Ryan Demaine, Head coach of Headington School is my guest.

01:00 Introduction and background in rowing

02:00 The state of school rowing in the UK.

04:00 The structure of our school rowing programme by age - 140+ girls in the club

08:00 Number of sessions per week for different age groups.

13:00 No injuries in the group by starting slowly with weight lifting. The speed of the bar is important.

14:00 Prioritise participation over performance Many schools don’t create an athlete-oriented environment.

21:00 The athlete scholar - coined by Christine Wilson. You must be on top of your work or rowing suffers.

24:00 Drop off between school and university

27:00 Physiology Testing - Charlie Simpson uses 5 or 6 ergs lasting 10 minutes with 10 minutes rest between. 30 minutes is when the aerobic zone is for blood lactate and watts is the training band.

31:00 Take watts from the gym into the boat - rate of perceived exertion on 1-10 scale plus Heart Rate plus lactate or watts.

35:00 My coaching philosophy of how to move a boat. Relaxation, Rhythm, Efficiency

42:00 Quad - confidence on how the boat feels

48:00 Match racing skills. I care about the performance more than the boat speed.

50:00 We should move the school exams to December and finish the rowing year in October.

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