
Coxswain Calls
In the last article, we discussed what top coxswains do to become, and to stay, the best in their leagues. We learned that those coxswains gain the surface skills that few coxswains manage to develop by first mastering a completely different set...
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Why Coaches Don't Coach Coxswains
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...
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Coxswains: Being a Good Teammate
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...
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Cold Case: Coxswain Rivalries
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...
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