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Articles for the many different groups of people who make up the rowing community and the varied ways they row

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hands holding oar

Get a grip: How to hold a sweep oar

quad blades at catch

Cause and effect: Coaching the blade

woman sculler's hands

How to hold sculling blades

Coach helping 2 new rowers on landing stage

New to rowing

Handy hints for new rowers

Rowing mobility exercise

Mobility tips for new rowers 

Rower studying with banana and water bottle nearby

Tools for achieving academic and rowing success

Patricia Carswell

Life on the river: the environment

Head racing at Bedford

Helena Smalman-Smith

A beginner’s guide to head races

New to rowing. Advice and tips for people in their first year of rowing from Learn to Row onwards

Head racing at Bedford

Helena Smalman-Smith

A beginner’s guide to head races

blistered hands

Blister tips for rowers

Coach helping 2 new rowers on landing stage

New to rowing

Handy hints for new rowers

Rowing mobility exercise

Mobility tips for new rowers 

hands holding oar

Get a grip: How to hold a sweep oar

woman sculler's hands

How to hold sculling blades

crowds watching two eights racing

Patricia Carswell

Kitbag essentials: What to bring to a regatta

City of Bristol RC women's eight on the Tideway

My first head race

University rowers: tips for your first year of rowing

New to rowing

Patricia Carswell

Life on the river: the newbie’s guide to rowing

Coaching. Interviews and expertise on coaching

quad blades at catch

Cause and effect: Coaching the blade

Coaches and young people carrying Tyne ARC boat

Coaching

Respect in coaching – What does it mean, and what can it look like?

Coach in launch at Infinity Bridge

Coaching

Courage: Trying something new at Infinity BC

Coach with eight

Coaching

Creating an excellent environment for coaches to develop

Rhona MacCallum

Coaching

Great Coaching: Rhona MacCallum at Tideway Scullers

Sculler approaching the catch

Applying biomechanics: An analysis of the rowing stroke using force curves

Masters women wearing medals - with coach

Coaching masters women

Swivel - one element of rigging that can be adjusted

Rigging for success: Understanding the key principles and adjustments

men's quad at the catch

Unlocking speed: The role of biomechanics in efficient rowing

Hannah Vines coaching at Dorney BC

Coaching

Great Coaching: Hannah Vines of Dorney BC

Tom Mapp briefing a Wargrave crew he selected for Henley Royal Regatta

Coaching

Crew selection in rowing

Clipboard and stopwatch used for seat racing

Seat racing

Coach having 1-1 discussion with rower on landing stage

Using goals to help athletes recognise their success

“If we only value outcomes, then we are bereft if we don’t achieve those”

Coach helping double scull to boat

Coaching

Measuring coaching success: Beyond wins and losses

man coaching quad from rib

Great Coaching: Adrian Pogmore, Doncaster Schools’ Rowing

Richard Chambers L4 Coach

Coaching

Want to take your coaching up a level?

sculler and coach on landing stage

Coaching

Great Coaching: Declan Gamble at NCRA

Coach debriefing crew

Coaching

Creating an athlete centered culture in a club

Coach with 2 juniors wearing medals

Coaching

Coaching juniors

Coxing. How to cox and how to coach and cherish coxes

coxed four in a head race

Harry Brightmore

Your next head race: Are you ready?

eights racing under Hammersmith Bridge

Coxing Tideway heads: Phelan Hill’s top tips

Cox in ski trousers next to front loader with camping mat inserted in bows

Coxing

Helena Smalman-Smith

How to stay warm(ish) while coxing in winter

View of eight taken from cox's seat

Helena Smalman-Smith

From sculling to sweep: what coxes need to know

cox at start of eights race

Coxing

How to cox starts

Cox at start of race

Coxing

How to find and keep your coxes

rowers on ergos

Coxing

7 ways a cox can help their crew during indoor training

Autumn Mantell coxing

Coxes: Understanding their role and how to coach them

Araminta Cullinane

Head racing tips for crews and coxes

The Debrief: Coxing the Tideway

cox with splash

Coxing

Developing coxing skills

Developing coxes – top tips for clubs

Harry Brightmore coxing

Coxing maestros of the Tideway

Phelan Hill coxing

Coxing

Posture Perfect: How should coxes sit in an eight?

