The Legion of Rowers hosted two coaching clinics during July 2021 for masters rowers who are not coaches. There are not enough coaches available for masters groups to get regular coaching. One way to get effective coaching for masters is to enable self-coaching and group feedback. This has never been tried before.
During 2020 we surveyed masters rowers via the New Zealand Masters Rowers Facebook page asking what would improve rowing for masters.
5 key areas were identified
- To speak with one voice nationally
- Grow membership and participation
- Have more regattas and with new race formats (coastal and flat water)
- More social events
- Access to effective coaching
Legion of Rowers and Rowing New Zealand agreed to organise two peer to peer clinics during June 2021 in Auckland and Karapiro led by Duncan Holland and Raf Wyatt.
Erg coaching on the rowing model
Raf Wyatt explains the stroke cycle
Planning an outing using peer-to-peer principles