Even though Meghan Musnicki theoretically hung up her oars at the end of the Tokyo Games–her third Olympics–catching her at the start line of elite pairs race, as at this past weekend’s Winter Speed Order, is starting to be as common now as it was when she was a full-time member of the US National […]
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Jamie Copus: Hopping the Pond and Hoping to Race for the USA
The start of the selection cycle for the 2023 Worlds kicks off this on Thursday this week, with the USRowing Winter Speed Order. The racing in Sarasota will feature the usual mix of experienced National Teamers and hopeful new comers, but one entry in the Light single, Jamie Copus, brings a bit of both: a fresh […]
Training Plans, Part 3: More Keys to Successful Plans – Rowing Stories, Features & Interviews
This week, we asked a second group of coaches about the key aspects of a successful training program for the kind of program–year-round, seasonal, scholastic, etc–they run. You can revisit the first round of answers here. Read full article here. Interested in more Rowers Choice and rowing content? Click here to learn about these rowing […]
Improve Your Technique While Rowing the Erg – Row2k
With winter descending, most of us are heading indoors to the erg. We all know it’s a great training device, but it can also be a helpful tool for improving technique. Erging is a simplified version of rowing – no blades to worry about, no wind or chop to offset your balance, no steering necessary, […]
London 1948 Olympic GB rowing golds – row2k.com
A piece produced by the BBC in the mid seventies with Harry Carpenter narrating. Read full article here. Interested in more Rowers Choice and rowing content? Click here to learn about these rowing coaches and their rowing teams.
Keys to Successful Plans
To learn more about this series and the topics we plan to cover, please visit the Youth Coaches Corner’s index page. Youth coaches are more than welcome to contact row2k to get involved in future columns. This week, we asked coaches a two part question about what their training “year” might look like–year-round, seasonal, scholastic, etc–and the key […]
Jesse Foglia named USRowing Head Coach
USRowing announced on Monday that Jesse Foglia has been named head coach of the USRowing Training Center based in Princeton. Foglia, who has coached on the national team level several times going back to 2009 including the past two years as the head men’s U23 coach, worked as the assistant heavyweight men’s coach at Harvard […]