cox in winter motivating crew

Coxing

The motivator: Inspiring coxing during the winter

Cox

Coxing

Deja vu!: Visualising racing scenarios to improve your coxing calls

cox with splash

Coxing

Be inspired: Learning from past races as a cox

Cox in hat with coloured spikes in front loader

Coxing

Talking tough: Preparing for difficult coxing calls

woman coxing eight

Coxing

The ninth seat: 5 key challenges for coxes

boy coxing

Coxing

Get prepared: Top coxing tips to start the autumn season

Masters. What's happening on the Masters scene

Masters women wearing medals - with coach

Coaching masters women

Masters going off a 1k race start

Racing tactics: A physiological perspective on 1k races

Masters rowers in a quad

Why we go slower as we get older

masters women's rowing

Rowing and menopause

Masters four

Patricia Carswell

Masters injuries and how to avoid them

Masters

Caroline Roberts

Meet the British Rowing Masters Comittee

Masters

All systems ‘Go!’ for masters

Masters

‘I still row because I love the river experience and the camaraderie’

Masters

Helena Smalman-Smith

Managing masters squads with different abilities

Masters

‘The busier I am the more important it is to make time for something I love’

Wendy Martinson

Nutrition to support active, strong, and healthy ageing

Rosie Mayglothling

Masters technique: The blade

Woman swimming

Master your cross training

Goals and measuring training for masters

Masters

Patricia Carswell

‘It’s not how old you are, but how you are old’

Masters

Masters of the water

Masters

Patricia Carswell

Can I train smarter in 2022?

From the Portsmouth underworld to a crime at Exmouth RC

Patricia Carswell

Life on the river: embracing winter rowing

The flying Vulcaneers

Juniors. The latest from the Junior rowing scene

Masters going off a 1k race start

Racing tactics: A physiological perspective on 1k races

Rower studying with banana and water bottle nearby

Tools for achieving academic and rowing success

Clipboard and stopwatch used for seat racing

Seat racing

A rowing parent's delicious food

Jennifer Lamboll

Learnings from a rowing parent

View of eight taken from cox's seat

Helena Smalman-Smith

From sculling to sweep: what coxes need to know

J16 women's four in Wallingford RC kit

How to transition from sculling to sweep

young volunteer coach in launch on lake

Young volunteers: a community on the rise

young woman sitting exam

Exams and rowing: 5 top tips for success

Rowing boats on Scottish loch

Training camps: A practical guide for juniors and students

junior quad at Dorney

How to best the Oarsport Junior Sculling Head

women's eights

Studying in the US on a rowing scholarship

City of Bristol RC women's eight on the Tideway

My first head race

Autumn Mantell coxing

Coxes: Understanding their role and how to coach them

Boats with Union flags on

From J14 to the senior World Championships

Dog in rowing four with coaches in background

Great Coaching: Agecroft RC junior coaches

Bowl of Weetabix with banana and sultanas

Nutrition for young rowers

Juniors

Juniors have chance to shine

Great Coaching: Chris Williams and the Tideway Scullers’ junior programme

Araminta Cullinane

Head racing tips for crews and coxes

The Junior Rowing News guide to rowing machine workouts

Students. Features from the world of student rowing

University of Nottingham rower and cox

Recruiting athletes to university rowing clubs

Rower studying with banana and water bottle nearby

Tools for achieving academic and rowing success

YSJBC members laughing by trailer

Jessica Edgar-Harris

Club Spotlight: York St John BC

women's eight in green lycra

Students

Choosing the right rowing club after university

young volunteer coach in launch on lake

Young volunteers: a community on the rise

Bath university rowers

Students

Alannah Burdess

Can you go from novice to first eight at university?

young woman sitting exam

Exams and rowing: 5 top tips for success

2 Oxford rowers

Alannah Burdess

Origins of an Oxford Blue

Rowing boats on Scottish loch

Training camps: A practical guide for juniors and students

women's eights

Studying in the US on a rowing scholarship

Boats with Union flags on

From J14 to the senior World Championships

Eight at sunset

Students

Managing the costs of student rowing

Students

Harry Fraser-Urquhart

‘To represent our club at one of the premier student events in the country is always a real honour’

