Hi! Im a coxswain that has first race tomorrow and I got like 2days of race practice(i know its crazy. My school was not kind to jv). Its a extremely short race(800m) and heres the thing: the rowers want me to be talking all the time. They told me that they dont like the silence and they want me to be saying something constantly! As a new coxswain and as a person who does not talk all the time, this is quite hard for me. Also its a 4s boat so its hard to really direct them on their postures as im looking the other way. I know 5-6 phrases they like and all but I would have to be talking for at least 3minute straight and i really dont know what I should do…
To some experienced coxswains this whole post might look like nonsense and all but im just really lost right now.
I watched a lot of cox recordings, but the thing is im not really experienced enough, and niether is my team experienced enough to put in those little pieces in the middle. I was told to approximately put in 3 power 10s in the piece, one at start, second in the middle(or whenever i think is right) and one at the end(250 mark) into a sprint. But please let me know what I should do because im really quite lost..!