COACHING TEAM UPDATE THREE : 09/11/18 Reflection on Bennet Shield, looking ahead to our first Karapiro (Club) regatta, common myths about seat ...
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COACHING UPDATE
COACHING TEAM UPDATE THREE :
09/11/18
Reflection on Bennet Shield, looking
ahead to our first Karapiro (Club)
regatta, common myths about seat
racing addressed
133 DAYS TO MAADI
http://rowit.nz/wktc2018r2/profile Lake Karapiro
COACHING UPDATE
LAKE PUPUKE REVEALED ITS TRUE COLOURS FOR OUR
SECOND REGATTA OF THE SEASON WHAT WENT WELL
The coaching team was very pleased with how our rowers handled the − Composed in weather
WHAT WE LIKED ABOUT BENNET
dreadful conditions Lake Pupuke produced this past weekend. It was very − Team work – it makes the dream work :
pleasing to hear a number of crews managed to “tame” the conditions
SHILED
boat loading & off water help
and still produce rows with considerable boat speed. − The bacon sandwiches (coaches)
− Boats ready to go on water/checked well
There were a number of great learnings taken from the regatta, and as − Same technical focuses as regatta 1
they saying goes - you just don’t know what type of conditions you might − Rowers well organised for themselves
have to race in at Maadi so its always great to get the practice in ! − Responding to coxswains calls
We felt all our rowers took a “step up” and better executed technical
focuses in racing situations than at our first regatta –a sign of great
progress with plenty more to come. WHAT COULD WE IMPROVE
In the coming weeks we are shifting our technical focus from the FOR OUR NEXT REGATTA
backstop/finish to the front stop/catch – ask your daughter about how WHAT WE DISLIKED
− Being more consistent with the
well they are executing the “rat in a drain” concept on the drive back !
technical & internal focus (thinking in
Please ensure you are aware of the changes to the schedule for the
coming weeks due to exam clashes – schedule here :
https://www.westlakegirls.school.nz/wp-
THE general!)
− Remaining relaxed/feeling the boat vs
getting frantic
content/uploads/2018/11/Training-Program-121118-to-Summer-Camp-
19-AMENDED-FOR-EXAMS.pdf
Good luck for exams & bring on Karapiro !
WEATHER − Better nail the PUSH DOWN onto our
race beat (coach comment – good
luck racing 2km if you don’t nail this –
it’s a long way !)
COACHING UPDATE
LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR FIRST KARAPIRO REGATTA The Karapiro race
Our first 2km regatta of the season is rapidly approaching, further detail will be course with tents
provided closer to the date but here are some key facts … lining the last 250m
− We are attending Karapiro club regatta from Friday 30th of November to Sunday
2nd of December, staying upstairs at Epworth retreat
− Racing of heats begin at 7:30am on Saturday 1st , those crews who qualify will
compete in finals on Sunday 2nd from 8:00-4:00pm approx.
Lane
− We will be departing Auckland at lunch time Friday 30th & making our way to 1
Karapiro in hired vans with the help of our parent volunteers Unlike Lake Pupuke
starts at Lake
− Our senior students will meet us at school at 12:30pm, our junior students still
Karapiro are held,
at school will bring their bags for the weekend to school with them on Friday
also unlike Lake
morning, leave them in the fitness centre until lunch time when will pack them Pupuke lane 1 enters
into the vans. the blocks first at the
start, not last !
− Our junior students are excused from period 4 & 5 at school on Friday 30th
− We will leave Auckland at approximately 1pm & head to Lake Karapiro, we will Lane
not be rowing on arrival – only rigging & placing our boats on racks, then 8
heading to Epworth retreat
− Rowers will race in North Shore Rowing Club racing singlets and wear their
WAIT ZONE The wait zone – crews
Westlake girls travel uniform at the regatta – mufti is allowed at camp but not
at the race course wait behind the
starting blocks to be
− ROWIT LINK FOR REGATTA http://rowit.nz/wktc2018r2/profile called into their blocks
& then need to back
− More information including crews will follow closer to departure into the starters hands
COACHING UPDATE
Thank you to those girls Are you going to be Do I play a winter Family holidays in the new
who help with the in Auckland on the sport ? year
sports dinner …. 5 th & 6 th of January ? I have had a few queries recently I have had a few queries around families
The following girls helped to raise I would like to get those girls about what rowers should be holidays following summer camp
$1,000 for WGHS Rowing who are in Auckland the doing next winter & what we Obviously in an ideal world following summer
weekend before we go to provide for winter training camp we would have every rower at every
Scarlett Kerse summer camp out onto the session but if you are looking to get away post
Makayla Bray
We strongly encourage each and
water camp and are flexible on dates I ask that you
ever member of our squad to
Carys Osbourne contact me to allow a heads up and
Why ? It means we don’t spend play at least one other winter
Jemma Veldman recommend these dates :
the entire first day of camp code – taking a break from
Ayla Holmes
remembering how to row ! rowing/having something else to 14th & 15th Jan (days off following summer
Charlotte Thoumine
think about is important to camp)
Áine Maloney Could I please ask girls to let me
refresh the mind !
