Tag: rowing
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Nine Mistakes I Made as a Novice Coxswain – Part One
Novice season #1: My first time coxing was in 2012. I was a junior in college and coxed for a masters team. I was barely getting the basics but left the team after only a few months to study abroad in Morocco! Those few months were enough for me to always dream of coming back.…
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Whatcha Doing?
Hey coxswains – How are we doing? Hoping you and your loved ones are staying healthy, safe, and positive. I thankfully still work full hours at my job, so my life between 8:30 and 5:30 has not changed much. From the rowing-related webinars and team discussions, I have noticed that people just want to know…
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Crew Classic Recordings
Here are some of my favorite San Diego Crew Classic recordings, and I included time stamps of the parts that stood out to me. Thanks to everyone who made these recordings happen and available! The list starts with the most recent one. 2019 San Diego Crew Classic Fresh from last year! This crew has the…
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Dock Like a Rockstar
I led a session during my club’s coxswains clinic, and I typed up my outline with some additional information for anybody who wants some docking assistance. Let me know if you have other docking rules you live by! First of all, are you a rower-coxswain or a sometimes coxswain that only coxes when your name…
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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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Indoor Championships
If you ever get asked to cox someone at an indoor race, I highly recommend it. Sometimes rowers don’t think about having a cox, so let them know that you’re available if you hear your rowers are thinking about entering an indoor race. When rowers are training for an indoor race, they might be erging…
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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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Notes from “Erg With Olympians” 1/2
In February 2017, I participated in an extraordinary erg clinic for masters at ZLAC Rowing Club. What was most attractive about the clinic was the two well know and elite athletes, Luke Walton and Kerry Simmonds. Since a lot of clubs and rowers are using winter time to train on ergs more often, I am…
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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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