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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a former collegiate rower, if you aren’t a morning person, don’t bother. I was up at 5:30 every morning as long as the water wasn’t frozen solid. It’s dark & cold & grueling. We did that 6 days a week, year round bc you’ve got sprint season & longer distance season. Plus erg work outs, lifting & independent running. It’s worth it if you find beauty in the movement.

Before you start the sport with the intention of being a recruited athlete, make sure you kid can thrive with early mornings (in college no less!), year round commitment & a lot of work. It’s not the easy way in
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Crew has one of the highest quit rates of college sports.  I don't want to say that kids stick with it in HS only to help them for college...but I think college recruitment is a potent external motivator.  For 99% of crew athletes (with 1% becoming Olympians), there is nothing to strive for past college and so the grueling practices at early hours, getting to/from the boathouse that is usually a decent distance from campus, no students giving two shits about the crew team...they decide it's not worth it to lose out on the college experience.[/quote]

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