Coxswain Chronicles: This is Part of an Ongoing Interview Series
To be a successful Cox, you must be calm and confident and imbue a sense of coherence in your crew. What is usually overlooked, though, is the fighting spirit you must possess and the inherent competitive streak that marks out the best coxes in the world. Erin Kennedy – ...
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Coxswain Chronicles: This is Part of an Ongoing Interview Series
Even the most optimistic of Light Blue fanatics cannot have dreamt that curving around the final Barnes Bridge bend, Cambridge's women would have numerous lengths of clear water on their Dark Blue rivals. In the weeks leading up to the Women's Boat Race, all the conversation had ...
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Coxswain Chronicles: This is Part of an Ongoing Interview Series
Henry Fieldman is one of the world's most renowned coxes. Having led the British men's eight to a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, he is now in the driving seat of their rapidly improving women's eight and has his sights set firmly on a golden summer in Paris. With experience ...
Read more...
Coxswain Chronicles: Navigating the Waters of Leadership - This is Part Two of an Interview Series
How did you first get into coxing?
One of my closest friends in high school had joined a club team and would tell me all about it after school. Eventually, I was intrigued enough to come to a practice with her. I showed up to my first day, a 4'10 ...
Read more...
Coxswain Chronicles: From Novice to World Champion in Two Years– This is Part Four of an NK Sports Interview Series
Nat Toms is a unique cox. Not only is she a junior world champion, but she took a men's crew to gold in Paris, an increasingly unusual feat. Before the junior world championships, Great Britain only had one recognized ...
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Coxswain Chronicles: Navigating the Waters of Leadership – This is Part Three of an Interview Series
Is there any greater test in modern coxing than The Oxford Cambridge Boat Race? To guide a crew of eight finely tuned athletes down the twisting, turning waterway that splits open the heart of the English capital is a ritual embedded into ...
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Coxswain Chronicles: Navigating the Waters of Leadership – This is Part One of an Interview Series
Coxing is a notoriously tricky – and thankless – task. Summoning up the mental resilience and emotional mastery to successfully guide a boat full of athletes to the finish, finding creative methods to eek every last drop of effort out of ...
Read more...
Coxswain Chronicles: Navigating the Waters of Leadership – This is Part One of an Interview Series
Being the best is such an abstract concept. Best has a certain subjectivity to it – how can we define best in the context of differing environments, standards, and people? To be the best in a small field is tough; being the best across a ...
Read more...
Coxswain Chronicles: This is Part of an Ongoing Interview Series
To be a successful Cox, you must be calm and confident and imbue a sense of coherence in your crew. What is usually overlooked, though, is the fighting spirit you must possess and the inherent competitive streak that marks out the best coxes in the world. Erin Kennedy – ...
Read more...
Coxswain Chronicles: This is Part of an Ongoing Interview Series
Even the most optimistic of Light Blue fanatics cannot have dreamt that curving around the final Barnes Bridge bend, Cambridge's women would have numerous lengths of clear water on their Dark Blue rivals. In the weeks leading up to the Women's Boat Race, all the conversation had ...
Read more...
Coxswain Chronicles: This is Part of an Ongoing Interview Series
Henry Fieldman is one of the world's most renowned coxes. Having led the British men's eight to a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, he is now in the driving seat of their rapidly improving women's eight and has his sights set firmly on a golden summer in Paris. With experience ...
Read more...
Coxswain Chronicles: Navigating the Waters of Leadership - This is Part Two of an Interview Series
How did you first get into coxing?
One of my closest friends in high school had joined a club team and would tell me all about it after school. Eventually, I was intrigued enough to come to a practice with her. I showed up to my first day, a 4'10 ...
Read more...
Coxswain Chronicles: From Novice to World Champion in Two Years– This is Part Four of an NK Sports Interview Series
Nat Toms is a unique cox. Not only is she a junior world champion, but she took a men's crew to gold in Paris, an increasingly unusual feat. Before the junior world championships, Great Britain only had one recognized ...
Read more...
Coxswain Chronicles: Navigating the Waters of Leadership – This is Part Three of an Interview Series
Is there any greater test in modern coxing than The Oxford Cambridge Boat Race? To guide a crew of eight finely tuned athletes down the twisting, turning waterway that splits open the heart of the English capital is a ritual embedded into ...
Read more...
Coxswain Chronicles: Navigating the Waters of Leadership – This is Part One of an Interview Series
Coxing is a notoriously tricky – and thankless – task. Summoning up the mental resilience and emotional mastery to successfully guide a boat full of athletes to the finish, finding creative methods to eek every last drop of effort out of ...
Read more...
Coxswain Chronicles: Navigating the Waters of Leadership – This is Part One of an Interview Series
Being the best is such an abstract concept. Best has a certain subjectivity to it – how can we define best in the context of differing environments, standards, and people? To be the best in a small field is tough; being the best across a ...
Read more...
