Published on Jun 15, 2015 150 Years of Rowing Faster: What Are the Sources of More and More Speed? Professor Stephen Seiler discusses how rowing has a 150 yr. + competitive history and that examining results from historic races like Oxford-Cambridge (est. 1829) and the world championships (est. 1893) reveals a linear increase in boat speed by 2-3% per decade. Boat velocity increases if propulsive power is increased and/or power losses are reduced. Over time, the propulsive power capacity of elite rowers has increased. Part of this increase is a result of recruiting athletes from a population that has become taller (1-3 cm per decade) and heavier. Speaker BiographyProfessor Stephen Seiler (PhD FACSM earned his doctoral degree from the University...
SSM Conference 2015: Altitude: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - Professor Greg Whyte Published on Jun 15, 2015 Altitude: The Good, the Bad and the UglyProfessor Greg Whyte explains the positive and negative impact of training at altitude on subsequent athletic development and performance. This is an area of growing research and the extant literature is presented to demonstrate the good, bad and ugly aspects of altitude training. This discussion includes an investigation into the underlying physiological processes of the adaptations, whilst making reference to endurance performance. The discussion covers how to prepare for altitude training, what the optimum level of altitude is to encourage positive training effects, how to properly monitor athlete and the importance of this. Information...
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...
We were fortunate enough to have Klaus Mattes present on the topic: ‘Diagnostic of rowing performance and technique to optimise technique training’ Mahe Drysdale and Ondrej Synek was used as examples as to how rowers can apply technique under different conditions and importantly, during different segments of the 2000m race, whether it be at the start or in the last 250m. Using the 2013 World Champion, Synek, and the 2012 Olympic Champion, he went onto note how individual characteristics of internationally successful rowing teams can be misinterpreted as "a development of rowing technique". Mattes explained the following: - How rowing technique can be tested with the help of biomechanics. - How results from these biomenchanical measurements can be interpreted. - Using...