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Ready, Row! USA #8 - Show Notes for April 2, 2019

HIGHLIGHTS: U15 & U17 championships added by US Rowing; erg-logging software; seat-riser hack for max power & flow; San Diego Crew Classic preview; and a couple of worthy benefit regattas this weekend.

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Will Ruth's book Rowing Stronger is in its second edition. This hugely popular  book written by the host of the Strength Coach Roundtable podcast on the RowingChat network has a special offer just for you. Will has given all our listeners a free download of chapter one of the new book. Get your download from https://rowing.chat/sponsors and click the link.

INTRO:

Welcome to the spring season of the Ready, Row! USA podcast. We’ve been on a break doing conservation work, book research, and rowing advocacy in the amazing country of Nepal, but we’re back to watch the ice slowly recede in the frozen Northern US, while dipping down south for the regattas and camps that continue to sustain us during the winter months.

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PANELIST

I am your host and producer, Charlotte Pierce. With me today is correspondent Mark Wilson, the longtime coach who runs the All American Rowing Camp in DeLand, Florida with the legendary Jim Dietz; he also reps for AccuDock, one of the leading floating dock companies.

GADGETS & GEAR

Adjustable seats. Various companies are now making height adjustable seats. Wintech, Filippi, others may be coming along. Custom height seats allow you to more easily gain full compression and allow for different leg lengths to help with leg drive and keeping body posture on the drive. A sculler and sweep rower should know their seat top to heel bottom number. Can find a comfortable number from the erg. LINK, Sent Photos via email (Mark) can discus)

ErgBot handy erg-logging software.

New mid-range adaptive seat for erg and standard rowing shell (Resolute and CRI partnership; other companies getting in on the action).

New U17 and U15 National Championships added by US Rowing.

ErgBot erg-logging software photo automatically uploads to logbook. Cool If you don't already link to C2 automatically.

San Diego Crew Classic: HS, Masters, Adaptive  April 6-7. 108 clubs from coast to coast.

Camden, NJ Steve Neczypor regatta on Saturday and Manny Flick on Sunday on the Schuylkill.

Plenty of collegiate racing on tap this week!

Some places the ice is still in place and others there are district regattas this weekend and states next weekend (April 13/14 are the State competitions in Florida and Texas.

NEXT WEEK: Preview of Perry Sperber's new rigging tools.  Very well designed and ready for the market soon.

CLUB & PROGAM NEWS

CLUB NEWS FORM - send in your club news!

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Host/Producer: Charlotte Pierce, PiercePress.com

Panelist: Mark Wilson, AllAmericanRowingCamp.com

Contributor: Ellen Minzner, US Para Rowing Coach, CommunityRowing.org

Executive Producer: Rebecca Caroe, www.Rowing.Chat

An excellent conversation with Columbia Lightweight Coach Nich Lee Parker. We discuss being out, speed of lightweight crews this season, NZ technique, hanging out with Robbie Manson, white or yellow boats and supporting The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe discuss language in coaching and how to be more specific in what you say; our pet peeves for coaches - what drives us crazy and how to get the most out of going on a rowing camp.

Timestamps to the show

0:00 Royle Row camps are happening at Florida Rowing Center during April

02:00 Training side by side is a great early season aide to steering and getting used to having a crew alongside

04:00 Language in rowing coaching - be specific.  Tell the athlete HOW to do it not just WHAT you want done.

08:00 Geographical reference points in the rowing stroke.  When the principles are in place, the flaws go away.

13:00 Pet peeves in coaching -

Stick near the launch if you want coaching, don't turkey off into the distance and then complain.

Turn up on time.

Emphasising upper body reach for length instead of compression.

Stay "long" which tends to make the athlete lay back too far versus a focus on keeping the pressure on the blade longer.

A focus on early roll up when there are bigger issues like posture, sequencing and stability for the athlete to get.

You need to be on time at the blade entry, not exceptionally early.

Defining "layback" of degrees and considering it "length" versus being part of the swing and knowing when you lose suspension.

