Get a length up on the competition with cutting-edge technique, training, and racing information. Let the world's top coaches, rowers, and sport scientists steer you to ultimate success, starting with sound training and racing principles and adding increasingly advanced instruction and insights all the way to the finish. Rowing Faster is the most comprehensive and detailed guide for achieving excellence in the sport. You'll find techniques for mastering every phase of the stroke; training strategies for increasing strength and efficiency for maximizing speed; and tapering plans for peak performance at the highest levels of competition. With contributions from Olympic medalists and rowing experts from around the globe, Rowing Faster also includes the latest research on adaptive rowing, advice on managing a team, detailed plans for the long-term development of rowers, insights on training and competition for female rowers, and a look at the future of the sport from the general secretary of the FISA. From the technical details of equipment and training to classifications of boats and rowers, Rowing Faster has it all. Offering a truly global perspective and authoritative coverage of the sport, it is the one guide that every serious rower and coach should own.
Volker Nolte is director of the rowing program and assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario, where he teaches coaching and biomechanics. Since 1993, he has led his men's rowing team to 10 Ontario University Athletics Championships and three Canadian University Championships. In 2008, his university crew won the German University Championships and the Temple Challenge Cup at the famous Henley Royal Regatta in England. He was the lightweight men's national team coach with the German Rowing Association from 1984 to 1990 and with Rowing Canada from 1992 to 2000. His national team crews won an Olympic silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games, two world championship titles in 1993 and 2000, and several medals at recent world championships. Nolte received both a physical education diploma (1976) and a civil engineering diploma (1979) from the University of Saarbruecken in Germany and a PhD (1984) in biomechanics from the German University of Sport Sciences in Cologne. Nolte is an internationally acknowledged expert in biomechanics. He presents frequently at scientific and coaching education conferences worldwide with his research focusing on coaching and biomechanics of high-performance sport, especially rowing. He is also a distinguished researcher in the field of sport equipment. His research has produced many papers in refereed journals and articles in various publications. Nolte is an experienced rower, representing his home country of Germany at several world championships. He is still a keen competitor in masters events and lives in London, Ontario, Canada.
Part I: The Philosophy of Rowing Bryan Volpenheim Chapter 1. Winning at All Costs: A Historical Perspective Thomas E. Weil Chapter 2. Developing a Coaching Philosophy Angela J. Schneider Part II: Long-Term Athlete Development Marnie McBean Chapter 3. How Rowers Learn Joseph Baker and Joerg Schorer Chapter 4. Ten Factors Influencing Athlete Development Istvan Balyi Chapter 5. Planning for the Long Term Carolyn Trono Part III: Rowing Science Tim Foster Chapter 6. Rowing Physiology Ed McNeely Chapter 7. Monitoring and Managing Your Training Wolfgang Fritsch Chapter 8. Loads on the Bodies of Rowers Paul Francis Chapter 9. Biomechanics of Rowing Valery Kleshnev Chapter 10. Using Equipment More Efficiently Volker Nolte Part IV: Training in Rowing Katrin Rutschow Chapter 11. The Mental Side of Rowing Kirsten Barnes Chapter 12. Training for Strength Ed McNeely Chapter 13. Effortless Rowing Chris O'Brien Chapter 14. Improving Performance With Nutrition Peter W.R. Lemon Chapter 15. Special Considerations for Adaptive Rowing Karen M. Lewis Chapter 16. Women in Rowing Amanda Schweinbenz Chapter 17. Managing a Team Yasmin Farooq Part V: Racing Derek Porter Chapter 18. Selecting Athletes and Crews Al Morrow Chapter 19. Tapering for Races Ed McNeely Chapter 20. Learning From Racing Valery Kleshnev and Volker Nolte Part VI: Future of Rowing Trish Smith and Brad Alan Lewis Chapter 21. Predicting the Future of Rowing Wolfgang Fritsch and Volker Nolte Chapter 22. Shaping the Sport of Rowing Matt Smith
"Volker Nolte provides a blueprint for success in our sport. Rowing Faster is a must-read for all rowing coaches, from novice to elite." -- Mike Teti, Head Coach, Men's Rowing, University of California at Berkeley "Rowing Faster is the book that I needed when training and competing in order to understand the theories behind the regimens and routines. Incredibly, Volker Nolte manages to capture not only the sport of rowing but also the elusive qualities of the art of rowing." -- Kathleen Heddle, Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist
