British Rowing posted an article, “Supported adaptive rowing: A popular innovation”, written by yours truly, which provides an overview of this format which enables many rowers to row at all, and some adaptive rowers to row in a more satisfying crew setup:
- “Adaptive rowing can be quite a solitary pursuit, with most of it being done in single sculls. But the innovation that the British adaptive community has done with ‘supported adaptive’ rowing has put adaptive crew rowing at the forefront of both training and competition.”
Coincidentally, the theme of using support athletes for disabled sport is the also the theme of our daughter, Isley’s, radio play “Tether” (blind marathon running) being broadcast on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow to coincide with the opening of the Paralympics.
Brilliant subject and article Bruce. Adaptive rowers benefit greatly from the extra coaching they get from their support rowers.