Bianca Coplestone know via email ASAP whether Weekend following summer camp:
Claire Snelling or not they will be in Auckland Rowing will also be running 19,20,21st, 22nd (need rowers for end of
Katie Booth and have the intention to row optional fitness trainings (2-3 week as heading to KRI2 our last regatta prior
Marin Parker on these two days. I can then per week with a mix of erging, to start of school racing season)
Abigail Clements plan boats for us ! running and circuit work)
throughout the winter for all 2nd-3rd Feb – NOVICE SEAT RACING (seniors
Trixie Andrew
returning rowers. will likely erg so if planning on going away
Megan Uttley
would be a good weekend)
Emma Patterson
Maren Howarth NB: After the girls return to school almost
Taylor Morrison every weekend is accounted for by regattasCOACHING UPDATE
WGHS Seat racing (and long term crew selection)
From December onwards the coaching team will be starting to consider racing crews for Maadi cup in 2019, our crew selection & priority boat decisions will be guided by what happens
at our various seat racing sessions throughout the season
Our seat racing will occur on 4-5 separate occasions, with our first set of seat racing scheduled for a months time with our senior crews. The results of these sessions will enable to
coaching team to form base crews to train in at Maadi, rowers who are either just slower or just faster than one another will rotate in and out of the crews at camp to enable to coaches
to see which combination makes the boat go faster – from here final seat racing will occur in February to confirm final seats in crews.
Following our December seat racing returning rowers will know what position they are in headed into summer camp, they will also know what boats we are looking to have as “priority”
boats for Maadi cup
Our novices seat racing will occur in the new year in February due to how rapidly novices can advance, however there may be some novice seat racing at summer camp at the coaches
discretion.
Due to Duke of Ed commitments not all our year 10 students will be seat racing on Dec 8th – please check the list to ensure I have arcuately captured who is available for the session on
the 8th of Dec
WHAT WHEN WHERE WHO
Saturday December 8th Billie Insull, Caitlin Rawlings, Hollie Marshman, Olivia Anderson, Phoebe Allen,
Senior Squad Seat Racing 6:30am-1pm Rame Road Megan Uttley ©, Maddie Kerse, Devon Thorpe, Nyla Bunyan, Olivia Swann, Sylvia
DEC
Leadley, Jamie Whittaker ©, Maren Howarth, Taylor Morrison, Lily Rose Gholam
WENDS 12th December All year 10 students who returning rowers
U16 Squad Seat Racing Rame Road
5:35AM-12pm DEPENDING ON SESSION ONE SOME 17-18s MAY BE REQUIRED
Summer Camp - possible seat racing for some
JAN
Tuesday 8th Jan- Sunday 13th Jan Epworth Retreat TBC
senior & novice crews
Saturday 2nd Feb
Full Novice Squad Seat Racing Rame Road All first year rowers & any returning rowers who can row down
6:30am-1pm
FEB
Additional Senior Seat Racing (if required - at Sunday 17th February
Rame Road Returning rowers competiting for final seats in crews
Head coach discretion) 6:30am-1pm
Maadi crews confirmed By Monday 26th FebruaryCOACHING UPDATE
HOW DOES SEAT RACING WORK …. RACE 1 : Gives the base speed of both crews, coaches record the initial difference in
Rowers race repeatedly across a fixed stretch of water at a fixed finish times between the crews
A B C D
rating with rowers swapping seats each race to determine who is
moving the boat faster.
• Our races will occurs over a fixed 1km stretch of water in
Lucas Creek, Greenhithe
1 2 3 4 Boat 1 crossed finishes line
• Our rating will be fixed at 30 00:00 seconds
Boat 2 crossed
• Coxswains will steer the boat and ensure crews hit the 30 finishes line +04:00
rate – there will be no other comments from the coxswains seconds
• Each race coxswains will start their boat on the same side of Conclusion : Boat 1 is four seconds faster than boat 2 with the current crew
the river
• At the end of the race coaches time the difference between RACE 2 : Rowers are notified which two people are changing seats – Rower 3 & C swap boats
the finish line times and paddle back to the start line to complete another race where it is determine who is faster
• Rowers and coxswains are NOT told in advance how many A B 3 D
races are being completed nor who is swapping seats – only Boat 1 crossed
finishes line +04:00 Boat 2 crossed
once the race is complete do rowers know who is swapping
seconds finishes line 00:00
next. Thus you always need to assume you could be swapped seconds
next & apply consistent effort. Its not the previous race that
impacts your performance, its the next result ! 1 2 C 4
• Crews begin with racing starts behind the start line so crews Boat 2 is four seconds faster than boat 1 with the current crew
come through the start line on rate @30, any difference Conclusion : Rower C reversed a 4 second deficit to a 4 second
through the start line is recorded by coaching team and win, making rower C 8 seconds faster than rower 3
subtracted from time difference at the end of the race. Next : Swap rower C & A to determine who is faster between
rower C, A & 3COACHING UPDATE
DEBUNKING MYTHS – “YOU CAN RIG SEAT RACING FOR YOUR FRIENDS, SO IS NOT FAIR ”
SCENARIO : Rowers 4 & D swap boats, but rower C is best friends with rower D, so she decides not to push as
hard when rower 4 comes into her boat Boat 1 crossed finishes line +04:00 Boat 2 crossed finishes line +00:00
seconds seconds
OUTCOME : Rower C successfully negatively impacts the outcome for rower 4 & makes rower D the winner of
the race. A B C 4 1 2 3 D
BUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT ?
