Rowing and sculling Books
Meyer & Meyer Sport (UK) Ltd Masters Rowing: Training for Technique, Fitness,
Book SynopsisAs the popularity of rowing in mid to late adulthood has grown, so too has the number of rowing club members and participants in regattas increased. Rowing attracts not only former racing rowers who return to rowing for fitness, health, and competition, but also the many late and lateral entrants who are perhaps competing for the first time. This growing interest in the sport makes it even more important to provide instruction for these masters rowers. Masters Rowing caters to interested beginners learning the sport and adapting their boating equipment, as well as to ambitious masters rowers looking to improve their technique. Within this book, the reader will find tips for fitness training and hints for competition. In addition, the reader will understand the theoretical basics of training and performance development of active but older rowers. Coaches of master rowers will also be able to take the information in this book and apply it to their athletes’ training. Furthermore, all training information provided is backed by scientific, specialist research. With Masters Rowing, readers will be able to increase their fitness and hone their skills to compete at their best.
£19.12
The Crowood Press Ltd Rowing and Sculling: Skills. Training. Techniques
Book SynopsisCrowood Sports Guides are the perfect tool for anyone wanting to improve their performance, from beginners learning the basic skills to more experienced participants working on advanced techniques. These practical, no-nonsense guides will help give you that all-important advantage. Rowing and Sculling - Crowood Sports Guides covers a brief history of rowing; choosing and setting up equipment; safety and risk assessment; capsize drill, steering and coxing; skill development and techniques; pyschology and rower well being; understanding refuelling and hydration, and planning an effective training programme in order to optimise flexibility, stability and strength and prevent injury.
£12.34
The Crowood Press Ltd Rowing and Sculling
Book SynopsisThis new paperback edition of Bill Sayer's comprehensive guide to the sports of rowing and sculling has been further revised and updated. The book offers invaluable instruction to maximize the athlete's efficiency, strength and endurance on the water.
£17.99
The Crowood Press Ltd Strength and Conditioning for Rowing
Book SynopsisThe field of strength and conditioning has grown exponentially over the last two decades, making both collaboration with others and recognition of the impact S&C coaches can have beyond the weight room more important than ever before. This book purposefully begins by sharing professional insights from both the individuals S&C coaches work with - the event coaches - and those individuals S&C coaches work for - the athletes - to examine how collaboration towards agreed, shared and understood performance goals works in practice. The latter chapters focus on applying S&C principles within rowing populations, which are easily transferred to any athlete. This includes: a 'performance backwards' approach to planning; exploring an adaptation approach to programming; common injuries across rowing populations; exercise selection, including specific trunk training assessment and programming; transfer of training to rowing performance, and finally, understanding the needs of Paralympic Rowers.
£17.99
Brown Dog Books Oxford Brookes A Sporting Miracle
Book SynopsisOxford Brookes University Boat Club has risen from obscurity to being acclaimed as probably the best rowing club in the world, winning no less than 13 titles at Henley Royal Regatta in the last two years. With a historical overview and photographs, this book lifts the lid on how the inspirational coaches have taken Brookes to the very top of rowing
£14.39
Rowman & Littlefield Essential Sculling
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£13.49
HarperCollins Publishers More Power
Book SynopsisArguably the greatest coach in British sporting history.SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDSJurgen Grobler's Olympic coaching career is one of legend, yet the man himself has remained resolutely out of the spotlight. Over the last twenty years he has masterminded British Rowing's incomparable success. And when the difference between gold and silver can mean mere fractions of a second, Jurgen Grobler has consistently delivered Olympic gold through various boat classes and with an ever-changing group of athletes.Arguably the greatest coach in British sporting history, Grobler's unparalleled record outstrips many much better known records and stories; building champions such as Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell to name but few.This authoritative account of Grobler's career straddles the Iron Curtain, beginning in the German Democratic Republic, where systemic state-funded doping was an open secret, before crossing to Britain following the fall of the
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers Four Mums in a Boat Friends who rowed 3000 miles
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£12.74
HarperCollins Publishers Four Mums in a Boat Friends who rowed 3000 miles
