World Rowing Coaches Conferences are hailed as the leading source of high quality coaches information and resources for the top coaches from around the world.
This years 2013 World Rowing Coaches Conference was held in Tallinn, Estonia.
The 2013 World Rowing Coaches Conference Talks:
Johan Foldin: 'My Experiences'.
Annelen Collatz: 'Coach the Coach - practical psychological work'.
Teet Seene: 'Age-Related Changes in Skeletal Muscle'.
Dr Malcolm Brown: 'Phasing in preparation of triathletes'.
Dr Malcolm Brown was the Olympic Team Leader in 2012. His talk on phasing in Triathlon looked at certain factors that lead to Great Britain's success over the last few years, lessons that are applicable to rowing. In multi-sport, there are key factors to consider. Training volumes and specific periodization across three disciplines.
Key points were covered:
- Leadership and coaching.
- The Training environment.
- The Culture within that training environment.
- Building at team for international competition.
- Progression.
- Training structure and periodization.
For more on Malcolm Brown's talk: Phasing in preparation of triathletes
Johan Flodin, has been awarded the 2013 World Rowing Coach of the year. For good reason: He is the man behind Norway's incredible World Championship results where the men's double scull and the men's lightweight double scull won gold. Flodin is a former Olympian himself, having raced in Atlanta in 1996. Following which, he worked with 2010s World Champion women's single sculler: Frida Svensson. Only after London 2012, did Flodin take the position as the Head Rowing Coach in Norway. Johan Flodin's talk Flodin's talk covered the following topics: - Norway structure: Two main centers with 4 regions. One paid coach with 11 athletes in the elite group. - Long term development: A review of the structure. - Training: Focussed...
Dr Annelen Collatz, who presented on "Athletes and Coaches" at the 2012 coaches conference, presented on "Coach the coach - The German Concept".
Introducing the tasks of a Rowing Coach, Annelen highlighted how broad these tasks are. The importants of the German "Coach the Coach" concept is to develope the coach through these broader roles.
Using the national team coaches, Annelen and the fedaration have deturmined what competencies are required for development.
For more: Dr Annelen Collatz: Coach the coach
Schaffert's presentation followed on from Matte. Here she saught to bring to the attention of coaches the science behind listening to the boat run. In particular, the causal relationship between movement and sould. He presentation, the ‘Visual and auditory/acoustic feedback to optimise rowing technique and boat acceleration’ looked at this relationship and how a crews perception of it can be enhanced. Key points in Schaffer's presentation: - Sonification: The synthetic transformation of data from the boat's movement into sound. - The Accrow system used by the German team boats. This creates a specific sound which reacts to each phase and rhytm of the stroke there by creating an intuitive understanding of how the boat is moving. The results of which, Shaffer...
