Coxswain Development & Recruiting: A Race Plan for Coxing Education

by Ryan Sparks, Leigh Carroll

Coxswains often lament a lack of coaching and must learn to develop themselves; how they pursue development determines their success. Written by former Yale and Harvard coaches after over a decade of coxswain-specific coaching and college counseling, this book provides perspective on how coxswains develop. It also links successful development with advancement in the sport. Work on the mechanics of coxswain development and selection is featured by twelve contributing Olympic coxswains and coaches, national team coxswains and coaches, and collegiate coxswains and coaches. Key points are provided after each author - through which major themes emerge. Sections cover leadership as a coxswain, working with coaches, and key points for coxswain health. The final section utilizes the US collegiate recruiting process as a case study for coxswain advancement in the sport based on the major themes seen through the book. • Explore the mechanics of coxswain development • Learn how to improve without daily coaching • Understand what it takes to advance to the top boat – or the national team Ryan Sparks is the founder at Sparks Rowing – a company established in 2010 that provides coxswain-specific college counseling and camps on four continents. Previous to Sparks, Ryan coached internationally and US collegiate rowing at Yale University, Wesleyan University, and Bates College. Leigh Carroll is a former Brown University and US national team coxswain. She holds a Masters in Education from Stanford University and is a full-time educator. She also coaches coxswains at Sparks camps. Prior to Stanford, Leigh coached at Harvard University.

Hardcover

Published June 25, 2022