British Rowing Coaching Week

Following our successful Coaching Conference in January, we will be building on the theme of ‘Inspirational Coaching’, delivering new live sessions, sharing new initiatives and  resources, and celebrating coaches across the sport. Check out the overview of the week below and keep an eye on our social media pages for updates. Save the dates in your diary!

Coach in a wheelchair coaching single sculler from the pontoon

Inspirational Coaching: 27 October-2 November 2025

LIVE workshop:  Unlock the secret to peak performance

Monday, 27 October 2025

Following his session at the Coaching Conference join Sport Psychologist William Winstone as he explains how to unlock the secret to peak performance – William has been the Team Psychologist with GB Para Rowing since 2010, and Essex Cricket since 2015. The webinar will be run online from 6.30-8pm.

William Winstone headshot

Closing date to book your place: 10am 27th October.

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William Winstone interviewing Nicola Benavente

Assistant Coach Training

Tuesday, 28 October 2025

We will take a deep dive into our new Assistant Coach Training and signpost you to similar opportunities which are building the next generation of coaches.

Find out more here
Female coach holding rigger of single sculler

Coach Development Opportunities

Wednesday, 29 October 2025

As our Coach Development Opportunities move into their third season, we will bring you stories of what it has meant for coaches who have been part of the initiative so far, along with how you can apply for the 2026 season.

Join the sense making session on Zoom. Booking link to follow.

What is it all about?
A coach talking to other coaches

LIVE Workshop: Ensuring physically capable rowers

Thursday, 30 October 2025

Following his session at the Coaching Conference, you can join Strength and Conditioning expert Alex Wolf to understand how to ensure rowers are physically capable to execute the movements required in rowing to the best of their ability – Alex is the former Head of Strength and Conditioning for the English Institute of Sport, resident author at Science of Rowing, and author of Training the Complete Rower.

Alex Wolf headshot

Closing date to book your place: 10am 30th October. 

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Alex Wolf presenting at the 2025 coaching conference

Celebrating Coaches

Friday, 31 October 2025

Friday is all about celebrating coaches, and their contribution to the future success of rowing. Keep an eye on our social media accounts, and give a shoutout to a coach who has made a real difference.

Coaches celebrating winning their coaching awards

FREE access to the 2025 Coaching Conference sessions

Saturday, 1 November 2025

To kick off the weekend, we will be giving open access to all of the sessions from the 2025 Coaching Conference so you can watch back, or enjoy for the first time.

Link to follow. Watch this space.

Andrew Randell speaking at the 2025 Coaching Conference

Lived experiences research

Sunday, 2 November 2025

For the final day of Coaching Week, we will introduce you to an exciting piece of research about the lived experiences of rowing coaches, and how it is shaping how we can create the culture for everyone to thrive.

Two coaches with clipboards in the boathouse

British Rowing Coaching Week content from previous years

Coaching Week 2024: Championing Values

Excellence

Georgina Williams and Doug MacDonald, our Pathway and Performance Coach Developers, shared what it means to create an excellent environment for coaches to develop.

Find out more


Equality

How do you coach adaptive athletes? In this video, Paralympic Pathway athletes Craig Walton (below-knee amputee) and James King (visual impairment) describe how their coaches Will Stockton and Rob Cree have made adjustments to help them row indoors and on the water.
FAQs about Para and adaptive rowing classification hosted by Rob Cree.


Determination
We recognised the level of determination put into coaching by our many coaching members which was celebrated at the 2025 British Rowing Coaching Conference (25-26 January in Birmingham).


Inspiration
Coaches are at the centre of the future of rowing. Find out more about our Coach Development Opportunities – designed for experienced coaches wanting to develop their practice as well as those taking their first steps on their coaching journey.
Coach Development Opportunities


Courage
Hear from the rowing programme at Infinity BC in Stockton on Tees about what it takes to be courageous in your ambition, along with some coaching tips to instil courage in young rowers.
Find out more


Respect
Love Rowing Foundation Director, Rebecca Gibson guides us through her experience of respect in coaching, and what it means in making rowing more accessible and enjoyable for all.
Find out more


Friendship

Here, current and former coxes from thewinningcox (WOX) give us their insight into what friendship means in a competitive environment, and how to manage relationships as a coach.

Coaching Week 2023: Redefining Success

South Coast Rowing Championships

Coaching Week began with the Championships in Folkestone. Find out more about this expanding part of the sport.

Find out more about Coastal Sculling


Regional Coach Cafés

We launched our new Coach Café initiative, aimed at creating stronger local networks for the coaching community.

How to host your café


Safeguarding Q&A

Safeguarding is a core foundation of good coaching practice, and British Rowing is committed to the ongoing development and provision of policies, best practice guidance and central support towards Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults with care and support needs. This is your opportunity to hear from the safeguarding team, who presented their responses in an online discussion.


Measuring coaching success: Beyond wins and losses

In a world where success is often is portrayed as a simple statistic, wins and losses, it is hard to sometimes see the broader view. Katie Sparks, Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Staffordshire University, explores how to do that in this new British Rowing Plus article commissioned specially for Coaching Week.


