Winterized
It's hard to believe but the fall portion of our season is rapidly coming to a close. We have one short week till our first and only race of the fall season and then we shut down official practice till spring.
So far we're looking...ok. In terms of numbers, well we could use some more. I'm not sure what winter attrition will do but there always seems to be a few who don't pull through. In terms of technique, we've gone back and forth between the two teams. The novice women took off right away - as seems to always be the case - while the men took a little bit of time getting their rhythm. However, things have started to roll in a different direction with the men moving steadily forward while the novice women seem to have hit a lull. It doesn't help that attendance has started to become an issue with them - steady lineups make for an easier transition into more technical workouts - but all in all both squads are getting along.
This coming Sunday we have the Portland Fall Classic, a 5.2k race - give or take a few hundred meters - which will cap the fall. I'd prefer it if we could continue into November but that's how things are so there's no use in arguing it. We've got the novice women rowing in their spring boat to help ease the burden on the equipment though the times work that they could use their fall boat. The novice men aren't ready for the spring boat yet though it will be something I might consider depending on how the first few days on the water go this week. We will see. They definitely have some serious power but the technique is still a little too rough for what I'd like in order to move over to the better boat.
All in all it's been a very busy and exciting fall. The varsity women are pumped up for winter and Ryan and I continue to remind them to keep their eyes on the prize - NCAAs. Hopefully they can continue this sort of push throughout the winter where they will be unsupervised. We've given them all the tools and motivation that we can, it's up to them to decide how and if they want to use them.
So far we're looking...ok. In terms of numbers, well we could use some more. I'm not sure what winter attrition will do but there always seems to be a few who don't pull through. In terms of technique, we've gone back and forth between the two teams. The novice women took off right away - as seems to always be the case - while the men took a little bit of time getting their rhythm. However, things have started to roll in a different direction with the men moving steadily forward while the novice women seem to have hit a lull. It doesn't help that attendance has started to become an issue with them - steady lineups make for an easier transition into more technical workouts - but all in all both squads are getting along.
This coming Sunday we have the Portland Fall Classic, a 5.2k race - give or take a few hundred meters - which will cap the fall. I'd prefer it if we could continue into November but that's how things are so there's no use in arguing it. We've got the novice women rowing in their spring boat to help ease the burden on the equipment though the times work that they could use their fall boat. The novice men aren't ready for the spring boat yet though it will be something I might consider depending on how the first few days on the water go this week. We will see. They definitely have some serious power but the technique is still a little too rough for what I'd like in order to move over to the better boat.
All in all it's been a very busy and exciting fall. The varsity women are pumped up for winter and Ryan and I continue to remind them to keep their eyes on the prize - NCAAs. Hopefully they can continue this sort of push throughout the winter where they will be unsupervised. We've given them all the tools and motivation that we can, it's up to them to decide how and if they want to use them.
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