A Community for Coxswains 

 

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Resources mentioned:

• CoxPod Episode 005 | Interview with Kayleigh Durm

• CoxPod Episode 008 | Receiving Feedback

• CoxPod Episode 013 | Landing

• 20 Journal Prompts for Coxswains

 

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Credits:

• CoxPod’s logo was designed by Eileen Anderson: https://www.instagram.com/eileen_ing

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Timestamps:

• 00:23 Intro

• 00:51 This episode will address topics inspired by our audience 

• 01:21 Question: asking about coxing linguistics/diction/syntax 

• 01:50 Being concise

• 02:48 Matching tone to the workout

• 04:01 Considering rowers’ experience, education and vernacular 

• 04:59 Question: having non-coxswains in the coxing role

• 05:25 Putting rowers in using a rotation system

• 06:55 Invite rowers who are injured

• 07:40 Rowers can gain appreciation for the complexity of the role

• 09:49 Question: how to foster a collaborative atmosphere among team coxswains

• 09:55 Club coxswain ‘work group’

• 10:53 Coaches having specific and transparent criteria for selection

• 12:50 Communication is essential when deciding what’s best for the team

• 15:23 Question: how to improve when you aren't getting any feedback

• 16:13 Get a broader diversity of coxing experiences

• 17:52 Use various external resources: books/videos/web and asking rowers 

• 20:02 Self reflection and analysis

• 21:57 Question: lining up for a race

• 22:04 Sprint race floating start thoughts

• 24:38 Sprint race stake boat example

• 27:56 AUDIO CLIP of sprint race floating start

• 29:42 Question: how to better judge distances on the water

• 30:35 Use course maps, count strokes of similar class boats

• 31:47 Never lie to your crews - better to call distance than strokes

• 34:25 Practice estimating strokes and distances with known landmarks

• 35:53 Question: how to motivate your boat when they’re underdogs in a race

• 37:30 DFL and/or COE (learn what they stand for)

• 37:59 Anything can happen and shifting to internal focus with reframing - examples of calls

• 43:00 ‘Maybe there’s a chance’ scenario and example of call when being walked thru

• 44:36 Questions: one thing you’d do differently when getting a fresh start on a new team and what would you tell your novice self

• 45:00 Anne talks to her novice self

• 46:50 Breana describes one thing she’d do differently with a new team

• 48:15 Sally talks to her novice self

• 49:37 (Never wear jeans)

• 50:00 Closing