Rowers Choice - Innovating Rowing

2021e5 - Rowers Choice Podcast - A Conversation With Martha And Morgan We were honored to have two excellent women in rowing sit down and have a fun conversation about what its like to be a 40 year old woman training and rowing. Please enjoy this conversation with Martha and Morgan!

Rower, Ironman, Entrepreneur. Jack Nunn has a history in rowing that is nothing short of awesome. Son of rowing royalty, Jack has used is amazing rowing skills to launch his rowing career to a level that few have been to. His career at Cal Rowing was full of challenges, competition and 12 olympians! Dont miss part 1 of this interview with Jack Nunn!

Kevin Sauer has been coaching at University of Virginia for a long time. 9 National Champion boats, 1000 wins, and 8 Olympians later, not to mention his ridiculously long list of other accolades, Coach Sauer has an incredible winning pedigree. Alex and Coach Sauer talk about as much as they could during their 40 minute conversation. Everything from Kevins introduction to rowing, his time in the 2-...

Rowers Choice sits down with Tideway Scullers coach Chris Williams to talk about junior rowing, the pandemic, the challenges rowers face while rowing in the UK and the Global Rowing Challenge. Lots of great rowing talk here!

Alex sits down and talks with Owner and CEO of Pocock Racing Shells John Tytus, about the state of rowing in 2021. They talk about where the rowing season might be headed, how rowing shell companies will survive and why rowing is important.

We are back with an excellent new episode of Coaches Yelling featuring Premier Rowing League coaches Sarah Low, Matt Dignan, and Chris Leonard!

If you haven't watched an episode of Coaches Yelling yet, this is the one to watch. Over the course of 18 episodes, we have had some great conversations, some great debates and some amazing guests. This week, we are wrapping up season 1 of Coaches Yelling. We conclude season 1 with 4 very special guests. Eric Murray is back again, as well as fellow olympic rowing champion, Susan Francia. James Hil...

Rower, Olympian, Lawyer, Producer - This woman does it all. Alex had the opportunity to talk with Mary Mazzio, the founder of 50 Eggs Productions and producer of A Most Beautiful Thing, to talk rowing and life in 2020. Her energy and passion is amazing! Check it out!

Eric Murray is one of a kind. Alex talks with Eric about how he got started in rowing, rowing at an elite level, putting in hundreds of thousands of meters, rowing with Hamish Bond, life after rowing, his son and much much more. This is a long podcast, but its one you dont want to miss!

4 excellent colleges coaches this week on Coaches Yelling! Kevin Harris [Tulsa], Alex Canale [Manhattan], Brian Conley [Lehigh] and Hadzo Habiblonic [OKC U] sit down and talk with Alex about college rowing and what to do this fall. Dont miss this episode!

Want to learn about coxing from some of the best? This episode of Coaches Yelling is INTENSE. Four powerful names in rowing and coxing get after this excellent conversation focused around coxswains! Mary Whipple [3x Olympic medalist], Noel Donaldson [5x Olympic Rowing Coach], Whitney Powell [Coxswain expert and 3x Ironman], and Mike Lehmann [University of Notre Dame mens Head Coach and Head of the...

This week we had a great conversation about junior athletes. Guests Luke Walton, Mike Wallin, Grace Ludzak, and John Graves got together with Alex to discuss two questions around juniors - q1. What is the biggest difference in training for High School and College athletes? q2. What can High School and College coaches do to better prepare athletes for a shot at the olympics?

This week Alex got got to have a little different conversation- Alex talks with Kevin Goyena, a masters rower and founder of iCrew. Club. They talk a little bit about Bill Gates, Kevins start into the sport as well as what led him to come up with iCrew. Club!

Alex is back this week with 4 more moms who coach! They talk about things they have faced and overcome, as well as solutions to address the issues moving forward. It is another great conversation to further the sport! Guests include: Sarah Puddiecombe, Catherine Starr, Beth Anderson and Anna Goodale!

Having no boat race this year sucked, but Alex got the chance to sit down with Cambridge Women and Lightweight Head Coach Rob Weber to talk about his rowing journey and coaching at Cambridge.

This week Alex sits down with some Mom's who are also big names in rowing to talk about some of the things that mothers who coach have to overcome. It is an eyeopening conversation that you dont want to miss with special guests: Mary Whipple, Megan Cooke Carcagno, Sarah Trowbridge, and Brett Gorman. q1. How does rowing get more women into head coaching roles? q2. If in charge, what solutions would...

Coaches Yelling Episode 12 was a lot of fun. Guests Chris Chase, Casey Galvanek, Josh Butler, and Mike Wallin get into a great debate over training juniors and whether or not rowing needs to define "the best boat". You can't miss this one. q1. What is the best way to train junior men and women? q2. Does rowing need to define "the best boat" Guests: - Chris Chase, USRowing - Casey Galvanek, Sarasot...

RC Video Podcast - S2e14 - Maurice Scott On May 1, 2020 Alex had the chance to sit down with Maurice Scott and talk with him a little bit about his path to rowing. Maurice was introduced to rowing via Bachelors Barge and then came back to it via Philly City Rowing. It is a great story about his experience, growth and perseverance in rowing and what has got him to the place he is today.

Coaches Yelling - s1e11 - Diversity and Growth Rowing is not known for its diversity. It is not know for hero's either. In this powerful episode, Arshay Cooper, Aquil Abdullah, Mike Wallin and Chance Van Sciver talk about diversity in rowing and the importance of hero's in rowing. Rowers of all levels should enjoy this one! q1. What are the obstacles the rowing is facing, specific to diversity, to...

Coaches Yelling - s1e10 - Virtual Training and Masters Rowing We have made it to Episode 10 and with the Corona Virus pandemic, Virtual Training has become a major piece of the rowing equation. Once this pandemic subsides, we want to know where does Virtual Training fit into the equation? To follow up on Virtual Training, it seems like there has been a growth of Masters Rowing- Moms and Dads, Cros...

Alex has an exciting conversation with Pelham Community Rowing Club's coach Reid Johnson. Reid has a rowing family legacy and talks about getting into rowing after playing hockey. His college career gave him a great foundation for coaching rowers, and now Reid has become a top level coach himself.

RC Zoomcast - S2e13 - Reid Johnson - Part 1 Alex has an exciting conversation with Pelham Community Rowing Club's coach Reid Johnson. Reid has a rowing family legacy and talks about getting into rowing after playing hockey. His college career gave him a great foundation for coaching rowers, and now Reid has become a top level coach himself. Check out part 1 of our conversation with him, and check...

Coaches Yelling - s1e9 - 4 Olympians and Alex Episode 9 of Coaches Yelling turned into a special one. This panel was loaded with talent and great conversation. Alex asks a question that faces all women in sports that Rowers Choice wants to help change. This week includes rowers from all corners of the world! Emma Twigg of New Zealand, Jess Eddie of England, Kerry Simmonds of USA, and Lee-Ann Perss...

John Leonard of Leonard Insurance Group sits down with Alex to talk about his rowing background, his family history of rowing, and how Leonard Insurance group came to be. John offers some great insurance advice for rowing programs of all levels.

Coaches Yelling - s1e8 - Create a Spectacle q1. Should the Dad Vail accommodate NCAA/IRA teams that never make the top 12? q2. Is there anything that rowing can do to improve the selection process for for the National Team Guests Include: Zach Eberson Dan Garbutt Bryan Volpenhein Mike Wallin