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Coxswain
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When should rowers have hands on before a race? | 60 minutes before race time |
| What four phrases should you say when rowers meet up? | 1. "Check your heel ties and spacers one last time" 2. "Hands On" 3. "Up and over heads" - "ready" - "up" 4. "walk it forward" |
| What command starts the boat carrying sequence? | "Hands on" |
| What comes after "Hands on"? | "Up and over heads" – "Ready" – "Up!" |
| What do you say after the boat is up over heads? | "Walk it forward" |
| Where should you stand while launching the boat? | At the bowball end, walking in the same direction it's pointed |
| What info do you need for control commission? | Team Name, Event Number, Bow Number, Stroke Seat Last Name, Event Time |
| What do you say at control commission before inspection? | "Half boat down to waists" |
| What part of the boat should go down to waists? | The side away from the water |
| What is checked by officials at control commission? | Heel ties and bowball |
| What do you say after the officials give the okay? | "Back up to shoulders" |
| What is the full sequence to launch the boat? | "Back up to shoulders" → "Walk it down" → "Up and over heads, ready, up" → "Down and in" |
| What should you watch out for when launching? | Pilings |
| What does "on the square" mean? | Oars are squared (not feathered) |
| What is the first drill in the warmup? | Reverse Pick Drill |
| What is the order of the Reverse Pick Drill? | Arms only, Arms & body, ¼ slide, ½ slide, Full stroke, Legs only, legs and body, full slide (feathered) 1 minute per each pair. |
| What comes after Full Stroke in warmup? | Legs only, Legs & body, Full slide feathered |
| What comes after Reverse Pick Drill? | Full boat: Full slide feathered for 1 minute |
| What are the Full Boat practice starts? | 50%, 75%, 100% start sequences with high strokes and stride strokes |
| What’s a “builder” in rowing? | A gradual build-up of speed and pressure |
| How early should you be in the lineup before your race? | 10 minutes before race time |
| What is a standard start sequence? | ¾, ½, ¾, lengthen, full |
| What’s an example of a Calm Start? | "Smooth, calm, easy, lengthen, full" |
| What’s an example of a Powerful Start? | "Big legs, power, punch it, lengthen, full" |
| What’s an example of a Connected Start? | "Connect, together, link up, lengthen, full" |
| What’s an example of a Clean Start? | "Even, build, clean, together, lengthen, full" |
| What’s an example of a Controlled Start? | "Control, control, swing, build, lengthen, full" |
| What do you call during the first 500 meters? | High 20 and two sets of 10s for power, speed, or connection |
| What do you say before the stride? | "In two, stride" then “There’s one, two” |
| How do you remind them about race pace? | "Lengthen out to race pace" |
| What do you call to help timing and power early in race? | "Match up on long strokes", "Swing together", "Lock into that catch" |
| What should you call out every minute or so? | Rate |
| When should you say the split time? | Midway through each 500, especially before 1000m |
| What do you say approaching 1000 meters? | "Coming up to the 1k here, halfway mark!" |
| What’s the “Focus 10” sequence? | "ONE - match up, TWO - sit up, THREE - clean blades, FOUR - eyes up..." etc. |
| What’s the focus for the third 500 meters? | "Stay tall", "Recommit", "Push off the other boats" |
| What do you say at 1500 meters? | "Last 500 meters!", "Lock in together", "Get ready to build for that sprint" |
| What do you say just BEFORE the red buoys? | "Ready to add pressure in two – there’s one — there’s two!" |
| What do you say AT the red buoys? | "Ten to build into that Sprint!" |
| What do you say after 10 sprint strokes? | "Here’s our sprint! Everything you have now, big press" |
| What should you focus on during the sprint? | Encourage loudly, steer straight, and tell boat positions ONCE |
| What do you say at the finish line? | "In two weigh enough – one — two" |
| What do you say after all boats finish? | "Good race all crews" |
| What flag do you wait for after the race? | White flag from officials |
| What do you do once the white flag is shown? | Start going back to the beach |
| What should you NOT do after the race if another race is coming? | Do not cross the finish line viewing area |
| How should the boat cross viewing line after the race? | All four rowers rowing, sitting up, and looking for traffic |
| Where do you go after crossing viewing line? | Come into the beach for normal recovery |
| When are you officially done with the race? | When boat is in slings and a coach dismisses you |
| What do you yell if someone is in the way? | "HEADS UP BOAT" |
| What should you be ready to yell if people don’t move fast enough? | "WEIGH ENOUGH" |
| What is your number one priority on race day? | Safety of the boat and people |
| when you get to control commission what do you say to the rowers? |
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