Advanced rowing : international perspectives on high performance rowing / Charles Simpson and Jim Flood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, Charles, author.

Flood, Jim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rowing.

Rowing--Training.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Bloomsbury Sport, 2017.

Summary:

Advanced Rowing brings together a selection of leading experts in the sport of rowing, including international head coaches from New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and Denmark, who have all coached crews to World and Olympic medals. Distinguished club and university coaches contribute from the United States, Great Britain and Australia. Between them these coaches work with the top national level athletes in their countries and specialise in preparing them to achieve international competitive standard. The coaches reveal key features that they believe explain why they have achieved a consistent level of success, paying special attention to key issues including: - Training programmes to promote skill and fitness - Motivating and inspiring athletes - Creating successful training environments - Selecting athletes and talent identification - Making use of other experts (e.g. sports scientists, physiotherapists, dedicated strength and conditioning coaches) Advanced Rowing also offers insights from experts on selected topics that are important in the development of rowing success including biomechanics, nutrition, technique development, endurance training and strength and conditioning. This is an essential resource for any rowing coach, providing an overview of the general environments that support high performance national and international rowing programmes and describing the range of strategies that elite rowing coaches use to help develop advanced rowing performance.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Title

Contents

Introduction

Part 1 Senior International Rowing

1 Noel Donaldson

Training environment

Training and conditioning

Athlete selection and talent development

Coach and athlete relationship

Technical approach

Support services and technology

Fine tuning for racing

Final thoughts

2 Johan Flodin

3 Simon Cox

Alternative realities

4 Thomas Poulsen

PART 2 National Rowing (Universities and Clubs)

5 Ben Lewis

6 Dave O'Neill

Support services

7 Mark Fangen-Hall

The training programme

Erg Training

Core stability

Specific technical training

PART 3 Technique and Drills

8 Rowing Technique.

Principles of learning

Coaching and communication

Mindset

Technique - mechanics vs. feel

Stroke sequence

The Recovery

The Drive

Concepts of technique

Biomechanics

Rhythm

Skills and drills

Advanced rowing

Summary

9 Training Intensity for Rowing

Understanding the use of training intensity zones

Defining exercise intensity terminology

How do advanced rowers train?

The effectiveness of polarised training approaches for rowing

Experiments that show the effects of different training intensity interventions in rowing

Polarised training approaches - learning from other endurance sports

Closing remarks

References

10 Strength and Conditioning

The ambiguity of weight training

What are the benefits of weight training for rowers?

Boosting the leg-drive

The case for weight training

Integrating weight training

Scheduling

Individualisation

Perceived exertion

Programming and periodisation

Planning training windows

Reverse step loading

Clustering and inter-repetition rest

Selecting weight training activities

Coaching exercise technique

Screening movement

What about muscular endurance?

How much strength is enough?

Evaluating strength training methods

11 Nutrition for Advanced Rowing

Engaging rowers in a conversation about nutrition

Getting an appetite for better team nutrition

Do coaches have a responsibility to educate rowers about their nutrition?

Bringing in specialists

Why many rowers and coaches ignore what they know to be important (and why they might want to reconsider)

Athletes still want to know about nutrition

Getting educated and the trouble with nutritionists

Selected nutrition topics for advanced rowers

What are the daily energy requirements of advanced rowers?.

Does alcohol reduce the benefits of rowing training?

Do sports drinks improve rowing performance?

Nutrient manipulation

Selected references

12 Utilising Technology for Advanced ­Rowing

Modern international regatta feedback

Coaching and feedback

Rowing specific parameters and analysis

Coaches and rowers as technology operators

Rowing-specific technology

Hardware set-up and calibration

Planning monitoring and training assessment

Selection of recommended rowing literature for training and coaching

13 On Bullshit Point

About the Authors

Charles Simpson

Jim Flood

Photo credits

Acknowledgements

Copyright.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 15, 2017).

ISBN:

9781472921505

147292150X

9781472921512

1472921518

OCLC:

1001571872