New FREE Ebook – Manage Stress As A Coach
Are you a rowing coach with a high workload, dealing with a range of difficult people or situations? We know rowing coaches can have it rough sometimes, so we went out and talked to a range of experienced coaches about how they deal with the roughness! You COULD navigate our blog to find and read each interview, or you could download this Ebook and have them all in one place even while offline - Join Mike Davenport, Jimmy Joy,
Boathouse Safety Basics
For this blog post we're going back to basics for boathouse safety. We love innovating boathouses for maximum safety and efficiency, but at the end of the day if you haven't covered the little things then the bigger innovations aren't as effective. So here's our short list of boathouse safety basics we feel every club should pick up and check: Keep your rowers safe We're focuses on this first because it should be a club's top priority. Not only will caring for
Rowing Club Fundraising Ideas – October 2014 Edition
Together with our friends at Rowperfect UK, we explore different ways for you to raise funds for your rowing club throughout the year. One thing that fits perfectly alongside fundraising is a good side cause, and this month our side cause focus is on children! Us older folks need to nurture the next generation to be the best it can be, so why don't we put a little support inside our fundraisers as well? In doing so, you also encourage non-sports invested
Look Out For A New Regatta Format
Regattas are competitions for rowers, and in many respects they've been the same for years. But some say the ways that regattas run aren't open to a recreational or casual rower. Well, the Domestic Rowing Revitalisation survey from Rowing New Zealand is seeding a change. The Need For Change The casual scene in rowing for New Zealand lacks regattas and events. Less active rowers that are still in love with the sport don’t stand a chance competing against athletes in major regattas,
Boathouse Quarterly: University Of Tennessee
This boathouse quarterly post we're taking a look at the stylish and vast boathouse at The University of Tennessee. A Tour We explored their tour video and noticed a great rundown of boathouse needs as well as the chance to admire the place first hand
How to cope with losing a coach
Don't get caught without a coach! Sometimes coaches retire, have to go on leave, get injured etc etc. What do you do then? They're arguably the most integral persons in a rowing team providing training, management, motivation and more! Well there's a way to get around losing such an integral members and that's preparation. Every rowing club should have a plan in place for when they lose a rowing coach. We've got two great ideas here that have worked for clubs such
5 ways to motivate your rowing club committee
One of the biggest challenges for a rowing club president or captain is to manage, motivate and assist their club committee in running the club. Sometimes this all comes down to motivation and engagement with your current committee members, which we can help you improve! 5 ways to motivate your rowing club committee: 1. Socialise To Strengthen Group Bonds & Familiarity One way to get your club committee more productive and invested in their work is to get them socialising with one another.
Building a boat house with UTS Haberfield
UTS Haberfield Club has finished building and kitting out a new boat house with us! And it looks magnificent
Fundraising Ideas, April 2014: Outings
Rowing isn't the easiest sport to understand or get excited about. That's a fact, as sad as that fact may be. So this quarterly fundraising ideas blog post is all about how to get those interested in other sports or social outings to join the club in a fundraiser. Before we get into that though, we'd like to remind you that our FREE fundraising ideas eBook can be located HERE to download! We're also got an eBook that does cost a little
Rowing Fundraiser Interview: Anna-Rosa of Rob Roy Boat Club
Anna-Rosa Gejlsbjerg, coach and athlete at Rob Roy Boat Club, had a vision of taking her rowing masters crew to the FISA World Rowing Masters Championships - and she made it come true! “It’s quite expensive to travel” she said, especially in Europe, and she had to work with her crew to raise some of the funds that got them there. We had a call with her to talk about the fundraisers she ran to support her vision, the struggles she