Janna,

I coach a high school program in Southern California and I've been
using current members of my team as coaching assistants for my summer
learn-to-row camps for years. They're always really enthusiastic and
have been an invaluable part of what we do, especially the cox'ns. I
agree with the other respondents in that a piece of paper and the
proven ability to navigate a multiple choice test do not a coach make.
My feeling is that if your experienced rowers or recent alums know
their stuff, enjoy communicating it to the newbies and your
organization has no legal objection to it, why not use them? As my old
karate teacher used to say, "Whatever works!"

Zohar Abramovitz
Head Coach
Marina Aquatic Center Junior Rowing
Los Angeles

Quoting Jennifer Langzettel <jll1016@...>:

> 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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