Summer Season

3 REASONS TO KEEP ROWING THIS SUMMER…

...whether you attend a camp at the national, regional or local level, or a university camp somewhere out-of-state, do something! Stay active, keep rowing and build on the hard work and progress you’ve already completed.

1. Maintain your aerobic base to prepare you for next fall, whether rowing in college or again in high school. Three months off, doing nothing, will practically negate your progress this spring. Every fall we see that the rowers who continue training over summer months are months ahead of those who do not. Balance your summer training with 3-4 weeks of light cross-training away from crew before fall season starts.
2. Improve your technique. With smaller groups you receive more individualized coaching and have increased opportunity to work on the areas of your stroke that need focus. Attend a college camp and take advantage of a different coaching perspective to learn something new. Or, try a different boat, perhaps sculling to advance your rowing ability in a balanced way.
3. HAVE FUN!!! With school out, you still have opportunities to work during the summer and rowing camps are a great release from your job. Spend time with friends at practice, meet new friends and enjoy racing and road trips at the regatta(s).

A variety of options are available for all levels of experience:

For Beginning Rowers:

Learn to Row Camps

For Experienced Rowers:

US Rowing Jr. National Team Development Camp
Southeast Regional Development Camp
Collegiate Summer Camps

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US Rowing Jr. National Team Development Camp

Website: www.usrowing.org/JuniorNationalTeam/Camps/

WOMEN:

Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to attend one of the Junior Women's National Team ID Camps. If this is not possible, please send a videotape (rowers) and sound clip or race/practice tape (coxswains), along with a brief rowing resume and coach's recommendation. Invitations to Development Camp will be made in early April.

Eligible rowers will have opportunities at various levels to attend either Development Camp or Selection Camp. Rowers who compete at Junior Worlds as the official US Junior National Team will be chosen from among those who earn spots at Selection Camp.

Eligibility:
-Selection Camp: 2K under 7:20
-Development Camp/Junior A Program: 2K under 7:35
-Development Camp/Junior B Program: 2K under 7:50


Dates, locations, regattas attended and costs associated with camps vary from development to selection camp and may depend on whether the rower passes through selection stages at various levels. PLEASE VISIT www.usrowing.org FOR MORE DETAIL. Also feel free to contact the national team coaches for further clarification.

MEN:

Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to attend one of the Junior Men's National Team ID Camps. If this is not possible, please send a videotape (rowers) and sound clip or race/practice tape (coxswains), along with a brief rowing resume and coach's recommendation by early April. The men’s team offers only one summer camp, with the rowers who compete at Junior Worlds as the official US Junior National Team chosen from among those who are invited to this camp.

Details for dates, locations, regattas attended (other than World Championship) and costs associated with camp have not been made available on the website yet. If you have questions about camp dates, times, directions, etc., please contact Martin Crotty at martycrotty@rowpnra.org

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Southeast Regional Development Camp

This camp is organized by regional youth coaches wanting to offer a three-week summer growth experience for dedicated Southeastern rowers and coxswains interested in training and competing at an elite level. Athletes will be immersed into a rigorous, intensive and competitive training program. The collective goal of the camp is to educate and develop a regional composite "All-Star" crew with some of Southeast Region's best oarsmen and women.

Selection Criteria: Southeast Regional Youth Development Camp is open to any athlete and will be limited in numbers and accepting 25 men, 25 women and 6 coxswains. Athletes are required to have a 2000m erg score at or below the following:

Weight Class	Male	Female
Open	6:55	7:55
Light	7:10	8:10

The camp includes ergometer sessions, weight training, technical sessions, active seminars, and two daily practices on the water in top quality racing shells. Seminar sessions address topics as weight training, stretching, sports medicine, proper nutrition, core-body strengthening, mental training, race strategy, and college recruiting. All athletes will be video taped. All camp sessions provide ample instruction for coxswains who receive coaching both on and off the water by coaches.

Fees include Lodging, Meals for duration of the camp, Uniform, Sightseeing/Entertainment around Chattanooga and Indianapolis, Travel and regatta fees for the Georgia Games and US Nationals (Campers are encouraged to bring money for souvenirs and snacks, as campers will have some opportunities to shop and go into town.)

Please visit the Southeast Region Junior Rowing site at www.southeastjuniors.org for additional information.

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Collegiate Summer Camps

Rowers looking for a change of venue while still maintaining an active participation in rowing this summer, but who do not meet the requirements for attending a regional or national development camp, should look to opportunities at various colleges around the country with instructional camps. Schools such as the United States Naval Academy, University of Iowa, Princeton, University of Wisconsin and Harvard are just a few of the schools that provide opportunities at various levels to see rowing from a different perspective in a different city while still working on the same goals of maintaining/improving fitness and developing technique.

For more information about a specific collegiate camp visit www.row2k.com/camps to give you an overview of camps offered across the country. There are also additional camps offered through Nike in various locations throughout the United States. For locations visit www.USSportsCamps.com

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