A camp cannot get an athlete recruited. Sparks founder Ryan Sparks on how junior rowers develop, what a summer can do, and the question to ask every camp.

This article explains why the curve carries more information than the split, what a healthy curve looks like at your age, and how to show yours to a coach.

The jump from junior to collegiate rowing is the largest sustained increase in training load most rowers will ever experience, and it arrives bundled with every other adjustment of leaving home. This article lays out what the evidence says about that jump, why it carries real injury risk, and what preparation actually helps.