The coaching team swaps rower C who hadn’t tried in the previous race with rower 3. Rower 3 who has applied
consistent effort through all seat races reverses the deficit that rower C intentionally created, recording a result of
rower 3 being 6 seconds faster than rower 3.
THE MORAL : Boat 1 crossed finishes line 00:00 Boat 2 crossed finishes line +02:00
seconds seconds
If you sabotage a race for a friends benefit, you could be sabotaging yourself as you don’t know how many races
we are doing or whether you are going to be the next person who swaps. A B 3 4 1 2 C D
REMEMBER rowers do not know how may races are being completed in one set nor do they know when they are
going to swap – you always need to assume you could be swapped next. Its not the previous race that impacts
your chances, its the next result !
IT IS OUR FIRM BELIEF THAT :
Everyone member of the WGHS team would not consider acting in this way as we all want the fastest boats out on the course, because any success we manage on water is down to
every member of our squad
HOWEVER :
The coaching team is smarter than you, we can tell when a result has been interfered with. If we believe a result has been deliberately interfered with we will void the result of the race
and continue on. Rowers will not be notified of this, but there would likely be a re-race at some point.COACHING UPDATE
DEBUNKING SEAT RACING MYTHS –
− ITS NOT FAIR BECAUSE I DIDN’T DIRECTLY SEAT RACE THAT PERSON
→ Not everyone will directly race one another, some will be done by indirectly comparing three peoples time to get the relative speed between one another.
→ In the event that there is extremely small time margins between people who did not directly race the coaching team will do all of the following :
1. Look to include a direct race in one of the sets on the day – if this is also close we will then :
2. Rotate both people in & out of the crew following seat racing to determine who fits best with the boat
3. Complete another set of direct seat racing between the two people involved in February 2019 to determine who is faster
− ITS NOT FAIR BECAUSE THE COXSWAIN COURSE WASN’T STRAIGHT/THERE WAS WASH
→ In the event that there is wash or the coxswains course is not straight the coach who is following behind the race will note this with the finish line coaches, depending on
the severity of the interference (and distances between crews) the coaching team will determine what happens
• We may elect to adjust the time difference by 1-2 seconds
• Maintain the result and make a note, should it become relevant at a later date
• In the event the race is extremely close, void the race and re race at another time
− ITS NOT FAIR BECAUSE THE OTHER CREW WAS RATING HIGHER
→ Rating will be capped at 30 & the coaching team in the following coach boat will be monitoring rating (as will the coxswains), if the rating is not on 30, despite attempts
made by the coaching team & coxswains the coaching team may elect to
• Maintain the result and make a note, should it become relevant at a later date
• In the event the race is extremely close, void the race and re race at another timeCOACHING UPDATE
DEBUNKING SEAT RACING MYTHS –
− ITS NOT FAIR BECAUSE MY SEAT RACE IS LATER IN THE SET SO I AM MORE FATIGUED/ I HAVE A UNFIT PERSON IN MY BOAT
→ At the beginning of the seat racing sets everyone is at optimal fitness so yes if you are a less fit athlete this is the best time for you to race. It is also therefore true that
as more races occur the less reliable relative times are as means to gain an overall ranking. However it is not a disadvantage/unfair to race later to gain direct
comparison. If you are racing later, fitness will play a greater role in the outcome, but this is exactly the same in a 2km race – fitter people win races. It is likely that
every person will complete at least one set where there race is “later” in the racing as a way for us to “test” fitness.
→ Having a “unfit” person in your crew is generally not a disadvantage as they would be raced with both people, however if the following coaching boat did believe
someone “blew up” during your seat race they may elect to void the race and re-race at a later date.
− ITS NOT FAIR BECAUSE I RACED IN SET ONE & AND TWO BUT THE PERSON I AM RACING AGAINST IS ONLY RACING IN THE SECOND SET
→ All our athletes should be fit enough to race multiple sets and perform well in all – between each on water set all rowers will have an hour break, ample time to
recover. Those who did not complete the first set of seat racing will go for a run as an alternative.
− ITS NOT FAIR BECAUSE THEY ONLY GOT AN ADVATNGE FROM THE RACING START
→ Racing starts will be done behind the start line and crews expected to cross through the start line on 30 rating. The starts are merely designed to get boats up to speed
quickly. Any advantage a crew gains from the start and leads to them crossing the start line with ahead will be recorded by the following coach boat and adjusted for
the finishing result
OVERALL :
− The coaching team can tell when a result has been interfered with and will make the required adjustments
− Seat racing in December is apart of the equation but there are many other things that will be taken into consideration to determine March Maadi crews. This seat racing is to
get a bench mark and give rowers a steer on where they will likely end up
− In particular extremely close racing means that further consideration of rower ranking is absolutely required – this will occur by assessing crew combinations at summer camp,
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