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Coxing, Teammates & Coaches

How to increase the effectiveness of your coxswain evaluations

By readyallrow January 18, 2018

Evals have been a frequent topic of discussion this week between the heavyweight and lightweight coaches and I. One ofContinue reading

College, Racing, Rowing

“To row was to race and races were meant to be won”

By readyallrow January 4, 2018

If you follow me on Instagram then you probably saw my story from early December of the black-tie banquet thatContinue reading

Coxing, Racing, Recordings

Coxswain recordings, pt. 45

By readyallrow December 28, 2017

JNT High Performance Team U19 8+ Time trials I think I've posted a couple of Dustin's recordings (this one inContinue reading

Coxing

GoPro Gear for Coxswains

By readyallrow December 7, 2017

Winter training trips are fast approaching (not to mention, ya know, Christmas) so I've been getting a lot of emailsContinue reading

Rowing

Holiday Gift Guide 2017

By readyallrow November 23, 2017

It's that time of year again and Black Friday/Cyber Monday is (somehow already) upon us. If you've got some holidayContinue reading

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Top 20 Terms Coxswains Should Know: Rush(ing)

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Words.

Words.

February 11, 2015
Defining the role of the coxswain: What coaches look for in a coxswain

Defining the role of the coxswain: What coaches look for in a coxswain

December 19, 2012
Words.

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May 6, 2015
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HOCR: Weeks, Lowell House, and “The Turning Tree”

HOCR: Weeks, Lowell House, and “The Turning Tree”

October 8, 2015
Coxswain Recordings, pt. 13

Coxswain Recordings, pt. 13

October 8, 2013
Words.

Words.

May 25, 2016

I do not know who the greatest coach is, but I do know who coached the fastest crew ever.

Mike Teti

Training & Nutrition, Video of the Week

Video of the Week: The physiology of a rower

By readyallrow November 14, 2016

I had to take a lot of physiology classes in college and every time my professors wanted to use an athlete as an example for something…

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Erg Playlists

Music to erg to, pt. 134

By readyallrow November 11, 2016

I don't know about you guys but I have never been so ready for a week to just be over. The last few days have been rough…

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Coxing, Q&A

Question of the Day

By readyallrow November 10, 2016

Hi! I’ve been a novice at my local rowing club for about two months now. I’m a coxswain but I’m not sure if I’m cut…

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Q&A, Recruiting

Question of the Day

By readyallrow November 10, 2016

What type of contact is permitted during the dead period? If I’m doing a 5k this week and want to send my time to a…

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Be easy to row with and hard to row against.

Defining the role of the coxswain: Leadership

Coxing

Defining the role of the coxswain: Leadership

By readyallrow November 8, 2016

It's election day in the US so talking about leadership seemed like a fitting topic for today's post. I came across this blog post from…

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Coxing, Video of the Week

Video of the Week: How to be the perfect cox

By readyallrow November 7, 2016

"All you can do is trick the guys into pushing harder when they really don't want to." That, and steer straight.

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College, Coxing

Talk by Penn ’15 Coxswain Lou Lombardi

By readyallrow November 3, 2016

Today's post is some audio of a talk that former Penn coxswain Lou Lombardi gave during the Sparks camp that Penn hosted back in August.…

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It is the coxswains’ job to earn that trust. “We must”, in Shakespeare’s words, “study deserving” to be our best for our rowers, to learn our craft with the same intensity as they learn theirs, to contribute to the boat in every way, and to become that invisible extra oar. We coxswains may joke about “coming second after God” but we know it is the rowers who give us everything.

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