Everything you feel about criticism is wrong. It’s not that everything you know is wrong – you’ve probably heard some correct things before, just poorly worded and unconvincing. Precisely because that wording did not...

It’s a shame when coxswains collectively take a cue from bad leadership, and there’s one bad leadership habit that appears to show up in at least one coxswain on every rowing team. It goes something like this: “Because I am...

Unless you are one very lucky coxswain, you have learned a sad truth about coxing: most of your coaches won’t (and can’t) teach you how to cox. They might be excellent people, great teachers, and (at least once upon a time) fast...

Once upon a time, a long time ago (but not long enough ago for it not to be embarrassing), I coxed a boat in a pretty close race with another boat. We lost the race by four seats, and it was entirely my fault. I don’t just mean it was...