19:00 Getting the most out of camps

Take notes - write down exact key words that helped you

Have fun, experiment and try new things to make comfort in your boat

Prepare ahead of time by doing some extra rowing and stretching

Get enough rest between sessions, stretch often

Focus on one thing at a time, watch the demonstrations, record / film the explanations on your phone

Ask questions if you are not clear about something a coach says

Be open to video feedback, coaches aim to be constructive (!)

You are learning ew skills so there is a process involved

27:00 After camp learning - the process continues

Refer to your notes for drills or key words

Work on one thing at a time

Each day pick one point or drill to focus on

Blend any drill into your regular rowing

That's all for this month - remember to register at www.fastermastersrowing.com to get early news of our new project.

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This month RowingChat is supported by

- Rowing Stronger book second edition by Will Ruth - download a free first chapter https://rowing.chat/sponsor/rowing-stronger-book/

- RowTours the new rowing holiday company headed by Olympian, Pete Wells. Join the RowTours team in a mini-rowing vacation ahead of the World Championships. Choose from a 3, 4 or 6 day rowing tour down the Danube river starting in Passau and ending at Linz in time for the World Rowing Championships.

More information and pricing at https://www.rowtours.com/rowing-chat

Martin Cross needs little introduction - a lifetime student of the sport he is a multiple Olympian,  record holder for the longest time spent on the GB Rowing team (18 years in case you're interested) and now commentates for  FISA at the World Rowing regattas.  We discuss the Boat Race, the challenges facing the Olympic Rowing Programme, James Cracknell at Cambridge and two hilarious anecdotes in the same style of Martin's book, Olympic Obsession. 

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction and background in rowing

03:00 Pete Wells - choosing to row like Keith Moon

04:00 Olympic gender equality

07:00 Diversification in the Olympics - Indoor or Coastal rowing by 2028

12:00 Inclusivity for World Rowing - rowing is making fantastic strides in Paralympic Sport

21:00 James Cracknell at Cambridge

27:00 Boat Race Sponsorship ends this year - the Topolski Foundation

35:00 British National Championships - Strategy is driven by Andy Parkinson

46:00 The British Rowing change in performance director and chief coach is very different from Sir David Tanner.  The waty coaches can relate to their athletes has changed - there are higher expectations about how you will be treated in sport.

50:00 Retention in the British squad is a massive issue

52:00 Employment law and sport - and the two most powerful interviews Martin wrote about Alex Partridge and Caroline Lind

56:00 World championships hot crews to watch for 2019

1:03:00 Steve Redgrave in China.  China has been the graveyard of so many coaches.

The Anecdote - rowing in Sabaudia.

William is the founder of the round-Britain race, GB Row Challenge. He talks about the first circumnavigation, his Guinness World Record and leadership challenges under pressure.

Timestamps to the podcast

1:00 Introduction and background in rowing

3:00 The idea to raise money for charity and row around Britain

6:00 The route chosen with Tower Bridge as the start/finish line. Guinness Records involvement.

10:00 The storm in the Irish Sea

12:00 Planning and using the British Army as public relations.

18:00 We were running low on water when we got to Scotland. This led to crew conflict

25:00 How does the Army train for the unexpected?

27:00 Delineation of responsibility affects leadership decisions

30:00 Team creation and leadership. Dealing with disruptive individuals

34:00 GB Row Challenge June 2020. There are world records up for grabs - 2, 4 man and womens crews.

37:00 My Guinness record was beaten in 2013 by 6 hours. But I'm going to do the race again

www.gbrowchallenge.com

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Sean Wolf - aka RowingWolf interviews Daniel Walsh a 12 year veteran of the national team and now coach at Engine Room Fitness

Sean Wolf - aka RowingWolf interviews Andrew Campbell the US Lightweight Sculler and Bronze medalist in World Rowing Championships Lightweight single sculls in 2018 for USA.

Legendary womens sweep coach Tom Terhaar in conversation with Sean Wolf.

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe discuss Head Racing and training for long distance races.

Events coming up:

Head of the River and the Heineken Regatta including 2,500m, 250m, 5k.

On-water trials for crew selection - focusing on eights

Tapering for the head race

Head Race Guide free ebook offer

Articles mentioned

Thank you rowing article by Kim Gross https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dear-rowing-thank-you-kim-gross

Old habits never die by Dr Rowing [ask us if you want the pdf]

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