<p>Hey guys, I am interested in Crew but I dont have any cheap way of doing it for my senior year of high school. I dont know of any club teams but still would like to see if I had a chance to play at the collegiate level. I am an athletic guy so I think I could handle playing at a top level, but I'm still not sure since I have never done it before. Itd be nice to play somewhere like MIT or another college of that calliber. Does anybody know how I should go about trying to play in college w/o experience? If anyone has any information to add concerning Crew in college, it would be sincerely appreciated. Thanks</p>
<p>One rows not plays.......at a regatta not a game/match.....so do you own a rowing ergometer or have access to one? Have you considered attending a Crew Camp such as the one at Harvard or US Naval Academy to get some exposure??? Crew is not all about strength....it is about form and rhythm. In some cities there are Clubs.....at public venues which may not cost you too much. Where do you live??</p>
<p>Are you guys talking about rugby? Or rowing?</p>
<p>I beleive that they are talking about rowing. Some schools have walk-ons at the beginning of the year.</p>
<p>yea its rowing, I am trying to find out all I can about rowing in the collegiate level.</p>
<p>Is that what you are? A rising senior?</p>
<p>Correct, Im a rising senior looking at the ivies and the like</p>
<p>as an example: you can contact the coaches and find out what summer programs are offered prior to your Frosh year. Let's see you live in MD so you should be able to find some experiences there....how have you been looking? Also......prep schools offer summer experiences, Exeter being one.</p>
<p>Well, there is the chesapeake, but when I looked I saw some REALLY pricey programs... I want to get experience for a reasonable price.</p>
<p>Check out boat houses...in our city we have some rowing clubs...</p>
<p>There should be boathouses in MD near him......hopefully a CCr will step up and get him some contact info.</p>
<p>List of clubs</p>
<p>That list of clubs is going to be very helpful</p>
<p>H rowed at MIT for all four years with no prior experience (he had run track and x-country in HS). The coaches are always on the lookout for students who are tall (except for coxswains) and interested in the sport. It is a big time commitment for a sport that is one of the most arduous. (H's coach was an Olympian with a resting heartrate of 35.)</p>
<p>PM me if you'd like additional information about MIT's crew team.</p>
<p>One of the best sources for information about rowing is <a href="http://www.row2k.com%5B/url%5D">www.row2k.com</a></p>
<p>Some thoughts for you: Men's rowing is not an NCAA sport, so there are relatively few college/university programs for men at the varsity level compared to other sports. This means that the competition for places on most varsity teams is intense. There are, however, many colleges that have club teams for men, and some of the clubs compete at a very high level. For information about a particular school's program, your best bet would be to look at its Web site. The site would give you a good idea about how recruiting or team membership works and about the commitment required.</p>
<p>MIT and the Ivies all have varsity men's programs. Walk-ons are possible at all of them, I believe, but a walk-on at MIT may be more competitive than at any of the Ivies. (MIT's Web site says "no experience necessary.") The Ivies recruit some of the best rowers in the country.</p>
<p>If you want to find a rowing program in your area, contact area high schools or colleges with rowing teams and ask what boathouses they row out of. If it's a community boathouse (as opposed to their own boathouse), there may be a program you can join. Some clubs/boathouses charge big fees for the summer instructional programs, but a club may also have a school-year program for high school students at schools that don't have a team of their own. There is such an "all-city" team at one of the clubs in our area. I have no idea if it would fit your definition of affordability.</p>
<p>I have seen lightweight and heavyweight crew listed. What is the weight cutoff? My son will be a HS junior this year. He is a decent athlete, pretty strong. He is sick of football and only plays b-ball in our driveway. I already told him he should consider rowing, but he only seems to want to play Halo2.</p>
<p>From the US Rowing "Rules of Rowing"</p>
<p>4-106 Lightweights
A lightweight crew is one that complies with the
requirements below. An open event is one that is not a
lightweight event.
(a) Men: A mens lightweight crew shall average
no more than 155 lbs. per rower, and no individual
rower shall weigh more than 160 lbs. The coxswain
shall not be counted for purposes of this rule. A male
single sculler (1x) shall not weigh more than 160 lbs. A
Junior mens lightweight crew is one in which no
individual rower weighs more than 155 lbs. A mens
masters lightweight crew is one in which no individual
rower weighs more than 160 lbs.
(b) Women: A womens lightweight crew, including
a single scull (1x), shall have no rower who weighs
more than 130 lbs. The coxswain shall be not be
counted for purposes of this rule.</p>
<p>Most schools with varsity crew teams ALSO have crew clubs that compete at a far less intense level (intramurals) and also teach newbies.</p>
<p>College men's crew is one of the few sports that will take a green person and actually train and coach them. They do require lots of hard work too. Most workouts start around 6am.</p>
<p>S rowed varsity crew for 4 yrs in HS.</p>
<p>Look in the phone directory or do a google search for rowing clubs in your area. Many are for experienced rowers but some have beginner and novice programs.</p>
<p>You might see if any of the private prep schools in your area have a summer rowing camp or program. There is a very good rowing camp with one-on-one training by coaches from some of the the nation's premier college programs held in Vermont each summer. It's called Craftsbury, the link is:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.craftsbury.com/row/index.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.craftsbury.com/row/index.php</a></p>
<p>It is a great program and you might attract the attention of one of the coaches while there.</p>