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RowingChat: Tim Edsell of Coxn School
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 01:04:11
Publish Date: 2017-04-02 23:36:02
Description: Tim has set up the first online tutorial service to train rowing coxswains and I was delighted to be chatting with him on RowingChat. His experience as a regatta referee and a coxswain coach has showcased the need for improved instruction. In this interview we run through a range of tips and tactics coaches and coxswains can use to up-skill and improve their boat control. Timestamps to the interview 01:00 Introduction and background in rowing 04:00 How to spot if coaches are failing to teach coxes well. Rowers telling the cox what to do. 05:00 Keeping your point (what it is and how to do it) 10:00 coaching coxswains - books are hard to get people to read. 13:00 start coaching by listening to a recording of a race or a practice. How often do coxes repeat themselves? 16:00 Why coxing improvements is like getting rid of a computer virus 19:00 Should a cox also be a coach? 21:00 How to make corrective calls five different ways e.g. catch timing 24:00 Teaching HOW to make a correction 25:00 Taking notes after an outing - ride in the coach launch and watch rowers individually 26:00 What does a coxswain feel? Rush and Check. 28:00 What a coxswain can hear 29:00 Simultaneously monitoring 32:00 How to choose a remedy - pick the biggest flaw first 33:00 Start by coaching the whole crew before doing individuals. The power of positive calls 38:00 Exercises and drills to reinforce technical changes. Use this to broaden vocabulary. Try new words. Pick a theme for the outing. 41:00 How to take the drill learnings into normal rowing 45:00 Encourage the crew to give feedback on pieces and what went well. Ask people individually, don't let one or two dominate. 50:00 www.coxnschool.com guided tour. 50% discount for April enrolments 55:00 The best way to know they have learned is to quiz the learner 60:00 Evaluating your recordings - number of words per minute.
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