About RowCoach

Two years and four million meters on my erg before I got proper coaching. I’m lucky to have phenomenal coaches and to learn from some awesome people. But understanding a correction and getting my body to consistently do it are two very different things.

That’s why I built RowCoach. I needed a way to drill proper technique into my body: to see when I was getting it wrong, recognize when I got it right, and repeat it until I didn’t have to think so hard about it. The goal is to build a strong, stable foundation so you can spend less time wrestling with the basics and more time working on the finer details.

RowCoach doesn’t replace a human coach. I know how much good coaching matters. I just want to make it easier for people to learn how to row and help those lessons stick.

There are several rowing styles. Depending on whom you ask and how they count, some say as many as 16. RowCoach targets one specific style: the one we believe is most efficient and effective on an erg. Our aim is strong, repeatable movement that feels good. Pain shouldn’t be something you accept as the price of rowing, and “correct technique” shouldn’t be a reason to ignore it.

We also need to be honest about where we are: we don’t yet guarantee that RowCoach teaches this style effectively. That’s what we’re working toward. Ultimately, we intend to earn that confidence through evidence and the experience of people using it.

The approach is visual reinforcement, both negative and positive. Show you what needs correcting, then acknowledge when you make a positive correction. You shouldn’t have to guess whether the adjustment you just made helped. And you shouldn’t spend an entire session hearing only what you’re doing wrong.

If watching a good video is enough for you to understand a movement and put it into practice, great. Feel free to use RowCoach to check in for five free minutes a month. Your time doesn’t start until you’re set up and live coaching begins.

If you’re like me and need to drill, repeat, forget, correct yourself, and drill some more, that’s why there’s room for longer, regular practice. The point is to work on the movement consistently instead of hoping you’ll remember what that one good stroke felt like.

I built RowCoach because I needed it. My hope is that it helps you close the gap between what you think your body is doing and what it’s actually doing, too.