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Through our e-mail, coxpodcast@gmail.com, Marcus and I have been answering quite a few e-mails and now we are going to share some of them that we think will help everyone else. This question deals with coxswain involvement with practice.

Coxes, I recently received this question in an e-mail: "Do you have any tips on how to bring more intensity to steady state? Or what to say to rowers between pieces, esp. when they are not going well? I could use your help!" -J

This is a tricky topic and a subject with which most coxes struggle. So I was going to take a stab at it and break your question down into two parts.

Today was the day, it was great. I love when you hit that money spot while rowing where everything is just going great. It was perfect, well maybe not the rowing and steering, but it was a perfect practice. We go out there three times a day every day in the hopes of getting better and having a great row. Today that was accomplished.

I knew we reached that point when I was allowed to shut up and the guys were allowed to just row. Sure it was a little windy, set was not perfect, some off strokes, but the boat felt great. Heck it could have been slow as all hell, but if felt like it was cooking. It felt like I was riding a rocket ship. Every stroke the boat continued to surge out. Each stroke there was more and more run. It was great, it felt like a walk in the clouds.