Tag: coxing
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Gold Rush
Some time next week, my club’s coxswains are getting together over beer and pizza to go over their Gold Rush experiences. Our coxswain meetings have been a blast, and I am looking forward to hearing from the other coxies. Before that happens, I want to do some self-eval. I am using the same questions that…
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Coxswain Recording Cat Sheffler; UCSD V8+ Covered Bridge Regatta 2015
Good coxswain recordings give me so much energy even if all I am doing is sitting down and listening to them over and over again! This is one of my favorite recordings that I discovered this year. Start (0:24-1:00) – This start sequence is similar to what my club used this year, so it was…
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Notes from “Erg With Olympians” 2/2
Continued from https://coxswainslog.com/2018/12/08/notes-from-erg-with-olympians-1-2/. Pause at the finish drill: Head and spine should feel connected. Don’t look up or down. Relaxed shoulders and strong torso. Connection through the feet. The point of doing the pause drill is better body preparation. Pause at arms drill: Make sure your arms are straight. Don’t push the arms away. Come…
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Coxing Learn-To-Row
I love love love coxing learn-to-row sessions. It’s a fantastic opportunity to review fundamentals because coaches will explain them thoroughly. I encourage rowers that want to learn how to cox to volunteer at learn-to-row sessions because the coach will be right next them the whole time. I enjoy watching new rowers develop as better rowers…
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How are you going to carry that thing?
Coaches, rowers, and club leaders all come up with the best way to handle and take care of their shells. Taking shells in and out of the boathouse can be a challenging task for a new coxswain. Three-part commands seem to work the best for me and my crew. The first part is the action.…
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Head of the Port
Before the sun came up, a party bus rolled into the designated parking lot and picked up sleepy parents, rowers, coxswains, and coaches and drove them through the dark to the race venue. I coxed our advanced women’s 8+ at Head of the Port last weekend. Before the race, I was helping control boat traffic…
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Head of the American
I definitely wanted to do a short self-evaluation before my memories from the race slowly disappear from my brain. I seem to have some short-term memory issues lately. This race will always remain special in my heart as it was my first official coxing event. Our Novice 4+ came in first on raw time and…
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