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9th Seat is the brainchild of Mary Whipple, Olympic gold medalist coxswain of the US women’s eight. Here you’ll find informative blog posts, tips and tricks, and opportunities to learn from the best!

Coxswain as Pop Culture!!! Winter Training makes it to “Best Week Ever!”

So I found this today and pretty much laughed out loud.  I’m in between practices in Oklahoma City and for some reason Googled, “Coxswain.”  I found this post on the 3rd out of 12 O’s in Google. Many coxswains ask me how they can work on their skills during winter training…well this coxswain shows us how!  What I like about…

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Creating Motivations - 05/12/09

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  Q: Even though I make sure I’m constantly telling the rowers information like rate, position against boat/on river, and technical reminders I feel like i don’t have enough motivation techniques to get them past other boats. You wouldn’t happen to have any tips on creating motivations would you? I don’t want to end up saying the same phrase 10…

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