Ryan Demaine, Headington School on RowingChat

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RowingChat this week is with one of the most successful high school rowing coaches in the UK, Ryan Demaine of Headington School.  Ryan’s
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open and frank generosity sharing his ideas about how to run a successful school rowing programme and how to teach rowing give huge insight.  Plus scroll down for his free giveaways.


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Timestamps to the show

01:00 Introduction and background in rowing

02:00 The state of school rowing in the UK.

04:00 The structure of our school rowing programme by age – 140+ girls in the club

08:00 Number of sessions per week for different age groups.

13:00 No injuries in the group by starting slowly with weight lifting.  The speed of the bar is important.

14:00 Prioritise participation over performance  Many schools don’t create an athlete-oriented environment.

21:00 The athlete scholar – coined by Christine Wilson.  You must be on top of your work or rowing suffers.

24:00 Drop off between school and university

27:00 Physiology Testing – Charlie Simpson uses 5 or 6 ergs lasting 10 minutes with 10 minutes rest between.  30 minutes is when the aerobic zone is for blood lactate and watts is the training band.

31:00 Take watts from the gym into the boat – rate of perceived exertion on 1-10 scale plus Heart Rate plus lactate or watts.

35:00 My coaching philosophy of how to move a boat.  Relaxation, Rhythm, Efficiency

42:00 Quad – confidence on how the boat feels

48:00 Match racing skills.  I care about the performance more than the boat speed.

50:00 We should move the school exams to December and finish the rowing year in October.

Watch RowingChat with Ryan Demaine on YouTube https://youtu.be/RFs5WWYgKDY

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