Book SynopsisA TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 SPORTS BOOK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017The incredible true story of four ordinary working mums from Yorkshire who took on an extraordinary challenge and broke a world record along the way.Janette, Frances, Helen and Niki, though all from Yorkshire, were four very different women, all juggling full time jobs alongside being mothers to each of their 2 children. They could never be described as athletes, but they were determined to be busy and the local Saturday morning rowing club was the perfect place to go to have a laugh and a gossip, get the blood pumping in the open air, and feel invigorated.Brought together by their love of rowing, they quickly became firm friends, and it wasn't long before they cooked up a crazy idea over a few glasses of wine: together, they were going to do something that fewer people than had gone into space or climbed Everest had succeeded in doing. They were going to cross 3,000 miles of treacherous ocean in the toughest row in the world, The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.Yes, they had children and husbands that they would be leaving behind for two months, yes they had businesses to run, mortgages to pay, responsibilities. And there was that little thing of them all being in their 40s and 50s.But two years of planning, preparation, fundraising, training and difficult conversations later, and they found themselves standing on the edge of the San Sebastian harbour in the Canary Islands, petrified, exhilarated and ready to head up the race of their lives.This is the story of how four friends together had the audacity to go on a wild, terrifying and beautiful adventure, not to escape life, but for life not to escape them.Trade Review‘We’re so impressed, what an incredible experience and a great achievement.’ITV This Morning ‘They raced into the record books, and the hearts of many people inspired by the story of four ordinary women who proved that anything is possible.'BBC Breakfast ‘The legacy of their adventure will be felt by thousands of people across Yorkshire in years to come.’Yorkshire Post
£8.54
Little, Brown Book Group Never Leave a Man Behind
Book SynopsisThe stories of two veterans - one traumatised, one blind - who rediscover themselves with the help of a friend in the course of two epic ocean adventures, kayaking around the Falklands and rowing across the Pacific.
£11.24
Globe Pequot The Greatest Rowing Stories Ever Told
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£16.14
HarperCollins Let Me Be Real with You
£18.00
Ebury Publishing A Lifetime in a Race
Book SynopsisWith his last-gasp victory as part of the Great British coxless four team at the Athens Olympics, Matthew Pinsent clinched an historic fourth Olympic Gold to add to the three already won with his legendary rowing partner Steve Redgrave. In an uniquely exciting and evocative autobiography, Pinsent interweaves the build-up to Athens 2004 with the extraordinary story of his career and unforgettable partnership with Redgrave. Plucked from obscurity at the age of 20, told to partner his hero, and trained to within an inch of his life, Pinsent''s story is uniquely revealing about what it takes to be a champion and the mixed blessings of success. Culminating with a nail-biting final chapter detailing the team''s extraordinary victory in Athens in blow-by-blow detail, A Lifetime in a Race is a sports book in a different mould.Trade ReviewA very honest book - not in a sensational way - but more revealing in the realities of training, competing and racing ... Extremely enjoyable * Daily Telegraph *A good book, well-written, informative, engaging, revealing ... The insights Pinsent brings to his sport are worth the price alone * Sunday Times *The most insightful of the post-Olympic books in which the super-human rower demonstrates a reflectiveness that is rare among sportspeople ... He writes superbly * Independent on Sunday *Pinsent tells his own story in A Lifetime in a Race, and tells it truthfully ...This is another tale that rips off the page and says big, powerful things about sport, and about the frailties of big, powerful men * The Times *A gripping account of his life and most recent times. He deftly conveys the sheer effort needed to survive the brutal training regimes in top-level rowing, as well as the obsessive intensity that brought him his Olympic haul * Independent *
£13.49
Headline Publishing Group Katherine Grainger
Book SynopsisThis updated autobiography continues Katherine's inspirational story as GB's finest ever female rower.Trade Review'Beautifully written' * Independent. *'The book is a testament to friendship' * Observer. *'As much about people as it is about the physical and mental challenges of world-class rowing' * Financial Times. *'What a brilliant book' * Verite Sport. *Table of ContentsForeword by Sir Steve Redgrave • Let's Start at the Very Beginning • The Wonder Years • Decisions, Discord and Donuts • Breakthrough at Sydney • All Change • Through the Pain • Quadrupe Quandaries • Chinese Burn • Tapping into Phoebe • The Right Fit • Golden Days • The Return to the Arena • Silver Linings.
