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Rebecca Caroe and Marlene Royle talk single sculling and the difference between balance and stability.

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Timestamps to the show

03:00 9 Weeks into Lockdown and we are getting back in single sculls

05:30 Back on the water and feeling muscle fatigue. What to do in your first few rows

10:45 Get into a single - even if it is for the first time

14:00 My first single - a Colley for Rebecca; a van Dusen for Marlene

23:00 getting in to a single for the first time. Confidence drills, handle heights, shift your weight to be centred.

26:00 Balance versus stability in the sculling boat. Early drills - row in circles with arms only. Row alternating oars port and starboard - snake down the river. Check your grip and relax your fingers.

31:00 Making 90 degree turns. Learning to back down - blade depth and boat handling and safety skills

34:00 should you turn your blades upside down when backing?

41:00 Why turn boats with simultaneous strokes and why turn with alternate strokes.

48:00 Sculling with oarlocks open drill.

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This week Leah Sass guest hosts as we talk all things Para Rowing. Leah was the coxswain of the Israeli National team para 4+ and dives deep into the differences in "able-bodied" and para-rowing, personality management, conflict control, messing up, and the amazing lessons learned as she took the 4+ to the medal stand on the world stage. There are SO many takeaways for coxes AND rowers alike in this eye-opening episode!

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe continue to provide ideas and inspiration for rowers during lockdown.

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Timestamps to the show

03:30 The Week's happenings - how different countries and states are opening up

06:00 Advice about going back to sport after having Covid19 from a question from Gill Shaw. Consider your age, the duration of the Covid sickness and the severity. As a general rule if you've been off for 8 weeks it will take you 8 - 12 weeks to get back into fitness after any illness or injury. Plan a gradual return. Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle and is a real risk post-Covid19. Check with your doctor that you have normal cardiac function.

https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2020/04/24/the-resurgence-of-sport-in-the-wake-of-covid-19-cardiac-considerations-in-competitive-athletes/

15:30 How to make a crew when older masters have fixed up squads already? A question from Kath McGuckin

22:30 How to determine ideal set up for foot stretcher/what is the ideal alignment of the pin w to knees at the catch & how to determine collar placement/ideal inboard and outboard for single and quad. A question from Karin Fecteau

36:00 Marlene's photos from her rowing past.

Global erg contest

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This week on the CCC, it's another DUTCH EDITION with coxswain and now-lightweight rower sisters Julia and Emma Groenveld. I butcher the Dutch and they provide some cool insight on what their Netherlands-based club does to help coxswains get better when most coxes are left to their own devices to learn the craft AND be expected to perform.

we talk resources, strategies, how to use your athletes and even your "competition" to learn and get better. This episode is jam-packed with fun and strategies, so I hope you enjoy this one!

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Guin Batten is a legend in womens rowing - she has worked so hard to get to the top of the flat water sport and is now actively working to expand into Coastal Rowing making it an Olympic sport.

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Timestamps to the show.

02:40 Background in rowing and outrigger canoeing. FISA elected representative and chair for Coastal Rowing Committee and Womens Eights Head of the River Race in London

08:35 Rowing on the sea goes back a long way. In 20 years FISA started by the French who set the boat dimensions for racing. Test World Championships in Channel Isles was run

12:00 Ocean Racing Adventuress - Tallisker Whisky Challenge is now an annual event with 30+ boats. And the Great Pacific Race from Monterrey Bay to Honolulu and the Drake Passage Crossing from NZ to Chile.

15:50 Beach Sprint Race Format is about getting the audience more involved. Be part of the Beach Games movement - simple, fast, exciting, sharp. The event needs 5 boats in 3 categories 1x, 2x and 4x. It runs a format whereby the quarter, semis and finals are all back-to-back giving 3 races in 25 minutes.

21:00 Becoming a waterman or water woman is key. There’s more skill and agility than on flat water.

25:00 Boat types - the solo (1x), double scull and coxed quad all have a maximum weight designed to keep costs of boats down. 5 manufacturers now make coastal boats.

30:45 What comes next to broaden the sport? Sprints are possible, more events especially multi-sports. FISA added coastal to the Youth Olympics in Senegal 2022.

33:00 Losing 72 Lightweight rowers from the Olympic programme after Tokyo; Guin is working with IOC and FISA to add coastal rowing for those places. It adds value not costs.

36:00 Get inspiration from surfing race formats.

38:00 IOC will get a coastal format which may be endurance or sprint racing.

42:00 How to get involved

Faster Masters tips for continuing to find enjoyment in rowing during lockdown

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe focus on the difference between oarsmen and rowers

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Timestamps to the show

02:45 Poll on Facebook group - Masters Rowing International - when do you think you'll be back on the water?

06:50 The difference between oarsmen and rowers. It's a philosophy - culture, etiquette, a way of life.

