A review of the Boat Club for season 2012 - 13

1. Carey Rowing Season Review
2012 - 13

2. My BIG 5
I’ve grouped your feedback into the following
five critical areas:
1. Culture: What values do we have?
2. People: How do we treat our most important
asset?
3. Operations: The detail – boring essentials.
4. Events: Camps, regattas and special events
5. Performance: Was it all worth it?

4. Culture
• Friendly and welcoming environment
• Supportive and cohesive
• High athlete drop-out rate
• Low interaction between crews and squads
• Outcome vs process focus
• Relationship with school leadership
• Party culture, laziness and arrogance

5. Culture

7. People
• Great leadership and mentoring
• High rate of pay
• Great parental support
• Narrow hiring process
• Co-coaching and role clarity
• Coach education
• Cox education

8. People

10. Operations
• Clear, regular communication
– Facebook, email, SMS
• Well managed boat shed and equipment
• Crew selection processes
• Lack of pre-season planning
• Gym program
• Athlete management, esp. injuries

11. Operations

13. Events
• Well-organised, well-run camps
• Review location and duration
• Efficient boat loading
• Presentation dinner and BBQs
• Row past

14. Events

16. Performance
Girls
• Consistent results throughout program
• 50 – 60% drop-out each year
Boys
• Good retention from year to year
• Significant drop-off in performance

17. Retention vs performance
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10
20
30
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60
70
Year 9 Year 10 Senior
Retention Girls
Retention Boys
0
1
2
3
4
5
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Year 9 Year 10 Senior
Performance Girls
Performance Boys
Drop in
performance
High
drop-out

18. Performance

20. Summary
• A strong program with good foundations and
a record of above-average results.
• Systemic change required to retain better
athletes, provide better coaching at all levels
and set clear expectations of all stakeholders.
• It is not a matter of working harder; rather a
case of working smarter and trying new
things.

21. Future...