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Get a length up on the competition with cutting-edge technique, training and racing information. Let the world's top coaches, rowers and sport scientists steer you to ultimate success, starting with sound training and racing principles and adding increasingly advanced instruction and insights all the way to the finish. "Rowing Faster, 2nd Edition" is the most comprehensive and detailed guide for achieving excellence in the sport. You'll find techniques for mastering every phase of the stroke; training strategies for increasing strength and efficiency for maximizing speed; and, tapering plans for peak performance at the highest levels of competition.
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Volker Nolte is director of the rowing programme and assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario, where he teaches coaching and biomechanics. Since 1993, he has led his men's rowing team to 10 Ontario University Athletics Championships and three Canadian University Championships. In 2008, his university crew won the German University Championships and the Temple Challenge Cup at the famous Henley Royal Regatta in England.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Must Read for any Coach or Athlete
18 Nov 2011
Format:Paperback
After the huge success of the first edition of "Rowing Faster", coaches and athletes were waiting for the second edition to come out. Following the proven format of the first edition, articles from top coaches and sport scientists are grouped by different subject matters. The book is a great read.
Although called the second edition, it is not a repeat or "re-worked" version of the first edition but moreover a stand-alone book for coaches and athletes. It does however complement the first edition well.
What I particularly like about the book is that it resembles the challenges of coaching in a fine way: coaching rowing is a balance act, an art perhaps, between science and intuition, between hard numbers and feel, as well as mental aspects. The book offers exactly that, where world renown scientists explain the physical and physiological facts around rowing, where top level coaches offer their thoughts on the rowing stroke, development and racing as well as articles on other aspects of the sport, such as team management, adaptive rowing and philosophical aspects.
"Rowing Faster" is a great collection of resources, however, not an easy read. You will quickly find out that the articles will force you to stop and think, and hopefully inspire to re-think. Also, it is challenging to read about biomechanics and then switch into mental aspects of racing as these are two very different subjects. I find it most satisfactory to read (and re-read) one article at the time to thoroughly process it - and if applicable I try to work it into our program here at UVA. And be warned, as it is with good literature, it will trigger more questions than it provides answers - it is not a "how to win" guide, but moreover provides you with the tools, ideas and perhaps inspirations to form a winning team.
I am keeping a copy of the book in my office at the boathouse, and it's high in demand. On a regular basis I'd find an athlete, coach or trainer reading through an article, and it always sparks a good conversation.
Frank Biller
Head Coach Men's Rowing
University of Virginia
Although called the second edition, it is not a repeat or "re-worked" version of the first edition but moreover a stand-alone book for coaches and athletes. It does however complement the first edition well.
What I particularly like about the book is that it resembles the challenges of coaching in a fine way: coaching rowing is a balance act, an art perhaps, between science and intuition, between hard numbers and feel, as well as mental aspects. The book offers exactly that, where world renown scientists explain the physical and physiological facts around rowing, where top level coaches offer their thoughts on the rowing stroke, development and racing as well as articles on other aspects of the sport, such as team management, adaptive rowing and philosophical aspects.
"Rowing Faster" is a great collection of resources, however, not an easy read. You will quickly find out that the articles will force you to stop and think, and hopefully inspire to re-think. Also, it is challenging to read about biomechanics and then switch into mental aspects of racing as these are two very different subjects. I find it most satisfactory to read (and re-read) one article at the time to thoroughly process it - and if applicable I try to work it into our program here at UVA. And be warned, as it is with good literature, it will trigger more questions than it provides answers - it is not a "how to win" guide, but moreover provides you with the tools, ideas and perhaps inspirations to form a winning team.
I am keeping a copy of the book in my office at the boathouse, and it's high in demand. On a regular basis I'd find an athlete, coach or trainer reading through an article, and it always sparks a good conversation.
