Advanced Rowing book authors, Charles Simpson and Jim Flood explain what's different and similar about top rowing coaching and how to learn from others.

Timestamps to the interview

01:00 Introduction and background in rowing

04:00 Why we wrote the Advanced Rowing book

06:00 The process of coaching - it makes us curious

08:00 Dissatisfaction with coaching structures - symptoms are athletes unsure what to do, drop outs, no clear objectives.

11:00 Dave O'Neill head coach at University of Texas - talking vs listening

13:00 The structure of the book, international / clubs and universities / 8 themes to each chapte

16:00 Norway and Denmark excel on a shoestring budget

19:00 Efficiency of funds and ti use.  Clubs can learn.  What you don't have is not an excuse not to do well.

23.00 Coaching as a process of experiments.  It's full of ideas nad resources.  Spot the difference between club and international squads.

26:00 Cross training to avoid boredom and injury.

30:00 The benefits of tracking total training load.  Trusting athlete choices.  Bond and Murray training data is on PubMed

34:00 Variations of coaching style and athlete preferences

40:00 How to interview rowing coaches

44:00 Can we learn the skill of asking questions?  Why it does not exist now

46:00 Rowing as art and science - selection is predicting the future.  Science informs process but doesn't dictate outcomes.

51:00 Data in rowing - make sure it's valid first.  Collect systematically and accurately.  Get good kit.

54:00 Immersive training environments 

57:00 Predictive times for races.  Prognostic Times for Rowing ebook.