maintenance, Rigging
Tagged Mike Davenport, rowing club, Rowperfect
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Good ergo rowing technique – or not?
TweetA recent promotion by GB Rowing sponsors, Siemens uses a photo of a girl on an erg which is just plain bad technique. Why on earth can’t the leading rowing nation show good technique in its publicity photography? What is … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practice, Coaching, Ergo, Rowing theory, Technique
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A review of Chelsea Dommert’s ‘Coaching the Coxswain’ by Chris Kerber
TweetChris Kerber, Head Coach of Men’s Lightweight Rowing at Cornell University, reviews Coaching the Coxswain: a guide for a Rowing Coach who Never Coxed. As coaches we spend a majority of our on and off water time perfecting the athlete behind … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Coxing, Uncategorized
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The Rowing Stroke Cycle: Part 6 – grip
TweetRowing grip in drive Grip is the way we hold the handles of the oar or scull as we row. The oar is the lever we use to move the boat; the grip connects us to the oar and thus … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Rowing, Sculling, Technique
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3 Coxing resources to improve your skills
TweetExciting times for Coxswains and coaches as we get ready for a focus on coxing and learning or teaching the skills to steer boats. Get up to date with the best advice on how to teach and coach coxing with … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Coxing, Coxmate, Racing
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The Rowing Stroke Cycle: Part 5 – recovery
TweetRecover; The importance of the recovery and how it fits in the rowing and sculling stroke The recovery is the part of the stroke where the rowers let the boat move and prepare for the next stroke. This happens during … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Rowing, Sculling, Technique
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Rowing and Rage
TweetDo you suffer anger and use it to focus your rowing efforts? How do you channel your anger, rage and energies for rowing? Take a read of this blog post – written by a non-rower – it has great resonance … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Competition, Ergo, Racing
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Why your coxswain oversteers and how to stop it
TweetA guest post by Chelsea Dommert, author of “Coaching the Coxswain“ This week, let’s talk about oversteering. You ask your coxswain to point further to center and, before you know it, she’s basically crossing the river. You have to throw … Continue reading
Rowing Blisters and how to manage them – ebook
TweetWe’ve got a new book for the new year – Blisters. A perennial source of discussion among rowers is how to deal with blisters. Everyone gets them and overcoming the soreness and preventing infection and enforced idleness due to poor … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practice, Coaching, Equipment, Rowing, Sculling
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