Advanced Rowing book authors, Charles Simpson and Jim Flood explain what's different and similar about top rowing coaching and how to learn from others.
Timestamps to the interview
01:00 Introduction and background in rowing
04:00 Why we wrote the Advanced Rowing book
06:00 The process of coaching - it makes us curious
08:00 Dissatisfaction with coaching structures - symptoms are athletes unsure what to do, drop outs, no clear objectives.
11:00 Dave O'Neill head coach at University of Texas - talking vs listening
13:00 The structure of the book, international / clubs and universities / 8 themes to each chapte
16:00 Norway and Denmark excel on a shoestring budget
19:00 Efficiency of funds and ti use. Clubs can learn. What you don't have is not an excuse not to do well.
23.00 Coaching as a process of experiments. It's full of ideas nad resources. Spot the difference between club and international squads.
26:00 Cross training to avoid boredom and injury.
30:00 The benefits of tracking total training load. Trusting athlete choices. Bond and Murray training data is on PubMed
34:00 Variations of coaching style and athlete preferences
40:00 How to interview rowing coaches
44:00 Can we learn the skill of asking questions? Why it does not exist now
46:00 Rowing as art and science - selection is predicting the future. Science informs process but doesn't dictate outcomes.
51:00 Data in rowing - make sure it's valid first. Collect systematically and accurately. Get good kit.
54:00 Immersive training environments
57:00 Predictive times for races. Prognostic Times for Rowing ebook.