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Hey guys...

I guess I have two questions for you all (please answer...its for a school project...sort of)

I was wondering:

1. Have you ever read any books pertaining to rowing...(yes or no)
2. What topics within rowing do you enjoy reading about? For instance racing, training, unique stories, etc.

The more responses the better!

Thank you all!

Yes, several.

Women rowers and the early years.

(not sure if this is helpful or not; I don't know what your project is about, but if you're looking from responses from a broad section of the erging community, including those that don't have any interest in rowing-as-culture, here's one:)

Never read any books on rowing.

I don't have a preference; the subject doesn't hold much interest.

1 - Yes.
2 - I've enjoyed both the stories from the Althetes prespective as they prepared for the Olympics and such, Accounts from Historical Coachs, as well as the more difficult books regarding the theory and physics of boat moving. The more specific training guides and such are pretty boring, IMO, and frankly if you work hard to perfect your technique and do a lot of rowing, you will end up being as fit as you are ever going to get anyhow.

1. Yes
2. Technique, racing strategies, training, team psychology...

1) Yes
2) Historical account (Assault on Lake Cassidis (sp?)) and some technique books. I think one was called The art of Sculling--not very enjoyable. Rowing Faster is better but only skimmed someone elses copy. Also read most of the Coxswain Manual--I've done very little coxing but it is very good for sweep rowers too.

1) Yes
2) Halberstams's " The Amateurs"--got me hooked on the sport in the 80s
Rowing Against the Current
Rowing Faster
Davenport's Rigging for Dummies (er..." Nuts and Bolts Guide to..")
The Compleat Dr. Rowing

McNeely's "Skillful Rowing" is on my wish list.

David Baldacci's Sean and Michelle book- "Split Second"(she ficticiously won a silver in the women's double in one of the Olympics).