Sculling: Training, Technique and Performance

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Whether you are about to go out in a sculling boat for the first time, simply enjoy recreational sculling, or have aspirations to be a member of the national team, this book contains information that will help you to improve your performance and maximize your potential. Sculling considers the principles that underlie training, technique and the correct adjustment of the boat's rigging and gearing. It offers practical advice on how those principles can be applied. Topics covered: * . Technique and training . Confidence building and mental skills . Racing strategies . Physiological requirements . Healthy sculling, nutrition and injury prevention . . Effective learning and coaching . . Safety . Types and designs of sculling boats, blades and equipment AUTHOR: Paul Thompson is the Amateur Rowing Association's Chief Coach for Women and Lightweights. Paul has coached world-champion crews for Australia and Great Britain and his crews have won medals at three Olympic Games including a gold in 1996. In 2004 he received the Mussabini Medal for coaching British scullers to outstanding success and entered the Sports Coach UK's Coaching 'Hall of Fame'. ILLUSTRATIONS: 99 b/w photos