Redefining Success Webinar

Olympian and author Cath Bishop hosted a panel discussion with Advanced coaches Richard Chambers (Leander Club), Hannah Vines (Dorney Boat Club) and Tristan Mayglothling (Dulwich College) and discussed what success means to them across a range of coaching environments.


Strength and Conditioning Workshop
Focussing on the foundations of the GB Rowing Team S&C philosophy, supporting performance through planning and programming. For future development opportunities in this area, please click here.


Indoor Rowing: Go Row virtual workshop

Find out more about Indoor Rowing workshops here.


Using goals to help athletes recognise their success

Coaches Hannah Vines, Matt Mole and Kate O’Sullivan talk to British Rowing Learning, Education and Development Manager Rachel Hooper about the process and importance of goal setting in supporting rowers and coxes to recognise success at every stage of their development.

Read more


Coach Development Opportunities

An overview of exciting additions to the way British Rowing offers support to coaches to reach their goals.


Coxing webinar for Coaches

Delivered by current and former GB Coxes from @thewinningcox: Zoe DeToledo, Matilda Horn, Morgan Baynham -Williams, Sasha Adwani and Autumn Mantell, who between them have one Olympic medal, over 20 senior international medals, 13 U23/Junior medals, five HRR medals, 10 HWR medals and two Boat Race medals, plus 75 years of combined coxing experience between them!

This webinar addressed how coaches can support coxes to define their own success.

Coaching Week 2022: Connecting Coaches, Valuing Coaches

University Rowing Development Day
Building a successful programme

Developing high performing novices

Indoor Rowing: What are the opportunities?

Fundamentals of power

Coastal Rowing: What is it?

Club Management


Changing Young Lives Through Coaching

Good coaches can do so much more than help to make boats move faster! We’ve seen how much young people can develop their life skills through taking part in rowing but we now have strong academic findings to support this, just one year into a study of a Youth Rowing Programme. Trainee Sport and Exercise Psychologist, Scott Whitfield, will discuss the findings, and in particular just how important the role of the coach is in helping young people recognise how they are developing their life skills through rowing. This knowledge can be used to inform your own rowing sessions and coaching practices moving forward. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions throughout the session.

Speaker: Scott Whitfield Trainee Sport and Exercise Psychologist


iRowClean for Coaches

We invite coaches to join this free 1 hour webinar which will provide you with an opportunity to understand your anti-doping roles and responsibilities and how to advise your rowers. There will be opportunities to ask questions throughout the session.

Presenter: British Rowing Anti-Doping and Integrity Manager, Jacqui Traynor and Dan Cooper U19 Programme Manager and UKAD Clean Sport Educator


High Quality Land Training: Developing Athletic Rowers

The British Rowing High Quality Land Training Workshop provides coaches with the tools to make rowers’ land training as effective as possible, reducing the risk of injury and improving the potential for performance on the water. It covers the key principles of good movement and conditioning for rowers and how to apply them, directly relating these areas of development in the gym to performance on the water.

To find our more about this workshop, visit the High Quality Land Training page.


University & Club Coaching Assistant

The University Coaching Assistant provides more entry levels for you to get involved in supporting rowing activities at your university clubs. The University Coaching Assistant training came about as a result of university rowing clubs identifying that despite a lot of people delivering activity in university clubs, there needed to be a more effective way of succession planning between year groups to ensure that there were enough students with some training in delivering activity year on year.

To find our more about this workshop, visit the University Coaching Assistant page.

The Club Coaching Assistant provides an entry level for you to get involved in supporting rowing activities at your club. The Club Coaching Assistant training enables people to get involved in coaching and provides an entry onto the formal British Rowing Coach Education pathway. By providing more ways to get involved, the aim is to create a welcoming environment for newcomers and encourage them to participate for longer and to see rowing as a lifelong sport.

To find our more about this workshop, visit the Club Coaching Assistant page.


iRowClean Supplements and Medications

We invite rowers, coaches, volunteers, parents or carers to join this free 45 minute webinar for a deeper discussion about supplements and medications in sport, which will provide you with a better opportunity to understand your anti-doping roles and responsibilities. There will be opportunities to ask questions throughout the session.

Presenter: British Rowing Anti-Doping and Integrity Manager, Jacqui Traynor 

Guest: Jacob Dawson GB Rowing Team Senior Athlete


British Rowing Technique

We are delighted to be joined by Olympic Gold Medal winning coach Robin Williams who will share his expertise in discussing the fundamentals of coaching British Rowing Technique. Robin is highly skilled in making his workshops relevant to all coaches, regardless of whether you’re working with performance athletes or complete beginners.

Speaker: Robin Williams MBE and Tom Pattichis, Olympic Pathway Manager


Level 3 Senior Club Coach Certificate

The course will ensure you can safely implement a training programme appropriate to the participants that you coach, who may vary in their goals, ages, and abilities.

For more information, visit the Senior Club Coach page.


Performance Coach Development Programme

A unique learning opportunity for coaches to be mentored and supported in fulfilling their potential as performance coaches.

Check out the Performance Coach Development Programme page for more information.