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Category Archives: Psychology
Exercise and mood – leverage the connection!
TweetAre your moody teenage years behind you? Or do you find that how you feel each day is influenced by what you do? Can rowing improve your mind as well as your body wellbeing? We found this great interview with … Continue reading
Mike Spraklen talks about motivation
TweetA a rowing coach you need to keep your athletes motivated to train effectively. This includes mental training. It’s difficult to keep motivated all the time – Mike Spraklen explains his technique for keeping the focus among his squad of … Continue reading
Confidence or Courage – what does an athlete need
TweetJohn Parker, author of the ‘Advice Series’ for Coaches, Athletes and Sporting Parents writes In a difficult situation as an athlete or as a coach, is it confidence or courage that we really require? The problem with confidence is that … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practice, Coaching, Competition, Psychology, Racing
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Why Rowing is like Forumula1
TweetHave you been watching this season’s F1 races? Around the world each fortnight the Red Bull Racing team has appeared to dominate each race putting Sebastian Vettel onto the podium in first place 11 times this season. They make it … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Competition, Coxing, Equipment, Psychology, Racing, Rigging, Technique, Training
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Guest Post: Scott Frandsen – What Does Excellence Mean to You?
TweetWe subscribe to Scott’s blog. He is a challenging thinker and being an expert pair rower often has insights into training and racing that we find helpful. The picture shows the top pairs from UK, NZ and Canada cooling down … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Olympics, Psychology, Training
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Guest Post: How to Improve Your Rowing By Improving the Way You THINK!
TweetA guest post by Jacqueline Pigdon – read her 7 tips to prepare for single sculling starts. Our rowing results depend on a variety of factors such as our strength, fitness, skills, ability, our training programme and coach just to … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practice, Psychology, Rowing, Sculling, Technique, Training
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Getting to the next level in rowing: Nicola Coles interview part 1
TweetWithin your sporting career there are big stepping stones where you have to jump up in quality to get the next grade. Rowperfect asked Nicola Coles an Olympian and former World Champion in the womens pair how she faced and … Continue reading
Empowering women through rowing
Tweet The American dream of achievement for all is a compelling vision. Using rowing as part of a programme to help disadvantaged young women becomes an inspiring story. Here’s a great video about a group of disadvantaged schoolgirls in New … Continue reading
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Your rowing season review – how did you do?
TweetHere are 7 key questions for you to diagnose yourself and your rowing. Most people lose sight of their goals. Every year at the end of the season I look back over the year and see what I did well … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practice, Coaching, Competition, Psychology, Racing, Rowing, Rowing theory, Sculling, Testing and selection
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Greg Searle on rowing and business
TweetRowing and business go together frequently as top students often row and go on to successful careers in the City. Greg Searle has been at the top of rowing since he was 19 and won an Olympic gold medal – … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practice, Competition, Interview, Olympics, Psychology, Racing
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