Rowing Faster by Volker Nolte Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Rowing Faster
Book Review: Amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is not for novices, it's for the already advanced rower, who wants to significantly improve their speed, and technique. It goes into complete detail on every major subject pretaining to rowing, from race prep. months in advance, to the race itself, this book covers it all.Book Review: Rowing Faster
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is not made for rower athlete, is more dedicated to rower coaches. Is has too much technical information tat athletes are not familiar with.Book Review: Rowing Smarter
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the definitive book on the current state of the art in rowing both on the water and on the erg. But it won't teach you how to row. Only how to think about things to improve and how everything fits together. The only other product out there today that comes close to this, and is really an excellent companion piece, is Xeno Muller's interactive DVDs.Book Review: This is the best book so far about rowing, period.
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is the best source of information to increase boat speed.
Xeno Muller
www.gorow.com
Olympic Medalist, men's single scull rowing.
Book Review: Worth Buying, But Not Perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is fun to read and has a lot of useful tips. I'd recommend it for anyone who's into rowing. I'm basically a beginner (1 year of rowing), so it was useful for me, but there was plenty of advanced stuff, as well as information for coaches and coxswains.
However, I have two criticisms of this book. First, it's essentially a compilation of essays about rowing, so it lacks unity or a coherent order to it. Thus, it's not as navigable as, say, a "Rowing for Dummies" book would be if they made one. Second, many of the chapters are heavily laden with scientific detail about physiology and the bodily functions that are occurring when you're rowing. Reading that stuff was very complicated, and also unnecessary - I'd rather have more practice and training techniques and less of the science behind why they work.
Aside from those criticisms, the book was good. It offers some helpful tips, although I had the feeling that I had to skim through a lot of other stuff in order to get to the tips I wanted. And, of course, no book is going to make you a good rower - that can only come with practice.
I wish someone would write a better rowing book because I think there's a lot of room for improvement. But among the rowing books out there, this is one of the best.
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