Crew for Middle Schooler in NOVA?

[Anonymous]

My middle schooler thinks he might like crew once he gets to HS. He would like to try it out first, maybe attend a rowing camp. I've looked around online but can't seem to find anything. Does anyone have a recommendation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My middle schooler thinks he might like crew once he gets to HS. He would like to try it out first, maybe attend a rowing camp. I've looked around online but can't seem to find anything. Does anyone have a recommendation?

Sure he chose crew by himself

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My middle schooler thinks he might like crew once he gets to HS. He would like to try it out first, maybe attend a rowing camp. I've looked around online but can't seem to find anything. Does anyone have a recommendation?

Sure he chose crew by himself

He did, I swear. My husband and I know zero about the sport. A friend at a party told him "you look like you'd be a good rower" and he started watching YouTube videos and now is all excited, so I'm literally googling to figure it out. Right now I'm gagging a bit at the cost. But we have pushed him to join a team sport, and this is the first thing he's expressed an interest in.

[Anonymous]

He can do Learn to Row -- it's usually for a week the summer before ninth grade. Haven't seen it earlier than that. It's normal to start crew with no experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He can do Learn to Row -- it's usually for a week the summer before ninth grade. Haven't seen it earlier than that. It's normal to start crew with no experience.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Thomason’s in Georgetown has a Learn to Row program for middle schoolers. My DD doing and her friend from Arlington is too. Not sure if he can still join Fall session ( this was first week) but they’ll have in Spring & Summer too. It’s boys & girls

[Anonymous]

Arlington Public Schools allows eighth graders to row on the HS team because there's no rowing program at the middle schools.

My DC also participated in a summer program for middle schoolers run by the APS HS rowing team designed to introduce kids to the sport. It was relatively low cost and DC had fun.

[Anonymous]

Make sure he can tread water for 10 minutes. That will be part of the screening to be on the team

[Anonymous]

Lots of HS teams have learn to row programs in the fall. the one at Langley runs every Saturday for 8 weeks and is a great way for kids to decide if they want to join the team. Usually it is tons of 9th graders in the program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of HS teams have learn to row programs in the fall. the one at Langley runs every Saturday for 8 weeks and is a great way for kids to decide if they want to join the team. Usually it is tons of 9th graders in the program.

can non-langley students attend?

[Anonymous]

Maybe naval academy.

[Anonymous]

Briar Woods has a fundraiser over the summer with two single week camps that runs out of Algonkian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of HS teams have learn to row programs in the fall. the one at Langley runs every Saturday for 8 weeks and is a great way for kids to decide if they want to join the team. Usually it is tons of 9th graders in the program.

can non-langley students attend?

If they are in 8th grade at Cooper yes.
Other high schools also do fall learn to row programs and TBC does a fall learn to row

[Anonymous]

Crew is not a sport

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Crew is not a sport

Lol. It sure feels like it the day after!