Pete Cipollone on What Makes a Great Coxswain
Mar 29, 2010“Listen. Be helpful, honest, trustworthy, proficient, composed and determined to win. If you can learn to do all of these things at the highest levels, have no fear. The National Team will find you.” – Pete Cipollone
Marcus McElhenney’s Tips for When You’re Behind
Mar 25, 2010Too often coxswains hop into boats and expect the magic words to just spring forth from their mouths when they come barreling down the course. As you probably have found, they do not.
Pete Cipollone Shares How to Avoid Being “Noise”
Mar 24, 2010Pete Cipollone shares tips on how to avoid rowers tuning you out.
Marcus McElhenney Discusses Setting the Right Tone
Mar 23, 2010“We need to make sure we are establishing the proper tone during practice and all year long. This is important because if you are not establishing the proper tone all year long, then it does not matter what you do on race day.” – Marcus McElhenney
Ned DelGuercio Shares Tips on Coxing a 2k
Mar 22, 2010“Anything that comes through your microphone should be useful information. Thinking out loud can make you a liability to your crew’s performance.” – Ned DelGuercio
Ned DelGuercio Shares How to Fix Poor Rhythm
Mar 19, 2010“It is very difficult to fix rhythm by calling direct changes to the rhythm. Instead, work on connection, suspension, and power calls. The rhythm tends to correct itself when you have those elements of the stroke working properly.” – Ned DelGuercio
Leigh Heyman Addresses the Age Issue
Mar 18, 2010“In basic terms, I don’t think 30 is too late to start trying to make the team, having done it myself. But I’m not going to sugar coat it, you do have some things working against you.” – Leigh Heyman
Marcus McElhenney Discusses Getting Involved
Mar 17, 2010“Too many coxswains just sit around not doing anything. Or only do as much as the rowers. Do as much as the rowers and then more. Your coach will notice that you have a good work ethic.” – Marcus McElhenney
Ned DelGuercio Discusses Coxswain Rivalries
Mar 16, 2010“You have to respect your rival. Having competition forces you to get better. The other coxswain is your teammate too, and when a team has coxswains that work well together, it’s a special thing.” – Ned DelGuercio
Pete Cipollone Shares How to Get a Feel for the Boat
Mar 15, 2010“Boat feel is critical for choosing the right technical calls to make your crew go faster. Here are three things that worked well for me.” – Pete Cipollone
Marcus McElhenney on Law School
Feb 05, 2010“I hate law school. It is one of the dumbest things I have ever come across in my entire life. But, there is nothing else in the world I would rather be doing right now. Funny thing is that is exactly I how I have always felt about training for the Olympics.” – Marcus McElhenney
