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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wonderful sport!

My kid started in 9th grade, which is typical. He'd played B team-level travel soccer, but wasn't that great. Always a solid runner. He did XC freshman and sophomore year, but crew is the one that really "stuck." By junior year, he was getting nibbles from colleges, and he thought about pursuing it, but ultimately decided to stop after HS graduation.

It is an enormous time commitment. On a typical "practice" Saturday, we'd drop him off at the river at maybe 7 a.m. I thought it would be even worse, but usually college teams were out early and high school teams would get out around then. He'd be done around 11. On a regatta day, if we dropped him off at 7, he might be there until 5. Practices during the season were after school, and he'd get home at 7 or later. Practices during winter (brutal) were usually done at 5.

[b]It was worth every minute. He really loved it and made great friends. [/b][/quote]

That’s wonderful. Will he ever row for fun (either at school or when he gets home) or is it not really that kind of long term sport? [/quote]

Wut? Of course irs not a lifetime sport [/quote]

Wut? Of course it’s a lifetime sport. You just have to live near a club. In our town in NE you can daily rent singles and we have adult rowing - both rec and competitive. I’m 52 and started in mid 40s.

Op - our town has crew and I’ve known several kids in the team and every single one stayed with it and loved it. I think it really helps that kids don’t start into
Middle/high school. And ours is a no cut sport. As PP noted - it’s a great recruiting sport for girls who want to row in college. [/quote]

Really only through age 93 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/01/16/fitness-aging-richard-morgan/[/quote]

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