Rowing leg drive
Faster Masters Rowing Radio – the podcast for masters rowers. Tips, advice and discussion from Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe. – Focus on leg drive – Testing what to test and how Support this show with a donation https://fastermastersrowing.com/register/podcast-supporter/ Timestamps 03:00 This Past Week – we are surveying our newsletter subscribers. Check your email for […]
Lessons from rowing puddles
Faster Masters Rowing Radio – the podcast for masters rowers. Tips, advice and discussion from Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe. – Racing [The Faster Five] – What you can learn from your puddles Support this show with a donation https://fastermastersrowing.com/register/podcast-supporter/ Timestamps 03:25 This Past Week – what we do to advocate for masters rowing. Video […]
Rowing Gloves – yes or no?
Faster Masters Rowing Radio – the podcast for masters rowers. Tips, advice and discussion from Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe. – Rowing Gloves yes or no? – Pin spacers how high? – Water or sports drinks in the boat? Support this show with a donation https://fastermastersrowing.com/register/podcast-supporter/ Timestamps Listener Questions answered 01:00 This past week we […]
Volker Nolte on Coaching Masters Rowing
Faster Masters Rowing Radio – the podcast for masters rowers. Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe are joined by Volker Nolte & Wolfgang Fritsch to discuss their brand new Masters Rowing book. Support this show with a donation https://fastermastersrowing.com/register/podcast-supporter/ Timestamps 04:00 Racing Starts Challenge sign up details 11:00 Wolfgang Fritsch and Volker Nolte’s backgrounds in rowing […]
Rowing Foot Connection
Training programs & plans for rowing aren’t as straightforward as they may seem. Traps abound. You may think that having a training plan and following it is straightforward. Well, yes at a simple level it is. But life tends to get in the way and then things get complicated. Should you follow a rowing program […]
How to follow a rowing training program
Following a training plan sounds so simple. You just read the workout and do it, right? Well – yes, but. There are many things which can get in the way of an effective training program – firstly training on the right day with the correct workout. Rowers are competitive folks and many harbor fears of […]
Self coaching for masters groups
Masters don’t get much coaching compared to other training groups. There are many reasons for this – under 18 year olds cannot row unsupervised for safety and protection reasons and clubs allocate scarce coaching resource according to their priorities. Whatever the reason (and we can discuss ways to overcome the frustrations of masters athletes in […]
How to stay on track with your training with business travel
“What is that?” He opened my box. A seasoned security guard, he looked at the folded skeleton of metal, puzzled, like the guys at gas stations who think your boat is a missile on the roof of your car. But in this Middle Eastern airport the situation was more serious. “It’s a rowing machine,” I […]
Rowing technique makes my brain hurt!
When coaching masters, I often find that they over-think the coaching instructions they receive. This can be tested by asking the athletes to “think about nothing” for ten strokes and then to take 10 strokes thinking about a technical point. Most row better when thinking about nothing! In our debriefs after practice many tell me […]
Select your masters lineups for regattas
Picking your crew lineups for regatta is a delicate task for Masters group organisers and coaches. There are so many potentially “touchy” topics. Rather than present a vanilla approach, I thought it would give insight if I share the process I use for my club group. We are a mixed club of racing and non-racing […]