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RowingChat

著者： Rebecca Caroe
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 Rowing Chat is the podcast network dedicated to rowing. We have many shows hosted from around the world on specialist topics from Strength Training to USA news, from interviews to data analysis. Produced by Rebecca Caroe, it brings rowing news, coaching advice and interviews to you. Go to https://rowing.chat/ for links to the latest episodes & subscribe in your favourite podcast software.All rights reserved
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  • Coxswains on TV

    Coxswains on TV
    2026/11/06
    I found a video from Penny Chuter's archive featuring both Acer Nethercott and Sir Steve Redgrave from the BBC archives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aim_uJyo3LU Timestamps 01:00 Explaining coxing to non-rowers Rowing material recorded by Penny Chuter is on Mostyn Field's YouTube channel where he's digitising it for us to enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/mostynarc A brief guide to coxing with Acer Nethercott from 2006. Explaining rowing to non-rowers isn not straightforward. Robert Treharne-Jones made an observation - when you are describing a race it's not about who is in the race, there's a lot more "colour" what you can describe. This is to fill in a bit of time when the race isn't very exciting, 03:00 A local regatta commentator When you have school kids and their parents watching they are often seeing rowing for the first time. You will use similarly simple language to Acer's description of coxing. If you go to a national championships or World Championships the commentator can talk using more technical language - complex concepts. This is because the audience is different - it's experienced fans of rowing. This audience will understand. At the Olympic Games it's more similar to your local regatta because you have a huge audience of people who know nothing about rowing Acer Nethercott explains the role of the coxswain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aim_uJyo3LU 05:15 Sir Steve Redgrave tells a joke Gary Herbert was another British Coxswain who is also a commentator. He coxed the Searle brothers to a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in the coxed pair. A few years ago I collected rowing tales because standing on a river bank, rowers will always tell stories. 07:30 Matt McQuillan's story about Gary Herbert He describes the river bank in Putney in London just before the Boat Race where he saw his friend Gary Herbert. Get Rowing Tales books
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  • How to win races

    How to win races
    2026/11/08
    First learn how to train, learn how to race then learn how to win. Timestamps 01:15 Warming up The intermediate crew will warm up half the crew at a time; the advanced crew will do whole crew, square blades and feet out of the shoes. Which is right? Both of them - they are at different stages of rowing. Don't think "what do fast crews do?" and copy it. Instead think - what is my next stage? Masters do a lot of self-coaching and appraise themselves. If you work out what your next stage is you can practice things which will upskill yourself. 02:15 Learning to train This is the foundation step where you learn to enjoy the technique and the training. Racing comes later. We join this pathway at any point. You're learning drills and how to keep your technique under pressure with increasing finesse. Building fitness comes next - rowing longer before taking a rest, higher stroke rates, how to work hard when you are tired. 03:45 Learning to race You need a good fitness engine and bladework skills under pressure to do races. Your programme needs to build fitness and bladework skills at low rates as well as harder sessions at high intensities and rates. Regular testing is included - repeating workouts and comparing times or splits. Gauge progress and where your fitness or rate falls apart. Deciding to race can take a few years for many masters. Race skills are separate from training skills. You will learn racing starts, how to do pushes, pacing a race, how to steer, and a race plan. First races are all about the experience - learn what it's like and the cadence of a regatta weekend. Race often because every race is a practice for the next one - you can race in training too. Technique at this stage is about keeping composed and consistent when you are tired. Use one fix at a time - learn from the prior event - hence the importance of repeated sessions in training. Try doing 2 events at each regatta or two pieces in training so you have a chance to put right what went wrong on the same day. Learn how to keep those improvements. 07:00 Learning to win Race skills improve to execute under pressure to a high standard alongside high quality competitors. The training programme peaks for the events that matter in the year. You may do races without doing a taper to peak as part of training. Learn the crew decisions, and a shared language in the crew and how to execute calls with skill. Rowing technique is about finesse at high rates because that's what decides close races. Clean catches, managing the weather, and keeping stroke length at race rate. Inside the race you execute moves and pushes and technique refinements. Know how to do each and how to respond to the call. You may need more than one plan for the race. A deeper skill is knowing how to read a race - what is happening around you. Interpret what other crews are doing and know what the options are how to respond and adapt your race plan. Find out where your technique or fitness breaks down - the same method you used when learning to race. That still gives you something to work on for the next race. 09:45 Stages of learning Underneath all of this is technique - the drills and fitness improvement never stop - they just get better at performing under pressure. Find which rung you are on the rowing skills ladder for technique which will get you towards learning to race successfully. https://fastermastersrowing.com/the-rowing-skills-ladder/
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    11 分
  • The way we do things round here

    The way we do things round here
    2026/10/30
    Boathouse habits we all have but rarely record. Boat damage happens on racks and in doorways. Good habits are cheap and broken riggers are not. Timestamps 01:00 Small things with an outsize impact. When you go and lift your boat - does everyone do it the same way? Most of the "lore" lives in people's heads and gets passed on by word of mouth. Boathouse habits worth making visible. 02:15 Before the boat moves Focus on safety here - from signing in and out; which people and boat are you using, and which water circulation you are using. And the safety features in the boat - the bow ball and heel restraints on the shoes. A damaged boat stays on the rack and does not get used. Most clubs take their oars out first with water bottles, seat pads and electronics. Put them where nobody will step on them. When carrying oars do you hold them spoon or handle first? Does it matter which way? If it's important you need a policy on how to do it. 04:00 Carrying boats When moving small boats it's all about balance and managing the boat balance. Big boat safety is about communication amongst the crew carrying it. Single sculls weigh about 14kg - find the balance point before lifting of the rack. Doubles and pairs are carried differently. One person at each end, next to the canvas holding the boat in the crook of your elbow in order to have control over the boat. Before lifting any crew boat agree who is doing the calls. Eights and fours - they are long and we have a rule only one person calls and everyone else is silent unless what they say is abut carrying the boat safely. Spread yourself evenly down the boat, opposite your rigger. Make the calls one at a time - lift - roll it vertical - walk it out. You may need someone to check it's clear of the doorway. 06:45 Protect boats Simple things to protect boats - the pool noodle hack. Slit them and cover them to go over the oarlock (top and bottom of pin). Wooden wedges to tilt the riggers of the boat above up to give more space for lifting. Also tennis balls, rubber caps, old socks also work to protect top nuts. Remember the bit which does the damage is the rigger on the far side of the rack against the wall. Put the protectors back on the riggers before re-racking the boat. https://www.row2k.com/features/6718/rowing-hack-pool-noodled-oarlocks/ 08:00 Boat repairs Do you have a log book for repairs? How are repairs reported? Can you fix something you notice immediately? That is often best and you don't need to report it and take the boat out of use. An 'Out of Use' sign can be made to hang in the gates so it's obvious that the boat is broken. Who is in charge of doing the repairs or preparing a list of repairs for the next working bee? We do these monthly and most of the quick fixes can easily be done by members with no boatbuilding skill. That's where members learn about the equipment, how it is designed and how to look after it. What's important is to write down and document your processes - write them down in your club handbook and teach it at new member induction, teach visitors and at learn to row courses. If you've downloaded the Faster Masters Skills Checklists you can edit those documents to add in your way of doing things for your club. https://fastermastersrowing.com/the-rowing-skills-ladder/
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    10 分
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