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Originally presented as a live virtual event on Oct. 3, 2020, the content from Your Inclusive Coaching Toolkit summit boosts your role as a leader in your rowing world with strategies and practical advice, personal narrative, and more!
We know that you – coaches, board members and administrators, rowers, coxswains, and volunteers – are invested in expanding inclusion throughout your programs and boathouse culture. Your Inclusion Toolkit provides a platform for leaning towards challenging conversations.
INCLUSIVE COACHING WORKSHOP
Athlete assessment and incorporating rehab
Importance of warm up and cool down
Programming workouts and how to adapt for all athletes
Brief workout incorporating body weight exercises and variations for adaptive athletes
LISA MONTALVO has been a competitive adaptive CrossFit athlete for over six years and has recently started training as a paratriathlete. Lisa has been a strength coach with Seize the Oar since 2018. She holds several certifications in CrossFit and adaptive training and loves to bring challenging, creative programming to workouts and practices.
KAREN CALARA, DPT is a physical therapist in Seattle, WA, who has been working with rowers of all levels and ages for 25 years. She works on prevention and treatment of injuries, as well as on sport performance.
PEARL OUTLAW has a degree in exercise science from Ithaca College and is preparing to return for a Masters in Sports Psychology. She is an athlete with visual impairment, and represented Team USA at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships in the 2x.
your boathouse welcome mat
What is the current model for welcoming new rowers to your boathouse? Using a new rower’s first 6 months as a model, are there similar strategies for retaining rowers and making them feel welcomed at all phases of their relationship with your club? Identify barriers to full participation, evaluate the people and culture of sustained welcome, and craft solutions like protocols, procedures, and policies that favor the long-term relationship you hope to achieve.
MODERATOR: RACHEL FREEDMAN
Rachel is the co-founder of Steady State Network and founder of RowSource. She’s been involved with flat water rowing as a masters oarsman, coxswain, and coach since 2001. In 2020, Rachel joined the Board of Go Coastal Rowing.
DENISE AQUINO is a former coxswain/coach who is no stranger to microphones. She is the founder and co-host of Rowing in Color, a new podcast that serves to amplify the voices of color in rowing.
RICHARD BUTLER learned to row 17 years ago and is the former Executive Director for Three Rivers Rowing and past Diversity and Inclusion Manager for USRowing. He presently serves as Co-Chair on the USRowing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Richard is also DEI advisor to rowing programs throughout the United States.
TARA MORGAN is the co-founder of Steady State Network. She is a Level II USRowing coach and has eagerly taught Learn to Row for adults for over a decade. In 2013, she founded Seize The Oar Foundation, dedicated to inclusion in the sport of rowing.
leaning in to inclusion
Leaning in to inclusion requires a dedicated self-reflection on ways that we may embody an exclusive approach to the sport at both the individual coach and organizational level. Speakers representing a spectrum of culture will guide you through practical strategies to check in, pose hard questions, and assist your organization’s efforts to be mindful, innovative, and diverse. This session is designed to open the dialogue about how to create inclusive language, logistics, cultural competency, and self-advocacy.
JENNY WITHYCOMBE, PhD is the Program Administrator for Health and Physical Education for Portland Public Schools. She is also a diversity and inclusion consultant with over 15 years of experience working in athletics, education, and health and wellness. She is a competitive masters rower and team captain at Willamette Rowing Club and lives in Portland, OR with her husband and two daughters.
PATRICK JOHNSON is the Coordinator of Reconditioning & Adaptive Sports at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Head Rowing Coach at US Army Warrior Games, and National Rowing & DC Sports Director at Athletes Without Limits. Patrick is a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+, para, and BIPOC equity and inclusion initiatives.
inclusive communication
Inclusive language values the importance of words and the impact they have. Inclusive communication is free from language that perpetuate stereotypes, negative expectations, or limitations. By adapting your language, you can involve your entire audience more fully and inspire them to contribute more confidently. - Sarah Cordivano
This session explores boathouse communication principles, determining who the audience is, and/or who’s missing from the conversation. How can we, as leaders in the rowing community, alter the language culture of our clubs to present an accessible opportunity to participate and help athletes feel welcome?
MODERATOR: DENISE AQUINO is a former coxswain/coach who is no stranger to microphones. She is the founder and co-host of Rowing in Color, a new podcast that serves to amplify the voices of color in rowing.
CLAUDIA LOEBER has been rowing for 15 years. An alumna of Temple University, she competed with the Owls for four years while earning a BFA in photography. She spent time at Cooper Rowing Club and coaching at Row New York before venturing west to pursue an art therapy graduate program. She is currently a varsity assistant coach at Lewis & Clark University.
Katherine Valdez is an Ecuadorian-American para-athlete. She is currently pursuing her BA in Community Health Education at York College. She has been rowing for about 4.5 years for the Row New York Adaptive Competitive Team.
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