£10.99
Ebury Publishing ASteve Redgrave A Golden Age The Autobiography
Book SynopsisIn 2003 the British public voted Sir Steven Redgrave the Golden Sports Personality of the last fifty years. A fitting award for Britain's most successful Olympian ever, who on 23 September 2000 entered the record books as the only athlete ever to have won five consecutive Olympic gold medals.
£13.49
Headline Publishing Group Inspired
Book SynopsisSir Steve Redgrave shares the inspiring sports stories and his own experiences that he believes get to the very heart of what it takes to succeed. From Roger Bannister''s record-breaking four-minute mile to Jonny Wilkinson''s sensational drop kick, Steve pays tribute to the heroes of sport and assesses what it is that led them to achieve their goals. Packed with entertaining tales of sporting greats such as Muhammad Ali, Brian Clough, Cathy Freeman, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods and Bobby Charlton, this book celebrates the fascinating figures and moments of brilliance that can inspire us and motivate us all to make our wildest dreams a magnificent reality.
£11.69
Beacon Press Course Correction A Story of Rowing and
Book Synopsis“Beautiful and important on many levels, Course Correction is about rowing and so much more . . . Ultimately it is about the transforming power of love, and, damnit all, it made me cry.” —Daniel James Brown, author of The Boys in the BoatWild meets The Boys in the Boat—a memoir about the quest for Olympic gold and the triumph of love over fear Forty years ago, when a young Ginny Gilder stood on the edge of Boston’s Charles River and first saw a rowing shell in motion, it was love at first sight. Yearning to escape her family history, which included her mother’s emotional unraveling and her father’s singular focus on investment acumen as the ultimate trophy, Gilder discovered rowing at a pivotal moment in her life. Having grown up in an era when girls were only beginning to abandon the sidelines as observers and cheerleaders to become competitors and national champions, Gilder
£15.29
Burnet Media The eighth summit
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£13.29
Polperro Heritage Press KIKO
Book SynopsisIn March 2018 Kiko Matthews broke the world record for rowing the Atlantic solo after recovering from brain surgery
£18.00
Polperro Heritage Press Kiko
Book SynopsisIn March 2018 Kiko Matthews broke the world record for rowing the Atlantic solo after recovering from brain surgery
£12.30
Dundurn Group Ltd The 4 Year Olympian
Book SynopsisImprobable, heart-wrenching, and uplifting, Jeremiah Brown's journey from novice rower to Olympic silver medallist in under four years is a story about chasing a goal with everything you've got.After nearly being incarcerated at age seventeen and becoming a father at nineteen, Jeremiah Brown manages to grow up into a responsible young adult. But while juggling the demands of a long-term relationship, fatherhood, mortgage payments, and a nine-to-five banking career, he feels something is missing. A new goal captures his imagination: What would it take to become an Olympian?Guided by a polarizing coach, Brown and his teammates plumb the depths of physical and mental exertion in pursuit of a singular goal. The 4 Year Olympian is a story of courage, perseverance, and overcoming self-doubt, told from the perspective of an unlikely competitor.Trade ReviewJeremiah Brown is a badass athlete with the soul of a writer. This is not your average, sanitized account of the path to Olympic glory—it's a brutally honest, funny, and at times horrifying book about what it really takes to change your own life. * Kate Fillion, author of How We Can Win *A gutsy, unflinching and ultimately inspiring peek beyond the Olympic podium at the high cost of chasing precious metal. Jeremiah Brown writes the way he raced, with rage and pain and power. He holds nothing back. * Ken MacQueen, Vancouver bureau chief, Maclean's *Startlingly frank, at times wrenching, Jeremiah Brown's account of his journey to an Olympic medal is an inspiration — not just for athletes but for anyone who is facing a challenge they think is insurmountable. * Tom McCarthy, award-winning author and editor *A story of family, ferocious determination, and the remarkable people who helped make it possible! * Charley Butt, Men's Heavyweight Rowing Head Coach, Harvard University *An extraordinary story about how far passion and perseverance can take you. Jeremiah Brown’s struggle, challenges, and ability to overcome are incredibly relatable. This is a must-read for any dreamer pursuing a passion. * Michael Callahan, Head Coach, Washington men’s rowing team *Tells the story of what it means to train hard, really hard, and develop the mental and physical skills needed for success. * Toronto Star *Inherently fascinating and ultimately inspiring, The 4 Year Olympian is an extraordinary memoir. * Midwest Book Review *Candid and inspirational, The 4 Year Olympian is captivating from cover to cover and highly recommended. * Midwest Book Review *Table of Contents Foreword Prologue Part One: The Warm-Up Part Two: The Catch Part Three: The Drive Part Four: The Finish Epilogue Acknowledgements
