How to quickly check your grip in rowing. ...
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Do You Believe
Our mentality can often drive our experiences and have either a positive or a negative impact. Here are some thoughts on the importance of honing your inner belief so you can get the most out of whatever you do. ...
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Start With The Hands
It’s been a while since I wrote about rowing, but I felt compelled to talk about mastering the use of our hands. They are the window the rowing’s soul. ...
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Do You Miss It
People ask me if I miss coaching. When I stopped rowing in 2012 people asked me the same question. Do you miss it? The answer is no. And it sounds weird and harsh to say that but it’s not because I’m callous and don’t care. If I missed coaching or rowing I would still...
Continue readingNot There But There
My mom isn’t next to me right in the physical sense but she is next to me. She always is. And even when my mom was alive but not next to me she was still always with me. It was a promise she made to me when I was young and something she would...
Continue readingSunrises, Eagles and Herons, and Soggy Pants
I started coaching at the Pocock Rowing Center in August 2015. My very first on the water experience was riding in the launch with Bill Clifford, the Varsity Junior Boys head coach. The weather was incredible. We took a few eights out into Lake Union. The sun was glistening off the water, partially blinding...
Continue readingThe Call
I can feel it still. I see video of myself rowing when I was in my prime. I can feel the impulse, the rhythm, the power. I don’t row much at all anymore. I’m on the water coaching too many hours of the day to have the energy to get out and put in...
Continue readingKeeping The Well Full
Coaching is a tough occupation. The hours are odd, the days are long, and talking and communicating all day is exhausting. I get sick of hearing my own voice. I think that’s why I like writing so much. It’s a way to communicate quietly and subtly. The toughest thing about coaching is keeping your...
Continue readingThe Puddles Fade Away And Then They’re Gone
There are four more weeks left in the season for the Pocock Junior Novice Boys. This week we are doing final preparations for the Brentwood Championships, which are in Victoria, BC. We will travel by ferry early Friday morning, race that afternoon and through the weekend, ending late Sunday morning. Then we are back...
Continue readingMy Coaching Philosophy: Everyone Can Be Reached
Over the past sixteen years of involvement in the sport of rowing I have gone through many phases of certainty about my coaching philosophy. This philosophy has evolved over time through challenging experiences, successes and failures, and by working with multitudes of different athletes and programs. Since joining the Pocock Rowing Center as a full time coach...
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