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Flipping a Four: What to Do When the Unexpected Happens

Video via rowingkid90. Boat and rowers are unrelated to the situation described below. Video is for reference only. Note also that these kids lost their balance... Read More...

Hallie Smith rows with MedStar NRH Paralympic Sports Club in Washington, DC and was selected to the 2017 US National Team.

12-Month Training Plan for Adaptive Rowers

If you coach adaptive rowers and need help organizing a training plan, look no further. Jenny Sichel, decorated USRowing paralympic coxswain and Community Rowin... Read More...

Matt Lehrer, Director of Coaching Education at CRI, and Coach of CRI Competitive Women

Hot Seat: Matt Lehrer

“The reason I came to CRI in 2000 is I realized I really wanted to coach and had no idea what I was doing,” Matt Lehrer explains. His coaching education and... Read More...

AC Chacon, Head Coach of Long Beach State men's rowing. (Photo: Jasmine McGill)

Hot Seat: AC Chacon

Weight Training 101 is what 110-pound AC Chacon signed up for one fall as a student at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. It was there that a chance mee... Read More...

Drills for Balance in Crew Sculling

By REBECCA CAROE What causes bad balance in rowing? Balance in rowing is created by two things: your body and the oars or sculls. So if your boat is of... Read More...

Head Coach Isake Smith (center) of Harlem River Community Rowing, with four of her masters rowers.

Diversity in Rowing: Pressing into the Wind

To understand the current state of diversity in rowing – or lack thereof – we have to look back at the origins of the modern sport of rowing.* For centuries,... Read More...

45 Drills for Fine-Tuning Technique

As a coach, you most likely have an arsenal of technique drills that you use over and over throughout the season to help fine tune your crew's skills. Where did... Read More...

Men of Kent: Their Record Season

The Men of Kent: Ten boys, a fast boat, and a coach who made them champions, by Rick Rinehart, depicts the history of Kent School from it’s founding in 1906 thr... Read More...

“Boys in the Boat” Depicts Early 20th Century Life

Thanks to the Ulbrickson Family Collection, we can see the University of Washington Crew in action back in March 1936.The line-up was nearly set when the boys w... Read More...

Coach Rachel Freedman drives her launch aside her crew.

A Coaching Launch with a View

Sure, I'll tell you that I coach to help inspire people to realize their potential, and that rowing is about more than learning a skill, but about developing se... Read More...

Northampton Community Rowing launches for a morning practice. Photo: Linda Hannum

Find Masters Rowing Clubs Near You

Looking for rowing opportunities where you live? From learn to row, to novice, recreational, competitive, and developmental clubs. Sweep and sculling for men an... Read More...