Jan,

I am a coach for a high school in Pennsylvania. In our area there are a lot
of teams looking for coaches. Two years ago one of our graduates came back
after completing his freshman year to help out at the end of the spring
season. Last year he stayed on as an assistant and has done wonders with
the team. It helped that many of the kids on the team already knew him and
respected him as a rower. He is now Level II certified due to the fact that
he was able to bypass Level I certification because of his experience. Age
and certification have nothing to do with how good a coach can be. There
are some people that are natural teachers and have what it takes to get
through to the kids.

~Jenn
Fox Chapel Crew


>From: "Janna" <jannarows@...>
>Reply-To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
>To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [youthrowing] rowing camps
>Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:04:22 -0000
>
>Our club had it's first Summer Rowing Camp this summer and it was a
>great success. We had a nice turn out, and all the campers had fun
>and want to continue rowing. We had one adult coach and three helper
>coaches. Two of the helper coaches were were high school grads, going
>into college, one just completed his freshman year at college. All
>three helper coaches have attended the USRowing SE Youth Development
>Camp, and either are rowing in college or plan to, so they have some
>qualifications as rowers, even though they were not certified as
>coaches.
>
>I'm wondering if other clubs use young people to help teach their
>camps? Do you use Juniors or College rowers for coaches? Any tips or
>suggestions that have worked for your camps that you can pass along?
>Lessons learned?
>
>Thanks,
>Jan
>Rocket City Rowing CLub
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