Rowers research, read and learn all the time. How to take your new ideas into the boat and test them out - do they work? Book of the Month with Jess di Carlo | Faster Masters Rowing Radio - the podcast for masters rowers. Tips, advice and discussion from Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe.
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Timestamps
03:00 Sculling Intensive course launch
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Every 5 years do a major reset and go back to basics on your sculling. This serves as a refresher course.
06:00 This Past Week - what we do to advocate for masters rowing. When people get nervous wierd things happen. Write it down and make a checklist for your regatta timings.
07:45 Coaches Eye has closed down.
09:45 Book of the Month Mind over Water - lessons on life from he art of rowing by Craig Lambert
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https://fastermastersrowing.com/best-rowing-books-2020/
It is based on the Head of the Charles Regatta and being an older athlete learning how to scull. Craig recalls the Great North East Blackout of 1965.
21:00 You Belong Here. Rowing shows you are part of the club.
23:30 Finding new rowing things to use in your practice. As a student of rowing it's an ongoing process.
24:45 Have a good system to capture information - a reference archive.
27:00 Putting the new idea into practice
As a coach it's important to hear how others describe things.
30:00 Back to basics - choose how to do the thing,.
Break down the stroke - exaggerate or isolate that movement.
32:00 The value of repetition - do it multiple times.
Can you verbalise what you want to happen?
34:00 Technique first and then power. Test your limits.
Use this method to coach and apply your learning.