£14.39
Little, Brown Book Group Rowing the Pacific
Book SynopsisStorms, fatigue, equipment failure, intense hunger, and lack of water are just a few of the challenges that ocean rower Mick Dawson endured whilst attempting to complete one of the World''s ''Last Great Firsts''.In this nail-biting true story of man versus nature, former Royal Marine commando Dawson, a Guinness World Record-holder for ocean-rowing and high-seas adventurer takes on the Atlantic and ultimately the North Pacific.It took Dawson three attempts and a back-breaking voyage of over six months to finally cross the mighty North Pacific for the first time. Dawson and his rowing partner Chris Martin spent 189 days, 10 hours and 55 minutes rowing around the clock, facing the destruction of their small boat and near-certain death every mile of the way, before finally reaching the iconic span of San Francisco''s Golden Gate Bridge. Dawson''s thrilling account of his epic adventure details how he and Chris propelled their fragile craft, stroke by stroke for tTrade ReviewMick's account of the gruelling journey is compelling. You'll feel that you're there with them, through the near-death experiences and the equipment failures, battling extreme fatigue, frightening storms and an ocean the consistency of liquid cement * Lifeboat Magazine *A nail-biting story of man versus nature * Globe & Laurel *
£11.81
Little, Brown Book Group Never Leave a Man Behind
Book SynopsisThe stories of two veterans - one traumatised, one blind - who rediscover themselves with the help of a friend in the course of two epic ocean adventures, kayaking around the Falklands and rowing across the Pacific.Trade ReviewMick Dawson's gripping Never Leave A Man Behind, effectively two adventure stories for the price of one, can be justifiably described as "unputdownable". Dawson is a man you would want on your side, whether in battle or tackling waves as high as houses should you ever consider rowing the Pacific. * Sports Book of the Month *An excellent read and one that will be enjoyed by all. It provides a great perspective on the human condition. The reader shares Mick's journey through every arduous challenge and specifically what Mick and Sparky had to endure crossing the Pacific. I know first-hand how humble and modest Mick is and how Mick and Sparky exemplify the attributes of excellence and of the Royal Marines (spirit, courage, determination, unselfishness and cheerfulness in the face of adversity). I am proud to play my small part in this adventure and grateful to see what a significant impact Mick and Sparky have had on the lives of veterans and in society as a whole, particularly those with visual impairment like my own father. -- Keith M. Breslauer, Trustee of The Royal Marines CharityMick Dawson's second book is a tour de force bringing together the macro that is the history of the Falklands war with the micro that is three men's personal stories with their highs and lows shared frankly and intimately. He powerfully captures what it means to be a Royal Marine in both war and peace, and how the Royal Marines mindset - first to understand, first to respond, first to adapt, first to overcome - has helped Mick and the two Steves win their battles in and out of the water. Mick helps us really jump into the vessels and sit where they sat, sensing a little of the tension, despair, challenge to fight or flight, and exhilaration that these challenges have brought. In doing this he challenges us while we sit comfortably in our armchairs to reflect on our own lives, which "hang daily on the tightrope between disaster and success if we analyse them closely enough", urging us to get up and face our own battles. The indomitable brotherhood that is the Royal Marines is powerfully portrayed, a bond which holds men together over decades as a result of shared training and operations, underpinned by a total trust in your oppo to get you through - and never leave you behind. -- Jonathan Ball, Director, The Royal Marines Charity
£9.89
DB Publishing Olympic Obsession the Inside Story of Britain's
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£15.29
The Crowood Press Ltd Masters Sculling: Technique and Training
