Meeting Point at Practice — Cerritos Channel
If we practice in the Cerritos Channel and you are the first boat off the dock, wait at the meeting point — not in the traffic lane.
Rowing · Coxswain & Rower
Rowing
Coxswain notes, calls, race videos and highlights — written down so the next practice goes better.
- Role
- Coxswain & rower
- Boat
- Eight (8+)
- Now
- USC Men's Crew ↗
- Before
- ShanghaiTech Rowing Team
Coxswain Notes
Practice notes, calls and videos to learn from.
On-water notes
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Coxswain's Bag of Tools
Everything a coxswain brings to practice and races — tick it off before walking to the boat.
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On-Water Calls: New Crews
Full-sentence calls a new crew can understand — what each means, when to call it, whether to repeat it and how to say it.
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On-Water Calls: Experienced Crews
Short, rhythmic calls for experienced crews — what each means, when to call it, whether to repeat it and how to say it.
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Calls Heard at Practice
Calls I heard from an experienced coxswain at practice — word for word, with what they mean and when they're used.
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Racing Side by Side
Calls for closing on a crew, putting them under pressure — and holding your nerve when they come back at you.
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How to Call: Rhythm, Repetition and Voice
For first-time coxswains — when in the stroke to call, which calls to repeat, how to use your voice, and which calls fit which situation.
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Calls: To and From the Boathouse
The first calls every coxswain learns — carrying the boat off and back onto each rack height.
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Calls: On the Dock
Putting the boat in the water and taking it out — without dragging riggers or hitting the pylon.
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Drilling
What the common drills are for — so you can call them with purpose, not just count strokes.
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Steering
Small adjustments, a light grip, a point or a line — and using your rowers to turn.
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Rough Conditions
Wind, wakes, chop and prop wash — warn the crew early, adjust their strokes, and steer through it calmly.
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Race Plans and Execution
Bare-bones calls at set markers, so you always have something to fall back on in a 2k.
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Visualization and Start Sequences
Calling a race on land — the 2k start sequence step by step, then the full 2k and 5k.
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A Coxswain's Toolbox
Tried-and-true technique calls — and the pro tip of speaking with the rhythm of the boat.
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Efficiency at Practice
Everything moves us toward the water, then back to the boathouse. Be heard, and set the tone.
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Race videos
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Coxswain recordings — Head of the Charles
Listen for how calls are timed with the stroke and how the cox steers the course.
Watch on YouTube ↗
Race Highlights
Regattas in order, from the first race on.
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Champions -
Before the race
Head of Shanghai River Regatta 2024
1st in both races — 03:15.95 total over the 500 m sprint and 16:09.90 in the 4.2 km chase.
I did not help build the team’s history from the beginning, but I was proud to help write a new chapter. More than the medals, I remember the shared drive in the boat: everyone committing to the same stroke, the same pace and the same finish line.
🏅 Champion × 2 ▶ 2024 team documentary · Bilibili ↗ -
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Team Send-off
what this season meant to the crew.
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Race poster · USC Men’s Crew -
Novice 4+ B, my crew -
USC Men’s Crew on race day
Battleship Row 2026
Finished the 3,200 m course.
Their first race in the same boat, and my first race as a coxswain. The result wasn’t what we hoped for, but we got through it smoothly and I learned a lot. Also found out this crew doesn’t want an encouraging cox. They want one who yells at them, haha. Guess I need to learn some new English words.
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