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Recruiting: Deal With the Pressure By Keeping Control

Selecting a university is an important decision. While coaches may seek a quick answer, take the time to ensure the school is the right academic, athletic, and personal fit.
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Training for that Pinnacle Regatta

The ultimate race is the benchmark toward which the team must work, and coaches can calculate accurately the kind of performance required, on and off the water, to achieve it.

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Taking Advantage of Turnover

It isn’t something to be feared but rather embraced as a fact of life and an opportunity to reinforce positive culture and jump-start change.
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Coach Development: Coping With Uncertainty

These mindset shifts and practical tools can help coaches lead better with imperfect information and focus on what really matters.
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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.
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Recruiting: Start Early—and Follow the Rules

Recruiting isn’t just about colleges choosing athletes; it’s also about your learning what kind of program and coaching style will be the right fit for you.
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The Principles of Periodization

Progressive increases in training demands should be followed by periods of lower training loads to enable an athlete’s body to adapt and to improve performance.
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Parsing Those Subtle But Important Differences

  Selecting the right university as a student-athlete involves far more than comparing rankings or...
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What Really Matters

  Rowers often debate whether stroke styles or training methods should influence their choice of...
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Three Boats from Saugatuck Rowing Club Capsize on Long Island Sound

18 teenagers and one adult coach from Saugatuck Rowing Club were plunged into the cold waters of Long Island Sound Thursday afternoon after fast changing weather caused their boats to capsize.
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Perfectionism Isn’t a Virtue

Be self-aware and humble enough to know when you can do better, but don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
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Becoming Unhinged

Your hip hinge is crucial for swing and drive suspension, and indoor-rowing season is when to optimize it.
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The Virtues of Peanut Butter (And Other Nutritious Nuggets)

Did you know that you can tame your belly fat by eating less at night?
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Project Minerva: British Rowing’s Pioneering Initiative Tailors Training for Elite Female Rowers Eyeing World and Olympic Gold

British Rowing’s Project Minerva, named for the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic war, was created a year ago to optimize the health and performance of elite female rowers in the UK.
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MIT’s Kilbridge Will Retire At Season’s End

After 20 years as the H.W. McCurdy '22 Director of Rowing and men's varsity heavyweight coach at MIT, Tony Kilbridge has announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2025-26 academic year.
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Positive Reflection

The American Youth Cup, held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, drew over 600 middle- and high-school crews from across the country for 10-lane racing.
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Sanford to Retire From UConn

UConn’s founding women’s rowing coach plans to retire after the 2026 season, capping a 29-year tenure that shaped the program from its varsity inception.
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Biggest Ever Knecht Cup Regatta

Teams competing at this year’s Knecht Cup Regatta are drawn from 17 states as well as the District of Columbia.

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