Marlene and Rebecca discuss

- Synching schedules. It's the hardest thing for a masters group to figure out.

- Injuries outside training

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Timestamps to the show

05:00 This past week - Marlene is a nordic ski coach; she guested on The Science of rowing podcast and will be studying coastal rowing coaching at the Rowing Canada Aviron conference with Guin Batten.

Rebecca has been reviewing the novice masters status in New Zealand and seeking a rule of racing change. You get the behaviours your tolerate in your club.

15:00 Ways to align your crew schedule. Review your lineups, the number of people in your group and seek regular days.

Cliques in clubs can rip clubs apart. Good leadership is essential.

22:00 No wasted water time. This is something we value a lot.

23:30 Marlene has seen a huge increase in injuries from our athletes. when you get injured you have to heal the injury, rehabilitate it and then progress back to training.

These are non-rowing injuries and were caused by carelessness on land. Your body is fragile. It doesn't take much to derail your training.

Accidental injuries when you are in a fatigued state your tissue is fatigued.

26:50 The further you lean away from your body to pick up your boat it puts you at risk of injury. This is relate to poor judgement.

Be mindful of how you move your body.

34:00 The United Nations list of

Craftsbury Common is one of these heritage sites - the Trouble with Harry movie was filmed there.

35:00 Mike asks are there any good videos that can explain all the basics to a never/never rower - someone who has never sculled before?

Rebecca uses these two videos in slow motion for her beginner class. There's no commentary so you can overlay your own interpretation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=882yriTw1VA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQMaxr-gxp0