Reading Rowing Club is offering Learn to Row courses for complete beginners, coached by British Rowing coach Christy Job. Each course will be run over four Monday evenings 6pm to 7pm throughout the spring and summer of 2010 and will cost £80.
Courses will include:
- Introduction to equipment use – parts of the boat and oars
- How to get in and out of the boat
- Confidence drills and boat manoeuvrability
- Building rowing strokes in the boat on the water
- Spatial awareness and steering
- Fine tuning blade work
Yasmin Jaffer organises the Learn2Row course at Reading Rowing Club, and the relevant VC will be able to put you in touch with her when you express an interest in the course.
Course 1: 5th 12th 19th 26th April
Course 2: 10th 17th 24th 31st May
Courses 3 & 4: tbc
