The Provenance of Plop (aka Perfect Splash)
Marc Mandel, the head coach of Gonzaga College High School (the D.C. schoolboy varsity eight that performed so well at... Read More...
Duncan Spencer
Into the Bounce
I took the month of January from the erg and from fitness training to sail to Cuba for the fourth... Read More...
Facing the Erg: A Love/Hate Relationship
Let’s be straight – there’s a lot to hate about the erg. Perhaps the worst thing about the machine is that the better you get and the harder you work, the harder it becomes – completely unlike rowing itself, where... Read More...
For Better Results: Breathe
Breath, the air we gulp and strain at, is the champagne, the elixir of our sport. It is the fuel... Read More...
Can We Sweep Like Scullers Do?
Hmmmm. I was planning another tiresome polemic on the details of technique to follow my first column (“It All Starts... Read More...
It all Starts With The Hands
I wish that some coach, somewhere along the line in my 50 years plus, had started me with the hands. But no one did, nor do they now. It’s a fact that most beginners are not taught correct hand position and suffer... Read More...