7 year old times. Any good?

[SBRICHARDSON1973]

My little girl has been on my machine 5 or 6 times. 2:56 for the 500m and 260m in 2 minutes. No technique obviously. She is going to be tall and her mum was quite the cross country runner. Good when compared to rankings but does anyone else have kids that row?

[lwtguy]

It's much too early to be able to tell if she will be a good rower or not. But if you think she will be tall it's not a bad idea to encourage rowing!

[Anth_F]

I agree, encouragement is a must imo. Even if she is not going to be in the "elite" category, rowing is still a great activity for supporting a good healthy lifestyle.

[Citroen]

We lost the "Kids rowing - just for fun" list of times vs ages post as that was on the now defunct UK Forum.

Perhaps we should restart that "just for fun" thread on here.

[G-dub]

I bet Shawn's daughter would post a time

[GJS]

My two nieces from a month or so ago:

8 yrs - 500m in 3:22 r 37
9 yrs - 500m in 3:27 r 43

School skirts got caught in the rollers a few times but, in truth, they have no excuses. Abject technique and appalling watts per stroke

[SBRICHARDSON1973]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDqx85Qsa-g

At the end she cries out 'It burns' and rubs her legs

[SBRICHARDSON1973]

Down to 2:50 now

[Parky]

My two nieces from a month or so ago:

8 yrs - 500m in 3:22 r 37
9 yrs - 500m in 3:27 r 43

School skirts got caught in the rollers a few times but, in truth, they have no excuses. Abject technique and appalling watts per stroke

I had the same problem with the waistband of my shorts.

(Yorkshire accent on)
Nearlycastratedmibloodysen!!!

[Anth_F]

My two nieces from a month or so ago:

8 yrs - 500m in 3:22 r 37
9 yrs - 500m in 3:27 r 43

School skirts got caught in the rollers a few times but, in truth, they have no excuses. Abject technique and appalling watts per stroke

I had the same problem with the waistband of my shorts.

(Yorkshire accent on)
Nearlycastratedmibloodysen!!!

Lolz... that happened to me when i first started rowing wearing a long drape t shirt... the back got caught in the rollers and nearly ripped the t shirt off my back I no longer wear t shirts when on the erg

[Oarsome Fitness]

From memory, there is a really interesting chapter in 'High Performance Rowing' (kindle version exponentially cheaper than the hardback) about coaching kids - especially around training co-ordination and broader concepts around team work, discipline etc.