Book SynopsisMasters scullers range in age from Grade AA (21 in the US) or Grade A (27 in the UK) to Grade M (89 plus). Although diverse in age, these athletes all have one thing in common - they are each unique. This book partners with each individual athlete to achieve performance improvements based on their own aspirations, technical skill and fitness level. The focus is on understanding and efficiency, both in the acquisition of skills and training. The dynamic technique described offers scullers a high-performance sculling approach, carefully tailored to support a Masters sculler's long-term career. Illustrated with superb colour photographs, diagrams and a wealth of examples, coverage includes individual assessment of an athlete's sculling skills, flexibility and aerobic fitness; compilation and application of evidence-based data; formation of highly individual training programmes; experiments for athletes to explore their connectedness, versatility and speed, and finally, race strategies and plans for competitive athletes. Based on the athlete's needs and aspirations, Masters Sculling provides you with the knowledge and skills to build an individual training plan that minimizes injury risk, achieves continuous improvement and fosters a lifelong enjoyment of the sport.Trade Review'The book is well structured and does not feel like it's just targeting the elite athletes, instead it has an accessibility for all approach to enjoying the sport.' * The Wave Rowing *
£21.60
Unbound How To Be An Olympian
Book SynopsisHannah Dines and Jess Leyden are two perfectly normal, brilliant women. One, a world record-holding athlete and a Paralympian on the trike. The other, a multiple age-group world champion and one of the most promising rowers Great Britain has to offer. In the five years (yes, that’s right) between Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, they will face cancer scares, crushing defeats, and the biggest global health crisis in a century. They will get dropped, they will get injured, and they will win medals. They will spend the best years of their lives knowing that at any moment, it could all come crashing down. That all the training, all the sacrifice could be in vain, wasted effort as a pandemic raged. That maybe these could be the years that will shape their finest hour – or that maybe, after everything that they’ve been through, it could all still be snatched away at the last…
£9.89
Unbound Titan of the Thames: The Life of Lord Desborough
Book SynopsisWilliam Grenfell, Lord Desborough, was, for many, the epitome of the perfect English gentleman: an exceptional sportsman, a dedicated public servant and a devoted husband and father.Grenfell’s astounding sporting achievements, from climbing mountains to swimming the basin of the Niagara Falls twice, from rowing the English Channel and winning the Amateur Punting Championship for three years consecutively, to representing Great Britain in fencing, produced his deep-rooted belief in the importance of sport. It wasn’t surprising therefore that he became the driving force behind the 1908 London Olympic Games, an enormous success despite being staged with only two years’ notice.A surprisingly modern public figure, Grenfell was elected as an MP before going on to hold a prodigious array of local, national and international roles: mayor of Maidenhead, leading the London Chamber of Commerce, promoting aviation, establishing modern policing, and serving as chairman of the Thames Conservancy. Although Grenfell’s public life was successful, his family was struck by tragedy, aged six he lost his father and he and his wife Ettie suffered the loss of two sons in the First World War and their third in a motor accident. Despite this, their home, Taplow Court, was a place for entertaining and had been a focal point for the Souls, including notable politicians such as A. J. Balfour and the young Winston Churchill, as well as writers like H. G. Wells and Henry James.In Titan of the Thames, Nairne and Williams disentangle the myths surrounding this fascinating man who spans the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and have pieced together a compelling biography of a figure whose story should have been told many years ago.Trade Review'Well-researched and comprehensive . . . Nairne and Williams have done an honourable job of reviving Desborough from obscurity . . . Now he has been restored to his rightful – even dutiful – place' Alexander Larman, Daily Telegraph
£21.25
The Crowood Press Ltd High Performance Rowing
Book SynopsisWritten for coaches and crews that are past beginner level but new to competitive rowing, High Performance Rowing doesn't aim to cover every aspect of rowing, but just concentrates on how to make your boat go faster. A detailed guide to fitness and strength training and covers equipment and techniques needed for improving performance at different levels of competition. Topics include: tips on improving technique; how to write a training programme and selection of crews. AUTHOR: John McArthur is currently a Regional Coaching and Development Officer for the Amateur Rowing Association. He has been rowing for twenty-four years and coaching for eighteen. He is a holder of the ARA Gold Coaching Award and is a former national team coach for the Great Britain Lightweight Mens' Team. 100 b/w photos
£13.49