17:01 Read biographies of rowers and coaches. Read Steve Fairbairn on kindle or Paul Wilson's "Modern Rowing" published in 1969

25:00 A rowing Tale from Henry Trotter, 2018, entitled "Easily"

32:00 Balance Exercises for masters rowers. Marlene explains 2 for you to try

41:00 Power naps as a way of overcoming lethargy and negative thoughts caused by lockdown. Count slowly up to 20 and back down.

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"The Strength Coach Roundtable" is rowing strength coaches Will Ruth, Blake Gourley, and Joe DeLeo. In this episode, the trio discuss Blake's new book on ankle mobility for rowers, the importance of the ankle for rowing performance, and how rowers and coaches can address this area for better rowing performance and decreased risk of injury.

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It’s time to geek out! Join us as we talk to Kevin at Concept II to talk about the new Comp Blade. Get some history and technical insight into rowing oar design and innovation.

Ben Booth is the founder of Rebel Row - he started rowing on the ocean as a child - with a small diversion into flat water rowing, he is now back doing what he enjoys most. He is designing and building a FISA approved coastal rowing single scull.

At the end of these show notes are links to Ben's videos and instructional blog with Coastal Rowing Technique articles.

Timestamps

02:34 Background in rowing

07:50 Rough Water technique in a rowing scull - read Ben’s blog where he explains a lot

https://rebelrower.com/blog

09:30 Ocean Rowing Technique basics - how to get in the boat if you fall out. This is skill number 1. Finding breakers to practice rowing through

https://rebelrower.com/blog/2020/2/8/re-boarding

11:30 You need a bulldog mentality. Just gun it! Take a glimpse over your shoulder. Know when to stop and de-power at the base of the wave. Throw your weight forward to weigh down the bow.

15:00 Bracing into the wave and surfing it sideways. Amount of zen is high.

21:15 Rounding a buoy is the biggest physiological challenge of coastal rowing.

23:15 Building boats. The FISA class rules are broad - depth, beam, length and weight. This opens up the sport to creative boat design

28:30 Guided tour of the Rebel 1x single scull

- Reverse bow - for piercing the smaller waves

- High flare bow canvas to give lift

- Cockpit as new components

- Seat wheels are wide and slide tracks are convex

- Foot brace is wider at the foot stretcher to give improved ergonomic case.

- Vertical heel cup adjustment on foot stretcher

- No fittings pierce the hull

40:00 Adjustable fin - from the inside of the cockpit. You can put the boat down on a beach after lifting the skeg so no tyres or trestles are needed

44:00 Water drains out of the sides the “Darth Vader” design section. Stern deck is high with no transom

47:00 Try the boat

50:00 A ballast box design will go under the seat to take the boat weight up to FISA minimum of 35kg / 77 lbs

53:00 Youth Olympic Games in 2022 in Senegal includes coastal rowing.

Contact Ben [email protected]

Ben’s videos Whitewater. Here I'm negotiating the endless whitewater of a massive breaker. I made it through this staying upright, but came out the other end with another broken rigger!

https://www.facebook.com/rowcoastal/videos/2557415624487828/

Stern View. This includes a fun end-over-end capsize (sort of a cartwheel in the boat!). These waves were moving very very fast, from 60 mph winds

https://www.facebook.com/rowcoastal/videos/294291274778699/

Bracing. Here I show how to take a breaking wave sideways. Generally, it is considered "unsafe" to take big breakers over the side. With the right techniques, its actually quite possible and a heck of a good time

https://www.facebook.com/rowcoastal/videos/300168640915848/

In the Rip. Caught in a rip current, which dragged my boat underwater, leaving me to row out of it with a submerged boat

https://www.facebook.com/rowcoastal/videos/273709750024020/

through the surf. Beautiful winter breaker

https://www.facebook.com/rowcoastal/videos/427470931020397/

Faster Masters Rowing podcast for surviving training during Lockdown.

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe focus on gratitude and enjoying the process

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Timestamps to the show

02:00 Marlene has a surprise for us. The Up The Pond Song from St John's Regatta Newfoundland

08:00 Gratitude will help us through - and love the process

10:30 Do you need an extra motivation boost?

13:15 Rowing training is supposed to be hard. Marlene says "I never writes a workout that I haven't done myself."

17:00 Gratitude and Anzac Day / London Marathon erg fund raising for charities

https://rowing.chat/rowing-for-charities-during-covid-19/

Coming back from missing sessions or injury - you need to allow a similar amount of time to get back to where you were before you stopped.

24:00 Rowing Resources during Covid19

https://fastermastersrowing.com/useful-links-for-rowers-during-covid-19/

A local Invercargill lass who was taking Pilates (mat classes)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/538059733752366/

Gondola rowers in Venice delivering groceries during Covid19

https://people.com/human-interest/female-rowers-venice-using-gondolas-deliver-groceries-coronavirus/

Concept 2 Global Marathon and Century Challenge May 1st - 15th submit your score

https://www.concept2.com/skierg/motivation/individual-marathon

30:00 Rowing Books list

https://fastermastersrowing.com/best-rowing-books-2020/