Steve Ingham PhD. Steve has worked full-time in Sports Science since 1996 since graduating from the University of Brighton working with over 30 Olympic, Paralympic and professional sports and supporting 25 World Championship or Olympic medals...
 
The Rowing specific section of this site is aimed at giving you an insight into the minds on of elite and international athletes who compete in the sport nationally and internationally.

Learn from the thoughts, examples and mistakes of those who have done it and are doing it to help improve your boat speed and achieve your goals. We continue to have many great a great questions for Tim in the to the Ask Tim section. Check it out for updates. Each month a selection of the best questions together with their answers will be posted on the site.

Mason: Coaching HRR
Bill Mason (GB International Coach) Gives an overview of the build up to Henley Royal Regatta; The Henley Royal Regatta is run over 5 days and depending on your event you may have 5 races. Five tough races over five days over the longer distance of the Henley Royal Regatta course (2,112m) is a shock to most crews.
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Douglas: Coxing - Safety
Rowley Douglas (Olympic Gold Medallist) Steering: Steering is one of the primary things a Cox has to get right and be good at – never one of my strongest areas!  Why start with safety you might ask? We are always told about safety when we join a club and we all figure it is important so that nobody gets hurt, but safety is much more than that to a Cox or at least it should be.
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Douglas: Coxing - Steering
Rowley Douglas (Olympic Gold Medallist) The most basic thing you have to do as a Cox is steer the boat. Sadly this is all most coxes do, and seem to be expected to do by their crew and coaches; Steering is one of the primary things a Cox has to get right and be good at – never one of my strongest areas! I would divide steering into 3 areas: Multi-lane Racing, Head Race and Training
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West: Munich 2005
World Cup Regatta, 17th – 19th June 2005
Unusual for the middle regatta in the World Cup season, the majority of what will probably be the World Championships field turned up to Munich. Admittedly some crews will always be outclassed, but when all the major nations turn up to the same regatta, it was going to be hard to make the final, the first objective for any crew with medal aspirations.
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Houghton: Lucerne 2005
Lucerne The Lake of The Gods
Lucerne The Lake of The Gods, the final World Cup regatta, and the last chance to practice your racing performance before the World Championships in 6 weeks time. As you walked around the regatta venue on the banks of the beautiful Rotsee you could tell that these were the thoughts at the back of every athlete’s mind.
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