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In the Driver's Seat, with Lucy Del Col

May 10, 2022

This week, take a ride in the Bates College women's V8 with Lucy Del Col more

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In the Driver's Seat, with Gabriela Rivera

May 3, 2022

This week, we ride with Gabriela Rivera in the Notre Dame Men's 1V. more

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In the Driver's Seat, with Piper Higgins

April 26, 2022

This week, ride along with the Driver of the #1 Williams Men: Piper Higgins more

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In the Driver's Seat, with Jimmy Catalano

April 19, 2022

This week, hop in the Driver's Seat of the Wisco 1V with Jimmy Catalano more

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In the Driver's Seat, with Danielle Swan

April 12, 2022

This week, ride along with URI's Danielle Swan. more

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In the Driver's Seat, with Lauren Peters

March 28, 2022

This week we ride with Lauren Peters, gold medal coxswain of the 2021 USA JW8+ more

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In the Driver's Seat, with Jacob Filby

March 21, 2022

This week, we ride with UDel cox turned Trinity Coach Jacob Filby more

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In the Driver's Seat, with Rachel Rane

March 16, 2022

This week we ride with Texas coxswain Rachel Rane, 2021 NCAA Champion. more

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In the Driver's Seat, with Adam Casler

February 28, 2022

This week, we ride with Adam Casler, gold medal coxswain of the 2021 USA JM8+ more

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Coxing by the Numbers: A Data-Driven Approach

September 21, 2020

A data-driven approach to try to 'Moneyball' the 9th seat more

Rowing Science
An Evaluative and Comparative Measure of Coxswain Skill on a Men's Collegiate Rowing Team

March 16, 2020

It was our goal to establish a measurement tool which could reliably evaluate the ability of the coxswains as such a measure does not currently exist, and having one would allow rowing coaches to identify areas for improvement among student rowers. more

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The Magical Coxswain Cough Drop

December 4, 2014

So Ricola is claiming that with the Chrüterchraft (wth?!) in their cough drops, coxswains everywhere can ditch the headset and yell their lungs out. more

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Coxing the Pre-Race Warmup: Physical and Mental Preparation

March 6, 2013

Pre-race warmups are probably one of a coxswain's most variable tasks. more

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Coxswains: Professional Voice Users

March 6, 2013

No matter how we try to define what a coxswain does, it always involves something along the lines of "yelling at people." So just like rowers take care of their knees, backs, wrists, and shoulders, coxswains must also take care of their voices. more

Coxswain Veritas
Seth Bauer, 1987 World Champion, coxing The 1997 Head Of The Charles

September 20, 2010

Listen in and read along with the transcript as Seth and the 1987 Gold crew run the course in 1997. more

Coxswain Veritas
Pete Cipollone, Olympic gold medalist, coxing the 1997 Head Of The Charles

September 20, 2010

Listen in and read along with the transcript as Pete and the 1997 US men's crew run the course in 1997. more

Coxswain Veritas
Seth Bauer and Pete Cipollone Cox the 1997 Head Of The Charles

September 20, 2010

Listen in as 1987 World Champion and 1988 Olympic silver medal coxswain Seth Bauer and four-time World Champion coxswain Pete Cipollone guide their crews down the three-mile course at the 1997 Head Of The Charles. more

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Fixing the Set, One Detail at a Time

March 30, 2010

Fixing a boat’s set can be fiendishly complicated. Setting a boat properly depends on so many things -- and so many things, in turn, depend on the boat being set. It may seem counterintuitive that one of the ways to solve something as broad and overarching is to go at it in small details. more

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Oral-History: Richard Kellerman and Alix Kocher

November 11, 2009

Fascinating oral history with Richard Kellerman and Alix Kocher on the history of the CoxBox more

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Dark Waters: How to Read and Use Currents

October 13, 2009

How to identify and use river currents when racing. more