Peaking in Team Sports - 2007 - USOC Olympic Coach E-magazine, Winter Issue

The 2007 - USOC Olympic Coach E-magazine, Winter Issue arrived recently in my inbox. The various articles focus on teams. A few stood out as having some relation to rowing:

For coaches and athletes: Peaking for Team sports.

For coaches in particular : You were Hired to: Win Now Oo Win Consistently.

Sport Psycology - Great Groups, Great Coaches

Physiology - What Every Coach Should Know about Energy Systems.

There is a lot of great information there for you. If you would like to see back issues or subscribe you can receive future e-magazines via email by going to their main page.

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New Rowing Biomechanics Newsletters

Two new Rowing Biomechanics Newsletters have been released of late.

January 2007 Edition is a comment on Mechanical Modelling in Rowing. It is a more general comment although it makes reference to a talk at the British Coaching Conference 2007:

The next talk, “Physics of rowing”, was one on which we cannot fail to comment. The presenter had developed quite an interesting computer model of rowing and some gadgets. However, instead of explaining the model, he presented a mixture of trivial things...

It is perhaps most interesting that he points out that most models use variation in boat speed as a major reason for energy losses in rowing. He notes:

The main verbal expression of this erroneous theory is: “do not disturb (stop) the run of the boat at catch”. The consequences of this are a soft ineffective catch, and early opening the trunk and slow force increase, which we found is very important for effective drive (RBN 2004/01-2).

He also discusses a front loaded drive vs. a finish loaded drive, which the models suggest is better, but biomechanically does not make as much sense.

In the February Edition Dr. Kleshnev responds to comments about spread/span discussed in an earlier newsletter. This includes remarks by well known biomechanist Volkere Nolte and by Einar Gjessing of Norway, creator of the “Ergorow”.

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American College of Sports Medicine Position Stands

An excellent source of information is the American College of Sports Medicine who are a professional organization representing not just sports doctors, but all professionals in the field of sport science from exercise physiologists, to biomechanists, nutritionists, psycologists and more.

Their "position statements" are professional recommendations based on research literature. All these statements are available in PDF form on their website.

Of particular interest are two released recently. On March 1st they released a paper on "Exertional Heat Illness during Training and Competition" and February 1 they released one titled "Exercise and Fluid Replacement." These summaries should represent the most up to date information in the field and should be near the top of the reading list for all coaches as well as interested athletes.

While the information is fairly technical in nature and not something you would read in an aticle off the magazine stand, you can be sure it is current and reported by experts.

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