142: One last dance

One thing that you have to do in rowing when it comes to crew boats (and the bigger the crew the harder it is) you have to “think and move as a team”. From a training perspective, a lot of your time will be spent as an individual. Moving from individual focus to a team focus is a process. I often get reminded of the process when I jump into a scratch crew boat (which is a group if individuals that have not rowed together before), as a group of individuals we’re all feeling for the movements of the team, no matter what the power of the individuals. Thinking sideways a bit, Micheal Jordan has plenty of power, I recently watch the last dance series on Netfilx which featured Micheal Jordan, in one episode they focused on the moment when Micheal realised the power of a team, rather than the power of his own talent. When he did start operating in and with the team he became greater and so did the team. It’s quite a weird experience in rowing bringing together a group of individuals together to make a boat go faster, sometimes it works well and sometimes a boat never gets to the speed you’d think it could get to. It’s because you have to think and feel like a team. Here’s today’s podcast: https://www.getfittorow.com/get-fit-to-row-podcast/142-one-last-dance What about your fitness and rowing, are you ready to get started?