If you find yourself alone in your single, helping out a learn-to-row boat, or maybe just not getting enough verbal feedback from the coach, correspondent Alison Pollini presents a few basic tips to help you “self-coach” your way through the silence.

Plus: In Part #3 of our preview of the Dec. 5-8 US Rowing Convention, we interview Jules Zane, director of referee & membership programs at US Rowing! If you're going to USRC, stop by the exhibitor's hall and say hello to Ready, Row! USA correspondents Charlotte Pierce, Ryan Worth, Tara Morgan, and Reba Knickerbocker!