Faster Masters Rowing Radio - 25th August 2020

08/27/20 • 40 min

Rebecca and Marlene discuss conscious incompetence in the learning process, Sponsors Nuts and Bolts Guide to Rigging https://rowing.chat/sponsor/nuts-and-bolts-guide-to-rigging/ NK Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ Timestamps 04:00 Conscious Incompetence in the boat. 4 development stages of learning as an adult - from unconscious incompetence through Conscious Incompetence and conscious competence to unconscious competence which is the goal. 09:30 It happens in your cerebellum - how you lean and the smooth co-ordinated movements of rowing depend on your brain to create new movement patterns. 15:00 Salt water versus fresh water 500m splits 17:50 Erg times compared to water times. Concept 2 times equate to a heavyweight mens 4-. RP3 and Rowperfect software equates these to water times. Generally it's hard to do so track them as two separate parallel times. Marlene calculated WL1x water and erg times - she found a 15% difference with ergs faster. 24:00 Splashing in the boat -my 2x partner is getting me wet. Drills to do. 31:00 Rebecca explains why her boat is named Mental Floss 34:00 Ezz Eldin's question about what do you do to get up and go to training in the morning? https://www.facebook.com/groups/595853370615544/permalink/1460715667462639/

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Bert Cocu

Bert Cocu has coached internationally for both the Netherlands and Australia. He started the Olympic 8 project for the womens 8 in the Beijing Olympiad which won a silver medal. Sponsors Nuts and Bolts Guide to Rigging https://rowing.chat/sponsor/nuts-and-bolts-guide-to-rigging/ NK Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ 03:00 Bert Cocu - background in rowing. From the Netherlands to Melbourne University Boat Club and now back at E.S.R. Thêta (Eindhovense Studenten Roeivereniging Thêta) 07:00 Differences between Australia and The Netherlands rowing. How to introduce yourself to a new club as a coach 09:30 I know I made the girls cry. But at the end they liked it! 12:00 Bill Tait head of Rowing at Victoria Institute of Sport asked me to do the LW4x for the Interstate races. 16:00 National Style - in Australia there was more pitch / angle measurement. There is a lot of money available in Australia compared to the Netherlands. Sport institutes are very involved in the clubs. The Institute supports athletes who do good erg power tests and you do strength and conditioning there - an athlete individualised programme. They coach the coach as well as the crew. Force curve analysis - pressure gauges. 25:00 It’s not about winning, it’s about your best performance. 30:00 The club where I started LM4- we took them to Amsterdam for races to watch and analyse. 33:00 Renee Mijnders cached me asking why the boat was unbalanced. Just look at the blade. Train hard and push hard, The main thing I say is push harder and keep hanging. 40:00 At a club as a coach there are few people to talk to. Do go to other clubs - go out with other coaches. So few coaches choose to come out with me. It’s so stupid. Be aware of the words you use, the language and meaning. Slowly people start to row the same style. Once a week we all go out in big boats. When building a club and develop the technique over the years start with the athletes and crews you have. Then the big boat is a chance to develop one style. Be aware of the impact of what you say. 51:00 Blending in a good skill to have, In seat racing how do you become fast? Have a chat - agree your goals with that crew - share the vocabulary. 54:30 How do you seat the right athlete in the right seat. For an eight, good rhythm, basic technique and power and consistent rhythm - that’s the 8 seat. Full reach at the catch and not the most powerful. 6 is the second most important seat. Bow has to have good rhythm, 7 supports the 8 - be stubborn, confident and mentally strong. In seating a quad 3 is important for the rhythm and 4 should be consistent. 1 is able to absorb everything happening in front. 1:01 Kim Brennan in a 7 for the Yarra eight - in Australia how great the legends of the sport are - so humble and loyal to the club.

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Faster Masters Rowing Radio 1 September 2020

Marlene and Rebecca discuss - when to breathe in the rowing stroke - finding like-minded people to socialize with - rowing with macon blades - World Masters virtual Regatta Sponsor Faster Masters Magazine membership is $15 and gives you a monthly Technique video (Rhythm and Run), Performance article (breathing when rowing), Rowing Lifestyle advice (Sleep checklist) and a bonus (Interview with KaBoomer author on athlete aging). From coaches who both row and coach masters - we understand what masters need from rowing. https://fastermastersrowing.com/courses/magazine/ Timestamps 05:00 Would you race for fun? What is the appeal of racing and rowing? 11:30 The Goddess Coach 18:00 Socializing at the rowing club. We started the club and agree that NOT chatting in the boat is important. But when you are training at Category VI you should be able to talk while rowing. 22:00 Does it matter if training groups don't overlap and meet at the club. Every Tuesday night we have picnic dinners on the grass. 25:00 Macons. Because the surface area is smaller you get more slip in the stroke. They won't do te work for you. You have to enter and release very precisely. 28:00 Rowing technique changed with cleaver blades and rig changed too. Open water rowers may prefer macons 33:00 Breathing in the rowing stroke. Mark Novak suggests you inhale on exertion and exhale on the recovery. He's the physical therapist for the US national team. Focus your breathing on land. The main purpose of breathing is to blow out carbon dioxide. That will bind you up if it accumulates. Make breathing part of your rhythm. 39:30 Breathing can calm you down before the start of a race - Rebecca explains nose breathing. Warming up for your training session can be enhanced with nose breathing. 47:00 Virtual regattas - are they appealing to you? Especially if they are on the erg. 53:00 Racing is about YOU - Your performance. Did you come away satisfied with your performance afterwards?