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• Coxing long races (without sounding repetitious)

  22-03-2017 21:57
  
  What should a cox say during a long (15 minute) race to keep the rowers motivated, without sounding repetitive?A long race is a challenge. Happily there’s a great solution.Womens Eights Head of the River Race, London UKPlan the race beforehandTake a look at the landmarks (bridges, bends etc), know where the straights are and how long they are, decide where your starting and finishing sprints begin and end.Also know your crew – what are the technique things which they need to be remin
  
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• Aligning power in a masters quad scull

  22-03-2017 11:00
  
  We have just formed a mixed quad crew and want some advice on how to align our power and get the crew going well together.Roly Beevor has written this adviceRoly: The first thing to say is that a new crew will feel strange.  This can be very disorienting, especially for an athlete who has gone from being a beginner to a fairly high level in a crew (or as a single sculler) without much experience of other boats. I often hear someone in a newly formed crew saying, ‘but it’s n
  
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