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[quote=Anonymous]Downside of rowing: it feels like it should be really straightforward and boat assignments should be chosen by time. Except that time on an erg is very different from times on the water, and so many factors like needing ports vs. starboards and strokes come into play. My child has been part of two programs that both have messy political stuff when it comes to who is boated and in what boat. There can be a lot of stupid drama especially when it comes to who “deserves” to be in a boat. The drama of seniors who are slower than sophomores but whose parents expect them to get their “turn” at junior nationals or big travel regattas, people who are fast on an erg but dead on the water (+ vice versa), and coaches trying to find the right chemistry for a boat is really frustrating. TLDR: thought it would be more similar to swimming or track, didn’t realize how complicated and frustrating it is to watch coaches put together eights and fours.[/quote]
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