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The Racing Starts Challenge
The Racing Starts Challenge is 6 videos teaching how to perfect your starts. With 3 expert guests: Lesleh Thompson, Adam Kreek & Alix James sharing insider tips, drills, start sequences & checklists alongside Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe.
Learn from
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Lesleh Wright – Olympic Cox 1980 & 1884, Athletic Director Chinook Performance Canadian National Team Coxswain and Olympian 1977-1985. Co-Founder and Athletic Director and Chief Coxswain at Chinook Performance Racing. Owner of Steeringuwright Rowing Camps and Clinics.
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Adam Kreek – Olympic 8 2004 & 2008, Ambassador Coach at Oarboard, Executive Business Coach
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Alix James – Masters athlete, CEO of Nielsen-Kellerman, 7 years of collegiate (Yale) and club experience in my 20’s, then 15 years of experience rowing as a Master with Vesper. LOTS of experience bowing doubles and quads and “coxing” starts as well as doing them myself.
6 Videos
Video 1 covers getting to the start and Strokes 1 and 2.
Video 2 Lesleh Wright shares her race day checklist, maneuvering onto the start pontoons and how to get to the start on time.
Video 3 covers Strokes 3 – 8. Ramping up your stroke rate to full slide.
Video 4 Adam Kreek details Mike Spraklen’s start used by the Beijing Olympic Gold Medal 8 and his personal tips on blade depth at the start.
Video 5 covers transitioning from Stroke 9 onto a sustainable race pace.
Video 6 Alix James details how to use a Speed Coach to decide the optimal rate for your starts.
PLUS bonus content
- 12 Exercises for Speedwork and Starts by Faster Masters Rowing
- Adam Kreek – the Spracklen Method explained
- The Drills and Workouts in the Spracklen Method
- Lesleh Wright – The Head of the Charles [PAUSE ROWING] Video;
- Lesleh’s preferred start sequence
- Alix James – Using data for your starts
- How to interpret your data to adapt your start to find the fastest sequence
All prices are in US$. If you are in New Zealand, they include GST.