Niskayuna Varsity Boy's Rowing: 2008

Friday, December 26, 2008

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Rowers:

This is your new blog as Varsity Boys. Every post and communication, each piece of information, is intended to give you, as leaders of Niskayuna Rowing, the direction and advice you need to be successful this season.

Keep posted at www.NiskayunaVarsityBoys.blogspot.com starting January 1st, 2009.

Coach

Every race was as much a race against yourself as it was against opponents. Crew was always imperfect; no matter how good your crew, you were bound to lose, if not a race, then the ephemeral feeling of swing, when a boat was moving perfectly....The oarsman in a boat that had won every race would always wonder if his boat was better than one that was comparably victorious six years earlier. The only clue that his boat was probably faster came from other sports, for swimmers and runners were systematically improving on the records set by their predecessors. But there was no empirical evidence. Therefore, humility became part of the code: you did not boast of what you would do or had done, nor did you embarrass a loser....you respected them as much as you respected yourself.

-The Amateurs

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