2016 HRRA NOVICE AND LEARN-to-ROW PROGRAMS
One size does not fit all! Join HRRA in 2016 and begin your own rowing journey on the Hudson!
FREE LEARN-to-ROW WORKSHOPS ~
The river might be frozen and the weather a bit chilly but it is never too early to learn to row! We hope you will join us this year to learn what rowing on the beautiful Hudson with HRRA has to offer! The Hudson River Rowing Association would like to invite you to learn about our novice, intermediate and competitive rowing programs in the beautiful HRRA Boathouse at a series of indoor Learn To Row one day clinics this winter. Come meet HRRA adult rowers of all levels and HRRA coaches, have a tour of the boathouse and try out some rowing in our indoor tanks and on the indoor rowing machines. This is a great way to test the "waters" and see what program might be right for you!
If you have never rowed before you can start with one of our FREE introductory sessions:
FREE LEARN-to-ROW WORKSHOP #1 ~
Saturday, February 6th, 12PM - 2PM
FREE LEARN-to-ROW WORKSHOP #2 ~
Saturday, March 5th, 12PM - 2PM
FREE LEARN-to-ROW WORKSHOP #3 ~
Saturday, April 2nd, 10AM - 12PM
FREE LEARN-to-ROW WORKSHOP #4 ~
Saturday, May 14th, 10AM - 12PM
FREE LEARN-to-ROW WORKSHOP #5 ~
Saturday, June 4th, 4PM - 6PM
SUMMER
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 Adult Novice program, Junior Learn-to-Row or Learn to Scull. 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 whether or not you sign up for another program.
Fee: $175
Coach: Rich Sleight
Session One: June 6-15 REGISTER
Practice Time: Monday/Wednesday 5:30pm-8pm and Saturday/Sunday 9:30am-12pm
Session Two: June 18-29 REGISTER
Practice Time: Monday/Wednesday 5:30pm-8pm and Saturday/Sunday 9:30am-12pm
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 philosophies 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. Rowing 101 graduates move to this program, but no prior rowing experience is necessary if you want to start on the Novice team.
Fee: $285
Dates: July 5- August 14
DAYS and TIMES: Tuesday/Thursday 5:30 to 8pm, Saturday/Sunday at 7am
Coach: Mark Dinges
JUNIOR LEARN-TO-ROW ~
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: $230
Session One: June 27 - July 15 REGISTER
Session Two: July 18- August 5 REGISTER
Practice Time: Monday through Friday 6:00am-8:30am
Coach: Christina Hutchins/ Liz Gagliardi
FALL
ROWING 101 (aka Learn-to-Row for all)~ REGISTER
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 Adult Novice program, Junior Learn-to-Row or Learn to Scull. 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 whether or not you sign up for another program.
Fee: $175
Coach: TBD
DATES: September 7 -21 ( Tentative )
DAYS: Saturday/Sunday 9:30am-12pm, Monday/Wednesday 5:30pm-8pm
HRRA POLICIES
Please visit our FAQ page for questions regarding registration, refunds and many other topics!
Prerequisite for all of our rowing programs: you must know how to swim!
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 2015 and begin your own rowing journey on the Hudson!
