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 Make Small Adjustments: Coxswain Steering Tips

Make Small Adjustments: Coxswain Steering Tips

Laura Simon
March 2, 2015

Bullet points from Laura Simon's video on steering tips for coxswains: Coaches often say that coxswains shouldn't be steering too much. De-mystify steering: What coaches really mean is you shouldn't be overcorrecting. The best...

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Why Training Secrets Don't Exist

Why Training Secrets Don't Exist

Patrick Rufo
March 2, 2015

Remember when Rocky fought Ivan Drago in Rocky IV and we saw the montage of all the crazy training Ivan did behind the Iron Curtain? The communists believed that if they could impress their excellence at sport upon the rest of the world, they...

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Sara Nevin and Mills College Rowing

Sara Nevin and Mills College Rowing

Nate Rooks
February 6, 2015

Located just outside of San Francisco, Mills College is an all-women’s college with just under 1000 undergraduates. Their small size and focus on liberal arts provides exceptional women a place to develop extraordinary leadership...

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The Ivy Rowing Recruiting Question

The Ivy Rowing Recruiting Question

Nate Rooks
February 1, 2015

As a college counseling firm, we do an awful lot of speaking with parents and junior rowers. When one peruses the online forums at places like college confidential we see one similar thread in the questions we often encounter. Namely: “how...

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