Where Has Rowing Come From? Where Is It Going?
October 24, 2008 by Mike
Filed under Think Different
As coaches and rowers we spend tons of time focusing on where our rowing is going. We train, plan, and focus on the future.
And that usually works well.
However, one tool that might help is a perspective on where rowing has come from.
The past, as much as we like to ignore it, does often has a significant impact on the future.
Isn’t there a little bit of you that is interested in where rowing has come from? I have written humorously about the history of rowing but there is a resource that can really help you get an idea of where we, collectively as rowers, have been.
The Friends of Rowing History site is full of great photos, articles, results and stories of the olden, golden and not-so-golden days of rowing. Although mostly US-focused anyone interested in rowing history can find something intriguing.
Where we have been just might give us an idea of where we are going.
Worth a look.
