HRRA NOVICE AND LEARN-to-ROW PROGRAMS
One size does not fit all! Join HRRA in 2010 and begin your own rowing journey on the Hudson!
FREE LEARN-to-ROW WORKSHOPS ~ REGISTER
Five FREE opportunities to get a taste of what rowing offers as a recreational or competitive lifetime activity.
LAND
Session 1 ~ Sunday, February 21 from 9 to 11am
Session 2 ~ Sunday, March 28 from 9 to 11am
WATER
Session 3 ~ Saturday, April 17 from 7 to 9:30am
Session 4 ~ Saturday , May 22 from 7 to 9:30am
NATIONAL LEARN-to-ROW DAY
Saturday, June 5 from 9 to 11:30am
REUNION ROWS ~ REGISTER
The HRRA adult teams invite former rowers who want to get their feet back in a shell to join them for a row and brunch on the following days:
Dates: Saturday, June 12 and Saturday, September 11 from 7 to 9am
Rowing Experience at the high school or college level (no matter how long ago!) as well as participation in any adult club in the more recent past is all you need. Join us with no obligation and see what you have been missing!
LEARN-to-ROW SEMINAR ~ REGISTER
A four week, progressive introduction to the skills, techniques and training benefits of rowing as an indoor and outdoor activity.
FEE: $40
DAYS and TIMES: Tuesdays from 5:30 to 7pm
DATES: April 27, May 4, May 11, May 18
Graduates are invited to apply their new rowing skills in a boat with our experienced members on the morning of Saturday May 22 or take the plunge and enroll in one of HRRA’s Rowing 101 sessions or our Novice Sweep Team!
ROWING 101 (aka Learn-to-Row for all)
An eight session, on-the-water rowing class for curious athletes of all ages. HRRA coaches and rowers will introduce you to the unique experience of rowing with eight people just a few inches above the Hudson River. The goal of this program is to introduce the basic mechanics of rowing and provide a foundation of skills that can be built upon in the future. Upon completion of the course athletes are encouraged to move on to the Summer Novice program and Fall Novice/Intermediate program. Membership is not required to enroll in Rowing 101 and upon completion each athlete becomes a member of HRRA for the remaining part of the year.
Fee: $125 per two week session (BEST VALUE ON THE RIVER!)
Session One: May 10th to 22nd ~ REGISTER
Session Two: June 7 to June 20th ~ REGISTER
Practice Time: Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30pm to dusk, Saturdays and Sundays ~7am to 9:30am
ADULT NOVICE SWEEPS ~ REGISTER
An immersion program for novice rowers! Novices work closely with their coaches and teammates to master the basics and learn the philosphies of rowing: teamwork,teamwork, teamwork! Completion of the novice season prepares our novices to join the programs that best meet their needs and goals: Sculling, Recreational, Intermediate or Advanced teams.
Fee: $260*
Dates: TWM
Practice Times: Mondays/Wednesdays from 5:30pm to dusk, Saturdays/Sundays ~ 7 am to 9:30am
* A 20% discount is applied to graduates of Rowing 101 who register for Summer Novice Sweeps.
JUNIOR LEARN-TO-ROW ~ REGISTER
Juniors who are entering the 7th grade or higher learn to row during a three week session in eight oared shells on the Hudson! Athletes learn safety, technique, how to handle boats, steer the boats and basic race skills.
Fee: $180
Session One: June 28 to July 16
Session Two: July 19 to August 6
Practice Time: 6am to 8:30am, M-F
Already know how to row and want to try sculling? Check out our sculling programs!
HRRA PROGRESSIVE ROWING PHILOSOPHY
pro-gres-sive
1. favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are.
2. characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement.
3. going forward or onward; passing successively from one member of a series to the next; proceeding step by step.
HRRA rowing programs, and particularly our novice curriculum, follow a progressive theory of learning similar to the progressive method most people are familiar with – swim lessons! Just as a guppy or minnow isn’t doing laps with the sharks, we believe novice rowers learn best when they are in a group with similarly skilled participants. This allows our novices to learn at the appropriate pace, focus on the skills they need to get to the next level and forge relationships through shared experiences with their fellow novices.
Conversely, once you master the skills and start focusing on fitness or racing you won’t have to keep putting your own development on hold to teach others ~ our coaches and volunteers take care of that for everyone!
Hundreds of Hudson Valley residents have become competent, successful rowers using this method and have moved on to a variety of personalized and fulfilling rowing experiences that have included recreational sculling, racing casually with friends at regattas, coaching their child’s crew team and winning medals at National and World championships!
One size does not fit all! Join HRRA in 2010 and begin your own rowing journey on the Hudson!