Coxswain - rowing at privates?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My niece was a cox recruited from private and club to an Ivy this year. Signed in October.

That is pretty surprising since coxes are almost never recruited - they’re a dime a dozen and easy to train, so no need to waste recruited spots on a cox rather than a rower.

Former Ivy cox here. Just wanted to point out that no rower would ever say coxing is easy or that coxes are easily replaced.

[Anonymous]

My DS coxed for a few years in MS. Rowing is a huge time commitment so make sure they really want to do it. My son stopped at the end of 8th grade because his 3+ hrs of HW were killing him after rowing practice. He left school right when it ended and got home around 7:15. He ate dinner and then was up until midnight working on HW. Some kids can handle that but he has ADHD and it was a slog especially after his medicine wore off. Great sport but it's a lot.

They do have camps just for coxswain so that's something to look into. He didn't get much coaching at all since his coaches were former rowers. It's a huge responsibility too since they are in charge of everything. I was always amazed that they let my 12-year-old kid be in charge of a $30K boat. Lol!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child was recruited to HYP. 2 coxes from her club team were recruited to Stanford + 1 to Harvard (TBC Club team at Gtown Harbor)

And one to Brown

As with any sport, the answer is that you have to participate on both your school and a club team to be considered for recruitment, including coxes.

From everything I know, in this area this is a sport where the public schools really dominate: Whitman, BCC and Wilson usually top the varsity podiums. Maybe in the petites or silver or bronze you will find a smattering of privates like Gonzaga, Holton, GDS, STA and NCS. But not consistently.

You clearly don’t have a kid that rows.

[Anonymous]

Are you looking for your son or daughter? NCS has a very good girls team and they’ve won several awards at Stotes. Also, are you looking to be recruited for a D1 school or D3? It’s a very different process.

[Anonymous]

Visi has a good program as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS coxed for a few years in MS. Rowing is a huge time commitment so make sure they really want to do it. My son stopped at the end of 8th grade because his 3+ hrs of HW were killing him after rowing practice. He left school right when it ended and got home around 7:15. He ate dinner and then was up until midnight working on HW. Some kids can handle that but he has ADHD and it was a slog especially after his medicine wore off. Great sport but it's a lot.

They do have camps just for coxswain so that's something to look into. He didn't get much coaching at all since his coaches were former rowers. It's a huge responsibility too since they are in charge of everything. I was always amazed that they let my 12-year-old kid be in charge of a $30K boat. Lol!

Between club sports, weekend races, etc and the 3-5 hours of homework at our k-12 DC school we put that child at Whitman where her younger subs were going to roll up to. She was very happy with the rowing team, social life, neighborhood friend and less homework and layered projects on narrow subjects. Plus the school worked with her club travel or days off more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:STA

?? What does that mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STA

?? What does that mean?

abbreviation for St. Albans

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do any of the privates have a good rowing team?

Any thoughts on whether being a Coxswain moves the needle for college admissions? Apparently, a friend was advised of this by a private college counseling company. I'm clueless when it comes to rowing and not sure if I should tell her to get a second opinion!

While rowing continues to be strong, a number of HYPSM schools have cut elite sports, e.g., fencing, squash, etc, over the last couple of years. Have a couple of friends with kids who spent the last ten years on those sports, only to have schools eliminate them a year before applying.

[Anonymous]

The naval academy has a girls learn to row camp and you can register to learn to be a Cox if that is what your child wants
Then she can see if she likes it before school starts next year. You have to be 13.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The naval academy has a girls learn to row camp and you can register to learn to be a Cox if that is what your child wants
Then she can see if she likes it before school starts next year. You have to be 13.

Might want to wait until she's older. A growth spurt can end a cox's chances of being recruited pretty fast

[Anonymous]

My son did the boys rowing camp at the Naval Academy. They were in need of coxswains. He was only one or two male coxswains there. It’s affordable too.

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I know someone who did this at Penn

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GWU has a good summer program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do any of the privates have a good rowing team?

Any thoughts on whether being a Coxswain moves the needle for college admissions? Apparently, a friend was advised of this by a private college counseling company. I'm clueless when it comes to rowing and not sure if I should tell her to get a second opinion!

It's a great sport, and yes, colleges love to see it. Is your child small? Wondering if that's why you're asking about being a coxswain. I would recommend doing a rowing camp to see if your kid likes it. You shouldn't count on them always being a cox -- one big growth spurt could make that difficult. But if they take to rowing, they can transition to another role.

Don't ever put all your eggs into the basket of having a kid recruited for a sport.