• one YEAR AGO •
Coxswain recordings, pt. 25 Three UW recordings from the San Diego Crew Classic
Qualities of a varsity coxswain
How to cox (and coach) novices Especially worth reading if you’re coaching learn-to-row camps this summer.
VOTW: The history of the Harvard-Yale race
Question of the Day: Hey! I have a couple questions.
1. I’m not very good at taking criticism. Mentally I don’t mind it and I try to use it and everything, but for some reason emotionally I seem to take it as an attack and always feel close to crying. I’m not sure why this is and I was wondering if you have any tips.
2. We just got a new coach and he’s doing a summer rowing program, which is great, but he’s trying to completely change my style of coxing. I understand that repetitiveness is something I need to work on, but he’s telling me that while I was coxing the rowers on the ergs that I was “singing” to them. He expects me to be much louder (which I can be when I choose to be- I prefer to save it and use it as a “wake up” call kinda thing to change the pace of the race) and also be more direct and short (which I understand that part of and agree with). How should I deal with this? Should I try to explain my ways (I did a bit) or just go with what he says? And how do you work on being less repetitive ?
• TWO YEARS AGO •
VOTW: Adjusting the tracks
Coxswain recordings, pt. 22 Henley, Dad Vails, and Kent vs. St. Andrews
QOTD: I’m the senior girl’s cox for my school club and my crew is really struggling with having a slow recovery then accelerating to the finish and putting in pressure. When I call to go slow up the slide they might slow down 1 or 2 points or not even at all. And the pressure dies when the rating slows. Then the rating goes up when I call pressure. Do you have any ideas about how I can help them get into a slow steady rhythm but still put in pressure?
• three YEARS AGO •
“Weigh enough” vs. “Let it run” Again, not the same thing.
QOTD: Can you explain the term “rowing it in”?
QOTD: I am going to be a senior and I have been looking at this one school that I could potentially row for. I have spoken with the coaches via email and I really love the school. The head coach seems to be interested in me but the thing is, I am not the tallest or strongest rower on my team and I am worried that I won’t be able to live up to the expectations of the college coach or college rowing in general.
• four YEARS AGO •
QOTD: What is Radcliffe? Is that another rowing team? I’ve heard they also row under Harvard’s team?
QOTD: I used to cox women for all four years I was in high school. I’m in college now and on a men’s team. In an eight or a stern loader four I have a hard time seeing things in front of me since my rowers are so much taller than women I’m used to coxing. This had led to close calls with logs floating in the water and other obstructions. HELP!
QOTD: Hi today was my first day coxing and my coach told me I had to talk the whole time. I tried but I felt really silly and I had nothing to say. I would really appreciate just some things to say! Thanks!
Training: Carbohydrate loading and rowing
VOTW: The Social Network
