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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Free Electronic Logbook for Rowing

If you still use the \’classic\’ pen and paper to sign out boats at your rowing club, you\’re a bit behind the times. Why not make life a little easier for you and your members, a little more organised, and save a few trees while you\’re at it. We\’ve discovered

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Shell Condition Checklist

Regularly checking your rowing and sculling shells are, well, a hassle, but a necessity of rowing club management. But don\’t fret, we\’ve found you something that will make it a little bit easier. George D. Kirschbaum, Jr. – a coxswain and writer of many years has done one more favor for

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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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In Case of Emergency: Points for your Boat Club

Emergencies – the dreaded creeping potential of having numerous humans doing, well, just about anything together in a \”perfect storm\”. Couple it with water, weather, and large objects, and you have yourself a situation that can end up in any of a number of unpleasant ways (uh-oh!). As a boat

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How can you fit more boats into your boat house?

When it comes to dealing with large, heavy objects (boats) and numerous people (club members), safety and strategic planning for space optimization are of the utmost concern.  That\’s why we paid special attention to an interesting question we received from a boat club manager in the UK, who simply wondered,

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Resources for Dragon Boating

Dragon Boating is unique among the sports we \’paddlers\’ involve ourselves in. For instance, a single dragon boat carries enough people for two soccer teams – compare that to your single scull!  Below we have some helpful articles for boat club managers about dragon boating, from safety protocol to stretching,

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