It's among our sport's worst-kept secrets: on average, coxswains receive significantly less coaching than rowers do. As with most systemic problems, this doesn't happen because of individual members of the rowing community...

We've been looking at the core skills that top coxswains use, but don't talk about. In the last article, we discussed how top coxswains ask questions to sharpen their judgment. This time, we'll talk about how using...

This is a case so cold that plenty of coxswains have given up trying to crack it. Instead, they resign themselves to a sad, sad assumption: the coxswains at their club just can't, and won't ever, get along. The crimes are recurring...

So what can a coxswain do about her non-cooperative peers, besides react to their rude behavior? Well, if a reaction happens after the offense, then the obvious alternative is to act before the offense. And no, it...