Stop Worrying As A Coach Part 3: Jim Flood
This next lesson for keeping a level head and lunch in your stomach as a rowing coach is going to be a tough pill to swallow. This pill is brought to you from the mind of Jim Flood, a rowing coach and coacher of coaches who has authored several books on rowing. Much of his efforts right now are going into coaching in third world countries so as to spread the world of rowing. GET A GRIP! When posed with the question
Stop Worrying As A Coach Part 2: Jimmy Joy
To expert coach Jimmy Joy, planning is everything when it comes to dealing with worry and stress as a rowing coach. The challenges that come with organising a rowing club and its coaching is extensive. But we’re looking to find the answers for you. In this post we hope to outline how rowing coaches deal with the stress of coaching and keeping a club going. This week Jim lent us his voice. Plan to plan to plan, then share that plan around Jim
Stop Worrying As A Coach Part 1: Mike Davenport
Professional rowing coach Mike Davenport returned to coaching after a 5 year break. Find out why the job stress caused him to quit and then re-consider coaching again. If your club has trouble retaining coaching staff, this article is important for you to read. In this post we hope to outline how rowing coaches deal with the stress of coaching and keeping a club going. For this first blog post we spoke with professional rowing coach, Mike Davenport. His techniques to deal
How to cope with losing a coach
Don't get caught without a coach! Sometimes coaches retire, have to go on leave, get injured etc etc. What do you do then? They're arguably the most integral persons in a rowing team providing training, management, motivation and more! Well there's a way to get around losing such an integral members and that's preparation. Every rowing club should have a plan in place for when they lose a rowing coach. We've got two great ideas here that have worked for clubs such
Rowing Fundraiser Interview: Anna-Rosa of Rob Roy Boat Club
Anna-Rosa Gejlsbjerg, coach and athlete at Rob Roy Boat Club, had a vision of taking her rowing masters crew to the FISA World Rowing Masters Championships - and she made it come true! “It’s quite expensive to travel” she said, especially in Europe, and she had to work with her crew to raise some of the funds that got them there. We had a call with her to talk about the fundraisers she ran to support her vision, the struggles she
Transporting your rowing gear: moving oars by plane
Transporting rowing equipment can be a hassle, especially when flying is involved. With so many rules and regulations (not to mention disclaimers when damage to the equipment occurs) it can mean the difference between a smooth trip and an absolute nightmare arriving without your gear. Not to worry though! In this post we're covering the ins and outs of transporting your rowing oars on aeroplanes. Pre-transportation Possibly the best (or sometimes only) option for transporting your rowing oars by flight is with pre-transportation.
Train rowing club novices: Wraptor Balance FREE club trial
THIS FREE TRIAL HAS EXPIRED Have you heard of the number one way to save your club space and money? How do you encourage new athletes to join your club without wearing your resources thin? We’ve found the solution in the Wraptor Balance and are so confident that we’re happy to give your club a trial run! What is the Wraptor Balance? The Wraptor Balance is a floatation device to help novices get used to the balance and flow of rowing. It straps
How to measure the success of a Rowing Coach
Mike Davenport explores many interesting rowing topics on his blog: Coaching Sports Today. As we read through his blog we found that he uses the metaphor of a vehicle dashboard to describe the things we should check about the performance of coaches. “Similar to the dashboard in your car a coaching-dashboard has instruments, or metrics, that give you feedback. Feedback that can tell you whether you're on track, getting better or not, or if there's anything that you need to pay attention to
How to transform yourself from rower into coach
We’ve been following some online rowing conversations recently about masters rowers moving into support roles in the rowing community. That got us thinking, how could a rowing athlete become a skilled coach? We took a look at what it takes to be a rowing coach and the first steps needed to get you started. What do the experts say? Coaches have to observe and experience things very differently from a rower. Rowperfect recently spoke with Jimmy Joy (a skilled and experienced rowing
Coaching: How to Prepare for an International Regatta
Daunting as it is, a coach’s first time attending and coaching for an international regatta could be much nicer. We had a talk with rowing coach Grant Craies about his time with the University of Otago Rowing Club in New Zealand where he took crews to race in China. Routine preparation Environments, both different in location and to do with travel in general, are difficult to adapt to. Grant suggests moulding yourself and your team to the environment of your destination, as