Students

‘We’re dreaming big… there’s no point turning up without big aspirations’

University rowers: tips for your first year of rowing

The Junior Rowing News guide to rowing machine workouts

Araminta Cullinane

The future of volunteering is bright

Students

‘Let’s take the time to enjoy our sport together, and relish those early mornings on the water’

View down at desk with keyboard

‘Don’t ever feel like there’s a limit to what you can achieve on committee’

Warren Muggleton

‘It made me realise there were so many small cogs that need to be in place for the event to work’

Recreational. Recreational and touring rowing

group of people in matching t-shirts

Recreational

Friendships, wine-tasting and singing on the World Rowing Tour

Helena Smalman-Smith

Recreational rowing: variety is the spice of life

Club Development – Recreational rowing on the water for all for fun, fitness, family & friends

Helena Smalman-Smith

Recreational rowing: is your club missing out?

Patricia Carswell

Life on the river: a rowing bucket list

Para/Adaptive. Articles about Para-Rowing, adaptive rowing and indoor adaptive rowing

Supported adaptive double racing

Para/Adaptive

Supported adaptive rowing: A popular innovation

Coty of Oxford RC boathouse

Club spotlight: City of Oxford RC

ActiveHands for indoor rowing

Indoor rowing machine adaptations for adaptive rowers

Nick Baker

A day in the life of a Paralympic rowing coach

PR2 mixed double scull

Understanding Para, Adaptive and Indoor Adaptive Rowing classification

Nick Baker

Great Coaching: Meet Nick Baker, Paralympic Head Coach

Introducing Accessercise – the accessible exercise app

Club Guides in focus: Time for Tokyo and Club Adaptive Guide

Para-rowing crew with medals

The London 2012 mixed coxed four final and Paralympic legacy

Rowing has ‘given her a purpose… she’s always smiling when she’s in a boat’

Stratford-upon-Avon Boat Club: Parasport Club of the Month

(c) Jo Scales

Positive adaptations

female para rower

Para/Adaptive

Getting competitive: Racing opportunities for Para-rowers

Kieran Wood on indoor rowing machine

Para/Adaptive

Making headway: Rowing after a brain injury

Para-rowing crew with medals

Visual cues: Working with visually impaired rowers

Para rower

Para/Adaptive

Less is more: Para-rowing training

male para-rower

Para/Adaptive

Can-do rowers: Starting a Para-rowing squad

Coastal. Coastal rowing and sculling and beach sprint racing

beach sprint racing

Coastal

How to get into beach sprint racing

Surf’s up for new Coastal Sculling Award

From the Portsmouth underworld to a crime at Exmouth RC

Coastal

‘Coastal rowing can be challenging due to the weather and rough waters, but this makes it more fun!’

Coastal rowing – Rio Rii ready to put Vanuatu on the map

Volunteers. The story behind the volunteers that make our sport tick

young volunteer coach in launch on lake

Young volunteers: a community on the rise

3 people in Henley Women's Regatta pink tabards

Alannah Burdess

Unsung heroes: The Henley Women’s Regatta site manager

rowing commentator

Volunteers

Camilla Hadland-Horrocks

Making the best calls: The role of the rowing commentator

Women's eight going under Hammersmith Bridge

Volunteers

Unsung Heroes: WEHORR and HORR entries secretaries

‘Their dedication to the success of our club means that individuals, like myself, can thrive’

‘One of the things that’s really rewarding about learn to row is how fast they come on in those first few sessions’

Volunteering: Umpiring then and now

Warren Muggleton

‘It made me realise there were so many small cogs that need to be in place for the event to work’

‘It is the volunteers at the grassroots that make sport so great’

Umpiring. Articles relating to umpires

The Secret Umpire: Reflections of a Henley Steward

Umpiring

The Secret Umpire: Safety and fairness

The Secret Umpire: The Boat Race 2022

The Secret Umpire: Reflections of an Olympic Umpire

Volunteering: Umpiring then and now

The Secret Umpire: The Boat Race 2021

The Secret Umpire: Competition cancellations

Umpiring

The Secret Umpire: Unsportsmanlike behaviour

Umpiring

The Secret Umpire: Control Commission

Umpiring

The Secret Umpire: The foul rule

Umpiring

The Secret Umpire: The interference rule