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Author Archives: Raf Wyatt
Structure of US University rowing competitions
Unlike the case with most major collegiate sports in the U.S., collegiate rowing is not governed by “conferences” or groups of schools that join together for marketing and scheduling purposes. Larger rowing programs in the States are part of the …
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Race plans for coaches and coxswains part 2
That’s your crew approaching the 1000m mark. This should be interesting: there’s a big move planned at the 1000, 20 strokes to put pressure on the other crews; 20 strokes pushing as though they’re starting the race again . . …
Posted in Coaching, Coxing, Racing, Rowing, Sculling, Testing and selection
Tagged Coxswain, rowing, Stroke
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Race Plans for coaches and coxswains
Today the Rowing Coach helps you out with suggestions about how to build up a race plan and what the ‘ideal’ race profile looks like. Looking like a race? So your crews are about to embark on their straight-course racing …
Posted in Coaching, Competition, Coxing, Racing, Rowing theory
Tagged Coxswain, rowing
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Finishing strokes -one last thing for your rowing video
Just every now and then you get the chance to compare two styles of rowing within the same boat – no, that happens quite often – let me rephrase that. Sometimes you get lucky and someone rowing the way you …
Posted in Coaching, Rowing, Sculling, Technique, Training, Uncategorized
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6 Ways to Treat a Rowing Blister
Rowing Blisters: Part 5 What happens if despite your best efforts you finish the row with a new set of blisters? Many are the theories and practices but here’s what I do and what I advise my athletes to do: …
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Avoiding Rowing Blisters: When Prevention is Better than Cure
Rowing Blisters: Part 4 For when you really, really, really don’t want blisters . . . Rowperfect met up with Surgeon Philip Game at the Australian National Masters Regatta in Tasmania; he was really keen to show us how he …
Posted in Best Practice, Masters, Racing, Rowing, Sculling, Training
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Revealed: Why Rowing Boats are Faster in Deep Water
Reading about the rowers at Burnaby Lake Rowing Club enjoying the new feel to their boats after their lake had been dredged brought back memories of slogging away on a shallow, weed-infested, tidal river reach that was our training venue. …
How to Make a Great Race out of a Rowing Race
FISA are providing races for Olympians where the stakes are high, where we want to see which crew is fastest and strongest – not which lane has the most current or the strongest wind. So does a race have to …
Posted in Competition, Coxing, Racing, Rowing, Uncategorized
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Avoiding Rowing Blisters – the Answer is in Your Hands
Rowing Blisters: Part 3 So if it’s not something on the handle rubbing your hands causing your blisters could it be your hands shifting, moving, creating friction? Or squeezing, pinching tiny folds of flesh (yes, even in the thinnest!) against …
Posted in Rowing, Rowing theory, Sculling, Technique, Uncategorized
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Rowing Blisters and 3 Ways to Avoid Them
Rowing Blisters: Part 2 Rowers’ blisters are caused by either friction forming a water blister or pinching forming a blood blister. There’s something going on between your hands and the handle to give you blisters; we need to look first …
Posted in Best Practice, Equipment, Maintenance, Rowing, Sculling
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