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Feature
Taking Drills Indoors: Erg Pick Drill-ing

This winter, try taking good on-water drills indoors with you. more

Technique

Technique
Technique Feature: Work on the Catch While Rowing the Erg

The ergometer is a great place to work on being more efficient in your catch more

Technique
Blade work profile during recovery, by Dr. Valery Kleshnev

Is air flow between the blade and the water a factor on the recovery? more

Technique: Technique Feature: Rhythm vs. Ratio

Technique: Technique Feature: Fluidity, Ratio, and Feel

Technique: Technique Feature: Get Comfortable in the Boat by Playing in the Boat

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Racing

Racing
Head Racing 101: Steering

Unlike sprint racing, head racing can often hinge on steering more

Racing
Competitive Edge: Your First Race in the Single

Tips for your first race for new scullers more

Racing: Are you Race-Ready? Everything you should know before the Starter says 'GO'

Racing: Head Racing Tactics: Surviving the Chute

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Training

Training
The 5:55am Warmup: How to Warm Up When You Have No Time to Warm Up

With some help from Hydrow athletes, who not only have to be ready to row at dawn, but also have to be ready to be on TV more

Training
Cross-Training: Turkey Trot or Turkey Bike?

Is running or cycling the best cross-training for rowing? A growing body of evidence suggests that cycling may be as useful, and in some cases even a better mode of cross-training than running. more

Training: Technique Feature: Can't Row? Try Visualization

Coronavirus: Can I Row my Single during a Pandemic?

Training: Technique Feature: How (and Whether) to Taper

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Coaching

Coaching
The Masters Regatta Lineup Puzzle: Tactics for Selecting Masters Lineups for Regattas

A strategy for getting everyone into the lineups, boats, and race they most want to race for Masters clubs more

Coaching
Four-stage competence model: Does technique make your brain hurt?

In our debriefs after practice many athletes say that it's hard to think about two or three things at the same time - their brain races from thinking catches, to thinking pressure, to squaring early and they fail to execute any of these well. more

Coaching: Technique Feature: Self-Coaching for Scullers, Pt 2

Coaching: Technique Feature: Self-Coaching for Scullers, Pt 1

Coaching: Technique on the Erg: The Dollar Bill Trick

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Physiology