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When I'm trying to train a novice coxswain to stay in the traffic pattern, the whole practice is like:

#rowing #coaching #coxswains #novice #coachingproblems #that boat costs more than your car

When I get an email from a rower (who lost their most recent seat races by over 10 seconds) accusing me of unfairly keeping them out of the top boats because of their body type, I'm like:

#rowing #masters rowing #coaching #Maybe if you came to practice and trained you wouldn't be in the C boat

Hi! I love your blog! What team do you coach for?

Thank you!

Unfortunately, I can't reveal which team I coach for. If the club's leadership found out, they'd probably make me stop blogging since a lot of the content is things my rowers have actually done.

How stroke seats feel about everyone else, not just in the boat, but in the world:

#rowing #strokeseat

When I just manage to fit in a full practice before a strong storm hits and one of my rowers asks if I control the weather:

#rowing #coaching #masters rowing #weather #coaches have immense powers that you can only dream of

My rowers after I told them to quit being so dramatic about their 2k tests, because "It's just 2000 meters"

#rowing #2k #2k test #less talking more erging please #coaching #stop psyching yourself out

When I get an email that the novice coach took out a boat he wasn't supposed to and damaged it, I'm like:

#rowing #coaching #masters rowing #boathouse problems #you really thought it was ok to take our best 4 our with rowers that have been rowing for 3 weeks

When I walk into the erg room to announce a suprise 2k test, I'm like:

#rowing #masters rowing #coaching #coaching is 95% powertripping #muhahahahaha

In honor of me finally getting out in my 1x, a flashback to the first time I rowed a single:

And by "panicked," I mean I took 3 strokes and then flipped.

#rowing #sculling #sculling problems #1x

When my boats are out doing pieces, my coxswain is like:

But if a men's 8 rows by with their shirts off, she's like:

#rowing #masters rowing #coaching #coxswains

When my assistant coach and I are having a conference about the weather and all of our rowers keep coming up and asking if we're going out, we're like: