Parents and Coaching

If you coach for students, you may resonate with this post from The CoachAD on the difficulties that parents can present for you.  The post has some positive points on dealing with difficult parents, particularly on how to keep them informed and in-the-loop. It also has some more radical suggestions,

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9 Things We Know About Rowing Coaches

Your rowing coaches are the pillars of your boathouse.  As such it's crucial that you support them in your role as a rowing club manager.  Below we have a great article from Mike Davenport, coach and writer extraordinaire.  He outlines 9 points based on his excessive experience that he knows

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Race like an Olympian (but Avoid the Injuries)

As we watch the Olympians tearing through the water in their races for Gold, we\’re naturally inspired to push ourselves, sometimes past our limits, in our own practices and races.  Inspiration is a great thing, but not if it leads to injury.  No matter the season it\’s smart to be

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Organizing a Crew of Athletes for your Rowing Club

Organising athletes can be a major job, and a major pain, but we\’re going to help make it a little bit easier for you. Structure is everything, and it all starts with a few simple lists. Setup a list using these keys concepts.  The Specifics Under \’Contact Me\’ you should outline

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Rowing Coach Tip on Crew Selection Using Ergo Scores

Comparing ergo scores of athletes whose body weights have a large variance is one of those difficult biannual tasks for coaches. Power vs. weight ratio is an important consideration in coaches\’ selection criteria for crews. A larger athlete is reasonably able to produce more power on a rowing machine. But when

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Cheat Sheet for Rigging Ratios – Shhhhh

Rigging isn\’t an art, it\’s a science. Today we\’re sharing a great website we found that lists tables giving the spread for oar length and inboard. It\’s all calculated for you, and included is the rough equation if you\’d like to do the work yourself. We suggest you print this

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Race Plans for Coaches

As a boat club manager you need to support every member of your club, this includes the coaches. Create a platform for sharing knowledge among coaches to help them excel at what they do, creating happy members, and a well stocked club. You can start by printing out the blog

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Lessons from the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race

When the unexpected happens the crew that makes the best decision in the split seconds around the event usually comes out winning. We all saw this in action in the recent Oxford & Cambridge boat race. Lessons can be learned for every club from this event, and as a boat

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Ethan Curren and the Art of Putting Together a Crew

Our weekly installment of The Joy of Sculling 2011 presentations.  The annual Joy of Sculling conference is focused on educating coaches by creating an enjoyable learning environment in which coaches share their ideas and practices, and develop their understanding of Integral Coaching: a comprehensive approach to instruction. Douglas Lumsden, founder of Space Saver

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