Omar Al-Miqdadi’s 2025 was almost as successful as it could be for a club coxswain. Winning the Wargrave Challenge Cup and the Club Pennant at
It’s September and many of you will be starting at University soon – and for coxes, that means stepping into a whole new environment. Looking
As a coxswain, your ability to “feel the boat” is one of your most valuable skills. It’s an intuitive sensation that you translate into words.
Valuable discussions are ongoing in the media about the importance of proper fuelling for rowers. And rightly so. Rowers need to fuel to perform, recover
As we head full tilt into regatta season, it can suddenly feel like each race is coming at you at100 miles an hour, with very
If there’s one piece of advice that shaped my coxing career, it’s this: treat every stroke, every piece and every training session as if it
In the ever-evolving world of rowing, technology is playing an increasingly significant role. From GPS trackers to telemetry (for example Peach Innovations/Biorow), data is becoming
If you ask coxes what makes them the most nervous about racing, most will tell you “the warm-up”. Taking responsibility for getting your crew to
Coxswains play a crucial role in rowing. From keeping the crew safe and motivated, to acting as the tactician on race day, there really is
After the success of the Spring/Summer kit bag essentials article earlier this year and with the head season underway, the WOX team has composed a
When we walked into the Conference Room at Leander Club a few minutes before officially kicking off the inaugural #WoxCon2024, the Wox mentors had a
September marks the start of a new season: a time to set fresh goals and have a renewed focus on becoming the best version of
