Sparks rowing and running camps, with 1:3 to 1:5 staff ratios

Committed to growth

Success at Sparks is knowing how to meet a challenge in the way that serves your performance best.

Our Mission

Sparks teaches endurance athletes to coach themselves.

The Sparks Story

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Sparks youth rowing camp athletes on the water at golden hour

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Sparks cross country camp athletes and coaches on a mountain trail

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A single sculler on the Po River in Turin

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Featured Trips

A coxswain with a megaphone beside a rower in a racing shell

Coxing Leadership Program

Sparks cross country athletes training in the Swiss Alps

Swiss Cross Country Challenge

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The C.U.B.C. Goldie Boathouse on the River Cam, Cambridge

Adult Experience

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Since 2010Coaching athletes

Eight countriesCamps and experiences

1:3 to 1:5Staff-to-athlete ratio, every program

Our Values

Growth

Athletes learn to see change and explain it.

Kaizen

One idea at a time, applied with feedback. Focus on one change, test it, name what shifted.

Endurance

The work is hard. We ask athletes to stay in the difficult moments long enough to learn from them.

Latest Post

The Recruitability Series

Recruiting in rowing runs on a short list of inputs: a 2K, a transcript, and what a coach can learn about an athlete from a conversation and a season of results.

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What Sparks offers

Our thoughtful, highly qualified coaches and educators help our students grow through sport

Our people

Our coaches and educators help athletes grow through sport.

Sparks has over 15 years of experience helping the next generation of athletes meet their goals

Our experience

Our coaches work at collegiate and national team programs. Sparks has coached athletes since 2010.

Over the years, Sparks has extended into a friendly community of rowing and running athletes near and far

Our community

Sparks alumni form a community of athletes who support one another.