This episode is sponsored by the George Pocock Rowing Foundation, and made possible in part by Breakwater Realty Group, Concept2, Live2Row, and our Patrons.

We believe whole-heartedly in inclusion at all levels of rowing. That’s why we created the Steady State Network Changemaker Scholarship initiative, designed to help up-and-coming leaders of programs, clubs, and small businesses to get the knowledge and skills they need.

To support the development of these leaders in the rowing community, we provided scholarships to three deserving coaches to help them attend RowCon, USRowing’s Annual Convention, held In Atlantic City, NJ Feb. 3-5, 2023.

Thanks to Concept2, Rower’s Dream, and the support of our Steady State Patrons, whose financial support helped make these scholarships possible.

Our third-annual class of Changemaker Scholars to attend the USRowing Annual Convention is a young, diverse group of rowers, coxswains, and coaches, all in the early years of their coaching careers.

Today we’re talking with our 2023 Changemaker Scholarship recipients – Jalen Baldwin, Angelina Koch, and Faby Velazques – to find out what sort of ideas and information they picked up at the Convention, and what they’re exited to put into practice this season.

QUICK LOOK

00:00 - Intro
02:03 - Episode lead-in
03:23 - welcome
04:11 - Rowing Week 1-10
05:52 - Rapid Fire Q&A
08:16 - Team huddle: get to know the Changemakers
15:22 - The importance of coaching education, and what motivated each Changemaker to apply
20:35 - Big “aha” moments from RowCon2023
26:43 - Jalen’s Networking strategy and fundraising for Row, Sail, Dream
30:00 - Putting new coaching concepts into practice
36:49 - Coaching the whole athlete
39:09 - What would you give a TedTalk about
40:20 - Elevator pitches
45:55 - Bonus outtake

EPISODE Mentions

BOATHOUSES
Thompson Boat Center

CLUBS
Capital Rowing Club
Dayton Boatclub
Orlando Area Rowing Society
The Cleveland Foundry
Three Rivers Rowing Association

COACHES
Al Morrow
Dave O’Neill

EVENTS
USRowing’s RowCon

EXPERTS
Richard Butler
Ramona Cox
Liz Fusco, MS, RDN, CSSD 🎧

NATIONAL GOVERNING BODIES
Rowing Canada
USRowing

RESOURCES
Changemaker Scholarships

ROWERS
Lindsay Shoop, OLY, MSED, CSCS

SCHOLASTIC PROGRAMS
Mt. Vernon High School
Yorktown High School

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
University of Dayton

This episode was written, produced, hosted, and edited by Tara Morgan and Rachel Freedman. Tara provides additional audio engineering and is our sponsor coordinator. Rachel manages the website, social media, and e-newsletter. Our theme music is by Jonas Hipper.