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Crossfit and Rowing: Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate?
The rowing community is very aware of the Crossfit community. When Crossfit made the erg a major piece of its fitness toolbox, the rowing...
johnsw116
Apr 9, 20213 min read
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You Never Stop 2K Testing
As coaches, we are challenged again with another spring season of mixed emotions; with some limited racing, and even fewer championship...
johnsw116
Apr 2, 20213 min read
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What Does Strategy Mean for Rowing Organizations?
Rowing organizations are like any other organization. They want to thrive and be successful. They want to enhance the experience of their...
johnsw116
Mar 5, 20213 min read
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What Kind of Coach is the Best Kind of Coach?
Your organization is on the hunt for a new coach. Regardless of whether it is a new head coach, full time assistant, or 10hr/week...
johnsw116
Feb 19, 20216 min read
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Youth Nationals II: The Wrath of Competitive Age Tiers
Last week USRowing announced a new structure for the Youth National Championships to be hosted in Sarasota, FL the week of June 10-13,...
sk2dogs
Jan 22, 20213 min read
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Wanted: Rowing Coach How to Read Classified Ads and Avoid Costly Mistakes
You’re a rowing coach, or at least you have decided that you want to be one. You’re looking for a new position, one that will compensate...
johnsw116
Jan 15, 20214 min read
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Building Your Club's Brand: Who are We?
There is a lot of discussion today around personal branding. The blogosphere is full of advisers (myself included) discussing the need...
johnsw116
Jan 1, 20213 min read
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Crafting a Job Posting That Will Land the Right Coach
One of the most common frustrations I hear from my clients is the challenge of attracting good, qualified coaches. In this space I am...
johnsw116
Dec 18, 20204 min read
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Coaches, Do You Have a Personal Brand?
If you follow social media influencers or the social media industry at all, you probably hear a lot of discussion around the topic of the...
johnsw116
Dec 4, 20205 min read
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Minimizing Regulation in Rowing: Creating cultural controls in our sport to keep regulation at bay.
In January, this article from the New York Times popped up in my news feed: The Government Is Reigning In Youth Sports. The Adults Are...
johnsw116
Nov 20, 20204 min read
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Rowing as a Zero Billion Dollar Industry, Part II: Privatizing the Rowing Community
Part One introduced the idea that the rowing community is intentionally missing a substantial opportunity for growth, both existentially...
johnsw116
Nov 6, 20203 min read
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Rowing as a Zero-Billion Dollar Industry, Part I: How We Devalue Our Own Sport
Where are the professionals, the marketers, and the investors in rowing? More succinctly, where is the money? This is a question that has...
johnsw116
Oct 23, 20202 min read
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Why Rowing Organizations Should Post Compensation with Open Coach Positions
Head Coaches, Directors and Board Presidents have all had the same experience: A coach leaves and you cross your fingers and hope for the...
johnsw116
Sep 24, 20204 min read
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Why All Rowing Professionals Should Be On LinkedIn
Every professional and semi-professional working in our rowing community should have a LinkedIn profile. Here are the reasons why: Career...
johnsw116
Sep 16, 20204 min read
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Class of 2020: Are You Done With Rowing?
Class of 2020, what is your relationship with rowing now? Given the incomplete and unsatisfactory ending to everyone’s spring season,...
johnsw116
Aug 20, 20205 min read
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Rowing Clubs Are Not Using Social Media Effectively: The Cheapest Way to Market your Club
Social Media. We hear a lot about it, and most of us are on it, and if I were to suggest that we in the rowing community don’t leverage...
johnsw116
Aug 3, 20203 min read
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The Clean and Neat Boathouse: Hoarders Begone!
As clubs start to reopen their doors, scullers and rowers around the world are gradually starting to work their way back onto the water....
johnsw116
Jul 8, 20206 min read
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Changing the Game for Club Growth: Why are clubs not actively recruiting rowers out of college?
It is time for rowing clubs all over the country to reconsider how they bring new members into the club. Most Rowing Organizations around...
johnsw116
Apr 30, 20203 min read
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The Accelerated Adoption of Virtual Training Part Two: The Virtual Team and Future of Club Rowing
We are suddenly thrust into an environment where virtual training (VT: Training as individuals at home but sharing plans, workouts, and...
johnsw116
Apr 13, 20203 min read
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The Accelerated Adoption of Virtual Training
As coaches we are adapting to the reality of the covid-19 outbreak. We sent athletes around the world into garages and basements to get...
johnsw116
Mar 27, 20205 min read
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