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Rowing has brought Maurice Scott, Jr. all around the globe! He's now using his experiences and career to continue to make a lasting change and impact.

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Sarah Winckless is a multiple Olympian for British Rowing and a leading umpire (referee) and advocate for women's rowing. She's just been appointed the umpire for the 2020 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.

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Timestamps to the Show

02:00 Background in Rowing

06:00 We want to be growth-ly athletic humans. What this means to me

09:30 How do you know when you're ready to retire from sport?

13:00 I wanted to be seen as a brain not just "lungs and legs"

14:00 Choices post-Olympics. I know an awful little about an awful lot.

16:15 Why become an umpire? This excitement sat in my heart - the Boat Race.

19:30 The complexity of running races. The ethos of fair and equal racing.

28:00 The challenges of match racing - watermanship is a key skill which river racing teaches

36:00 What coaches should tell their athletes about what umpires can say and do

39:00 Boat Race Umpire 2020. The rules of the boat race detail the complexities.

52:00 Henley Royal Regatta 2020 changes this year. Sarah runs the research and commentary team. New event Student Womens Eights.

56:00 Future for women's rowing - we have to consider the ocean and sea rowing as hugely exciting. 2021 Henley Royal Regatta will go to six days. We will start racing later in the day. I or 2 more women's events will come along.

57:30 Magic wand - I would get the sport to more people in more communities.

Our exclusive interview with the legendary and inspiring Anita DeFrantz at the USRowing Convention kicks off our celebration of Black History Month. Plus, we’ll have a roundup of the week’s juiciest news in the rowing world. #RRUSAReflection

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe set out their priorities for February training for masters rowers.

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Prygl Rowing Camps - 2 events in July and August ideal prep for FISA World Masters

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12 Week Head Race Training Program for HORR, Vets Head, Heineken Cup, WEHORR

https://fastermastersrowing.com/courses/head-racing-12-week-program/

Timestamps to the show

04:00 What's in the February Faster Masters training subscription programme?

06:30 Motivation in the winter months. Atomic Habits how to build good habits and break bad ones https://jamesclear.com/habits

Track your training.

Give yourself rewards.

If you miss a day.....don't miss another one.

16:00 Planning a rowing training camp. Camp goals - training / technique / crew selection. NOT all three.

18:25 Invite a guest coach to your camp

29:00 Dressing for winter training. Hats - keep your head and feet warm. Pogies or knit your own mittens.

Have an eye to local rules about training temperatures and wind chill.

Hand warmers - Rebecca favors shooting mitts

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Is your club small, large, posh or humble? Do you have a boathouse or wet launch? We love this regular topic, when we get to check out where our listeners hang out, reach their personal bests, and support each other in the endless pursuit of improvement in this amazing sport! Tune in live to comment/plug your own club!

We’re also continuing our “Rowing News” commentary; and we’ll give a preview of our February Black History Month coverage.

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The very first episode of the Irish Rowing Podcast, hosted by Niamh Hayes who looks at the latest news and events around the sport of rowing in Ireland.

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Meet Niamh Hayes, the host of Irish Rowing Podcast. Hear her background, how she got into rowing and how this podcast came about.

Hear the latest news within the sport of rowing in Ireland.

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Hear some of the upcoming events within the world of rowing in Ireland.

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Ready, Row! USA Episode #60

Panelists: Longtime referee Sherri Kent & Jules Zane, Dir of Referee Programs at USRowing

News: Mark Wilson

Host: Shannon Borum

For our first episode in 2020, we're soft-launching a news section, with commentary on some of the top rowing news of recent weeks. We also welcome a new sponsor, Prygl Rowing Camps.

What are the qualifications for becoming a rowing referee, and what are the challenges and rewards? Referees are essential to the sport of rowing, with their main task of ensuring fairness and safety by manning a variety of positions essential to a successful regatta. In addition to ensuring safety and fairness, US Rowing referees also play a critical role in helping to develop the Rules of Rowing. Longtime referee Sherri Kent and US Rowing Director of Referee Programs Jules Zane are our panelists.

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Submit news on our CLUB NEWS FORM and tell us about your favorite gadgets, gear & hacks on our GADGETS & GEAR FORM! Find links to these forms in the Show Notes.

A veteran of international rowing and high performance sport, Volker Nolte is recently retired and now has time for even more rowing. He has coached for Canada and competed for Germany in his past. Mostly he's known for editing two books - Rowing Faster and Rowing Faster 2nd Edition. Both are on Amazon

Rowing Faster (2004) https://amzn.to/2v89iTY

Rowing Faster 2nd Edition (2011) https://amzn.to/2ui2SB8

Timestamps to the show

0:00 Prygyl Rowing Camps https://rowing.chat/sponsor/prygl-rowing-camps/ Many masters do not get regular coaching. Learn to row faster at the Prygl Rowing Camp. These camps offer:

- Coaching by experienced, world class coaches

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- Learn how to understand rowing data and use it to row faster

02:45 Why I wanted to row at Karapiro in New Zealand

04:00 Background in rowing. Rowing is probably one of the best things that happened to me.

07:50 The perfect rowing shed

10:00 The Sliding Rigger development - my PhD thesis. I was interested in the most efficient rowing stroke

17:00 Klaus Filter in the Cold War was told by his superiors that he had to make a sliding rigger boat.

22:00 Why does a sliding rigger make the boat go faster?

Video of Ibarra and Svensson in sliding rigger singles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrJNG-yh99c

Video of sliding riggers in 1982 World Championships https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faTbr6CZ5SY

24:00 We don't row with sliding riggers today? It's not more expensive

28:00 Rowing and the Olympics

34:00 The future of rowing - coastal as another possibility. Le Mans style start

37:00 The way changes are made in racing is sad for me. The loss of lightweight rowing. There's a a clear campaign to get rowing out of the Olympics

39:00 FISA Technical Commission don't want more electronics in the boat.

49:40 My rowing bucket list

53:00 Rowing Faster books - Ed McNeely of Human Kinetics developed the concept for the books. The second book includes personal stories as well as good science.

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Editorial director Luke Reynolds of Rowing Magazine announces the publication's brand-new app - and previews the editorial coverage for the coming year. All USRowing championship members receive the monthly print publication.