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Andy Anderson

Doctor Rowing, a.k.a. Andy Anderson, has been coxing, coaching, and sculling for 55 years. When not writing, coaching, or thinking about rowing, he teaches at Groton School and considers the fact that all three of his children rowed and coxed—and none played lacrosse—his greatest success.
College

Time Out for a Triptych

On rowing your own race, sculling Shahs, and a Nordic sprinter.
News

We’re All In The Same Boat

Is the idea dead in the water because someone missed a stroke? Maybe you were rowing into a headwind and it’s time to rock the boat by telling everyone to pull together and row in the same direction.
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Advice

Doctor Rowing: Naming Rites

I pray that you aren’t going to waste the opportunity to honor someone by giving it a jokey name, like “No Crabs”.
College

Cal Men Celebrate 150 Years

A new movie boasts of the many successes since rowing began at Cal in 1875 but it’s mostly about the culture of the team today and the family the Golden Bears build.
Features

Doctor Rowing: Joe Burk’s Character of a Champion

Despite losing the singles trials for the 1936 Berlin Olympics to a fellow Penn AC sculler, Joe Burk did not sulk. He went back to the family farm, got back in his single, and rowed his own style with his own strategy.
News

Why Do You Love the Head of the Charles?

Is it the fall weather, friendships, and community? The excitement, enthusiasm, and sportsmanship? The babes, studs, and crashes? Or seeing great rowing up close?
Advice

Doctor Rowing: How to Watch the Head of the Charles

A cheeky guide to the best places to see the action, mayhem, and fun from a super fan who has attended the storied regatta 25 times.
News

Revenge of the Lightweights

Shunned by the Olympics and World Rowing, rowers of “normal size” are posting sensational times, racing to exciting finishes, and occasionally beating the big boys.
Coaches

Doctor Rowing: A Bridge to the Past

Coach Graf could be impatient and gruff, but deep down he was a teddy bear with some wild ideas—like buying an old power plant and hanging boats vertically like sides of beef. When it was rumored that the HELCO plant was going to be sold, Graf dreamed of buying it.
News

Doctor Rowing: One Tough Kid

A runner switches to erg training but still has a personal best? There must be something to this erg stuff.
Doctor Rowing

For a Faster Boat, Go Naked

Pearls of wisdom about the care and maintenance of your chariot, though it's really all about the horses.
Doctor Rowing

Thoughts on the Micro-Pause from Josy Verdonkschot

USRowing Chief High Performance Officer Josy Verdonkschot joins Doctor Rowing's ongoing debate about the merits of the micro-pause.
News

Doctor Rowing: The First Family of Rowing

Meet the Rushers of Wisconsin—Jack, Cindy, Kay, Alie, and Nick—four of them Olympians, three of them medal winners.
News

Letters to Doctor Rowing: Potent Pause

Doctor Rowing received the following letters regarding his column on the micropause from two coaches who are students of the sport, both coincidentally named Gregg.
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College

Plugging the Talent Drain

Keeping college graduates in rowing means building a real profession.
News

Hydration: Water Ways

Today, the hydration pendulum has swung so far the other way that having something to drink on hand at all times has become almost an obsession.
College

Time Out for a Triptych

On rowing your own race, sculling Shahs, and a Nordic sprinter.
College

Fields Set for IRA, NCAA National Championships

The 2026 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship regatta for men's and lightweight women's varsity programs and the 2026 NCAA Rowing Championships for women have set the fields for their May 29-31 events.

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