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When she learned to row in the late 1970s, Liz Winter was excited to have a place be “unladylike” and fell in love with putting power behind the oar. After landing in Pittsburgh in the ‘80s, Liz was involved in developing Three River Rowing Association, focusing on creating community. Now retired, she’s combined her experience as a lawyer, social worker, coach, and educator, with a USRowing Level 3 High Performance Coaching Certification. We talk with her about coaching education, trauma-informed coaching, and building trust.

CONNECT WITH LIZ
Instagram: @lizwinterpgh

TIME STAMPS
00:00 - Intro
04:10 - Rowing week: A transition to the erg and resisting the urge to peek at your teammates monitors
11:09 - Rapid Fire Q&A
13:10 - Learning to row at Oxford in the mid-1970s: freedom to be “unladylike”
16:44 - A shift in perspective about women’s rowing beginning in the 1980s
20:15 - Leaving a career in London, traveling around the world, discovering Pittsburgh's rivers, and a deep involvement with developing TRRA with a community-first focus
25:38 - Law + social work + coaching education = integrated formula for ”do no harm.” For coaches to earn the trust of their athletes they have to be consistent, have integrity, and be transparent.
31:30 - Trauma-informed coaching: allowing rowers time to learn, and coaching from the inside out
39:00 - USRowing Level 3 High Performance Coaching Certification: every rower, at every level, deserves a high performance coach
42:44 - Team Based Learning approach
46:00 - Coaching rowers with anxiety: start with small, incremental challenges
54:00 - Passion project: Partnering with the Puerto Rico Rowing Federation to establish a coastal rowing program

EPISODE Mentions

CLUBS
New Orleans Rowing Club
Tacoma Rowing
Three Rivers Rowing Association

CLUB LEADERSHIP
Hanna Huppi, NORC Dir. of Communications
John Huppi, NORC President
Matt Logue, TRRA Exec. Dir.

COACHES
Dave Harvey

EQUIPMENT
Concept2

EVENTS
Concept2 Holiday Challenge

ORGANIZATIONS
Puerto Rico Rowing Federation
USRowing

RESOURCES
CRI Institute for Rowing Leadership
Concept2 Workout of the Day
Team Based Learning
USRowing Level 3 Coach Certification

ROWERS
Ernestine Bayer
Pauline Rayner
Penny Chuter

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
Carnegie Mellon
Oxford 

This episode was written, produced, hosted, and edited by Tara Morgan and Rachel Freedman. Tara provides additional audio engineering, and Rachel manages the website and social media. Our theme music is by the Free Harmonic Orchestra.