coxmate There is a heap of advice online on how to be a great coxswain. But each coxswain is different and to work with your own coxing strengths and style, the key could be to hear how you cox from a rower’s perspective. Record yourself coxing and correlate it to your race graph to see what it is that you say, that makes your crew give that extra push.
Sound complicated?
It’s not. Below Peter Hodson describes how easy it is to get your coxing audios to sync with your race graph using a Coxmate. With this tool you can map out exactly when your crew is pushing their hardest, and exactly when they’re not listening. This helps you find the phrases you’re using that make them respond, and practice new ones with calculable results.
We’ve been frequenting youtube this week for coxswains that do exactly that. You can learn from hearing other coxswain recordings – have you tried their techniques? What is good and bad about what they say? Try it on your own team and see how they respond. It can be that easy. Visit our coxing on youtube page. Or if you’re seeking the best, you can purchase 75 minutes of coxing recordings with the Down and Dirty Guide to Coxing on the Water.
New Audio Feature for Coxmate Analysis Software
See how your crew responds to cox’s commands…Record your cox’s voice on recorder, download it to your PC and play it back, synchronised with the graphing of boat performance.The attached graph shows rating (red line) and speed (blue line). The speech is synchronised to where the black vertical line intersects these graphs. The numerical values eg rate 22.87s/min and speed 3.27m/s are also shown. The graph moves so that cursor position is synched with voice.The small window provides control of the audio – you can scroll to any point in record. Now you can see/hear if the cox’s calls were the right ones and whether the crew responded. Buy a Coxmate SX, or a Coxmate HC.