Frank Biller
Head Coach Men's Rowing
University of Virginia
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Rowing Faster 2nd Edition
17 Aug 2011
Format:Paperback
I have read about every rowing book there is. In general I have been disappointed by reference books since they often leave those who have more advanced knowledge about rowing wanting. Nolte's Rowing Faster 2nd Edition disappoints not. It does both, complementing and building on the first edition. In fact, it is not an update but a completely new book. The topics are very relevant and should be read, understood and applied by any serious beginners, high school, collegiate, and even elite coach. I like especially how Nolte uses the contextual integration with contributions from world class rowers at the beginning of each chapter. It provides the necessary grounding and relevance that a book about rowing needs. One can tell that Nolte is still actively involved in making rowers go faster.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Covers the waterfront
25 Feb 2012
Format:Paperback
Rowing Faster provides encyclopedic coverage of the material you need to be a rowing coach. Other sources can provide additional valuable material, but Rowing Faster offers everything you need to get started at a serious level.
The book opens with four chapters of material you'll need to fill out course justification forms at an institution of higher learning. Competitive athletes may find this portion pedantic and skip over it.
The next six chapters cover the physics and biomechanics of rowing. As the old joke says, understand the physics of baseball has little to do with being able to hit one out of the park. But not understanding the physics of rowing means you'll probably get tired earlier. Unlike the situation in baseball, understanding the physics in rowing could make the difference between winning and losing.
The next five chapters cover training, conditioning, and attitudes. Rowers and coaches without a strong library of other sources on these topics will find this material extremely important.
The remaining sections cover a variety of topics that are important to a minority of rowers. Adaptive rowing explains how to accommodate handicapped rowers, which can appeal to determined but injured rowers. There's a chapter for women in rowing, but it seems somewhat limited in its outlook. The chapters on managing a team and selecting athletes will help coaches, even those in nonacademic environments. The chapter on tapering for racing notes that tapering can provide an important advantage for excellent crews, but far beyond the novice stage crews benefit from a heavy load of practicing technical excellence up to 2 days before the race. And every rower should think about Learning from Racing.
The last few chapters cover The Future of Rowing. These topics again offer value to those writing curriculum, but are also handy for people making conference speeches.
Overall, the book provides remarkably well written coverage of every rowing topic I can think of and then some. Most readers will find what they want in a minority of the chapters. This makes a great reference book for those with a need to know, but even rowing enthusiasts with wide ranging interests will want to skip around to find the topics that interest them the most.
The book opens with four chapters of material you'll need to fill out course justification forms at an institution of higher learning. Competitive athletes may find this portion pedantic and skip over it.
The next six chapters cover the physics and biomechanics of rowing. As the old joke says, understand the physics of baseball has little to do with being able to hit one out of the park. But not understanding the physics of rowing means you'll probably get tired earlier. Unlike the situation in baseball, understanding the physics in rowing could make the difference between winning and losing.
The next five chapters cover training, conditioning, and attitudes. Rowers and coaches without a strong library of other sources on these topics will find this material extremely important.
The remaining sections cover a variety of topics that are important to a minority of rowers. Adaptive rowing explains how to accommodate handicapped rowers, which can appeal to determined but injured rowers. There's a chapter for women in rowing, but it seems somewhat limited in its outlook. The chapters on managing a team and selecting athletes will help coaches, even those in nonacademic environments. The chapter on tapering for racing notes that tapering can provide an important advantage for excellent crews, but far beyond the novice stage crews benefit from a heavy load of practicing technical excellence up to 2 days before the race. And every rower should think about Learning from Racing.
The last few chapters cover The Future of Rowing. These topics again offer value to those writing curriculum, but are also handy for people making conference speeches.
Overall, the book provides remarkably well written coverage of every rowing topic I can think of and then some. Most readers will find what they want in a minority of the chapters. This makes a great reference book for those with a need to know, but even rowing enthusiasts with wide ranging interests will want to skip around to find the topics that interest them the most.
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