We had an awesome RowingChat today with Steve Gladstone and have collated timestamps for the key points we covered during the interview. Please subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and, as ever, tell your friends about RowingChat.
01:00 How to up-skill your coaching colleagues
03:00 Are all the athletes on the same training programme?
04:00 What to coach new athletes joining the crew
07:00 How to encourage dialogue with student athletes
08:00 Balancing training for the Harvard Yale Boat Race with 2k racing
13:00 Using technology in the rowing boat and what to measure and track
16:00 Training the mind and the body - events to prompt expansion and memorable workouts
21:00 Working with coxswains on long distance rows. Measurable criteria GPS average and targets
This is not water ballet
25:00 Influx of international students to Yale and US Universities
29:00 Impact of international students on their home national teams
32:00 How I select rowers - observation of development from day one. Switch Across on the water (seat racing), Timed Pieces
36:00 Favourite drills for rhythm and run - "Add a Pair". The heavy load versus the light load
38:00 My one change at Yale that made a difference. Faith in the Process of the Endeavour: Proper action develops faith.
43:00 The "Phoenix Class" of 2015