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[quote=Anonymous][quote=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! [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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