Self coaching drills
A coach’s eye on your blade keeps technical crabs at bay during a practice. But if you’re out alone you need a way to self-coach. As a part of your daily warm-up choose a drill that gives you clear feedback…
Rebecca Caroe
Swift Racing NZ National Beach Sprint Champs, Nelson, 2023
Bright and early on January 3, Tahunanui Beach in Nelson was all action. Members of the Nelson Rowing Club converged on the beach from 5.30am to pitch tents, rig coastal boats, set up a buoyed course and prepare for the…
Recovery for Masters
Just as pushing your bow across the line for the first time in the 50+ age category signifies entering a mature phase of your rowing career it may also mark new adventures in maintaining equilibrium in your training schedule. Masters…
Masters Sweep Camp Nov 2022
St George’s Rowing Club was the host for a masters sweep camp organised by Christine Hobbs. Focusing on sweep rowing, the camp was open to only 16 athletes plus 3 coxswains. The host club took the opportunity to invite club…
Race plans for rowing head races
Getting ready to race takes a lot of practice. Fortunately come head racing season there are a lot of different events where you can practice and improve. As masters we enjoy the challenge of long distance rowing races and accept…
Rowing friends in other places
You might have noticed in last month’s newsletter a photograph of me with my new friends from Piermont Rowing Club on the Hudson River in New York. Rebecca has prevailed on me to write a bit more about my experience.…
World Masters Rowing Championships – Libourne, France 2022
The DeLong Brief: The World Master Rowing Championships in 2022, in Libourne, France, was once again, a FAMILY AFFAIR (+ good UK buddy Liz)! Our first FAMILY AFFAIR (+ good UK buddy Liz) was at the World Masters Champs…
How to stay on track with your training with business travel
By Marlene Royle – first published at Faster Masters Rowing “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…
Tour of Aotearoa
At the Legion of Rowers 2022 AGM our guest speaker was Martha DeLong – this is a summary of her very entertaining speech. Martha DeLong – Tour of Aotearoa: A Personal Journey “The Silver Ghost (aka MeloYelo Traverse E-Bike) had…
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.…