Listening to the Coxswain's Voice

[wahaya2]

One; This guy plainly knows nothing about rowing. Rowers don't steer the boat according to the cox's instructions; the cox steers the boat.

Two; Most rowers hate coxes. What exactly is this crackpot trying to tell us?

[inexcessive]

omg that sounds like an awesome religion to join, im in

[yergerkyle625]

"god doesn't speak to me you schizophrenic fuck"

[SuperVeloce178583]

its funny that this guy is the shittiest rower in his boat

[Thymesbeast]

ahahahhahahahhahahahahahhahahh­ahahahahahahahahhahahhaha

I have to tell my crew that I am now a deity!

[YouSirAreNoob]

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay­

[noobasurasrex]

what about the strokesman? O.o

[TheWeirdF]

I hate people who on every single rowing video complain that the people who are rowing are doing something wrong. The fact is that it takes decades to perfect your stroke, and in fact maybe you can never reach perfection. Everyone has something to improve on, so go get every single little tiny detail absolutely perfect in your stroke before complaining about other people's rowing.

[philcoool]

0.1 sec is the difference between been number 8 and number 7 in the world at rowing 2000m.Today I am number 7.See my profile and videos for details.

[Busterlanger1]

This is bullSHIT

[yannick898]

the guy sitting on 2 is cramping up

[CulinaryOddities]

i was imagining, from the title, some coxswain going, i dunno, FUCKING CRAZY?

[Thymesbeast]

@CulinaryOddities I know right? I wanted her to go ape-shit

[Yunchansan]

i dont get this? is this about coxswains or recruiting people to believe in god? lol

[sevegarza]

Thumbs up if this is not what you expected

[Gales99]

Lol. I want a voice in my head.

[Guriqball]

This is probably the worst video I have ever seen...

[dk327244]

God would never speak to him... if he even existed... which he doesnt!

[FallFollies2010]

I'm amazed at the anger and beligerent attitudes all about a spot that is simply using the example of listening to the voice of the coxswain in rowing as an analogy to listen to God's voice in life. It's an ANALOGY, not a perfect comparison, because there IS no perfect comparison to listening to the voice of God. But we did use a real rowing team with a real coxswain to make the spot. C''mon people. Give it a rest. God loves all of us.

Mary Stephens

Media Director

Right From The Heart

[TheZohaun]

@FallFollies2010 Yes there is... the perfect analogy is called schizophrenia. If you have voices in your head and listen to them and claim they are God then you sir are ridiculous

[TheRoMoFo]

if good rowing is good religion, this is a boat full of heretics.

[Lea310591]

AAhahahahahaha did NOT see that coming

[shesperfect469]

"to know wheare to stear and wur to geow"

[alesha14]

rowing does not equal religion. what a bunch of bullshit.

[anthonymeyza]

Wow I dont see how you can claim to have approval of accuracy when it's from a cox of this level xD

[droidfan2010]

I see what you did there, taking a sport and brining God into it, Last I heard, God hate's sports.

[the18onethatidid]

MAKE SURE ITS A GOOD CREW NEXT TIME!

[simmyludilo]

sounds like a some religion commercial...

[P3P3the7]

@simmyludilo agree

[rac000n]

@Telec

I'd forgotten about this vid until your comment flagged up on the front page!

[bjbjbzz]

I dont know about you guys, my tunnel vision during a sprint race, i can vaguely remember any parts of the race at all after it's said and done. I may "listen" during the race but I'm not exactly hearing them during the race.

I'm in a sort of zone, where even god's voice himself cannot break me out of it.

[rac000n]

Fucking Christian horse shit coupled with garbage rowing.

I am speechless.

[TeIec]

@rac000n lulz. I was just about to link you this...

[zss1588]

jayaveva, i row and this is my pastor, you do realize that he was just pointing out a simularity right, just cause he's not exactly right doesnt mean anything, yes its an extension of the coach but it was just a simularity, chill

[09gol]

What a crock of shit

[levee343]

OMFG.

[mushabooooooom]

ahahahaha..is this a joke?

are coxswains god now?

[octembuary]

i hate it when people who know nothing about crew try to talk about it.

[manofpopsicle516]

@octembuary Seriously! I also hate it when people who know nothing about crew try to row. Lol 0:19 is the worst finish I've ever seen.

[octembuary]

@manofpopsicle516 Ugh tell me about it. This one girl I know was trying to pass herself off as a rower to impress some guys on my team. I think she might have ended up a little embarrassed when they told her the coxswain does NOT in fact, beat a drum in the boat.

[jaja830]

@octembuary LLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLL xDDD thats dumb considering that the coxswain is in a tiny space where there prob wouldn't fit a drum xDD

[jaja830]

@octembuary LOOOOOOOOOOOOL xDDD ever saw a rowing race(the girl) avoiding the fact that there prob wouldn't fit a drum in that space of a coxswain, to have the beat of a regatta one would be like a rock battery xD like 40+ beats(blade's strokes) per minute?xD

[manofpopsicle516]

@octembuary I've read this comment about a hundred times now and it never gets old hahaha.

[busterlanger]

God damn christians strike again......

[TheHappygirls123]

Coxwains are faggots i hate them

[jaja830]

@TheHappygirls123 lool well, we need them in a race though... (if rowing 4 or 8 or some cox pair though not so common the pair...) but they shure help in training or so, its like having a personal coach for the boat (well for me &my boat) xD

[xomi3]

FAIL

[aerosoladdiction]

hahahah this actually made my day.

[chazz00999]

Eugh, God through rowing, this is an insult, whats more those guys can't row properly! And the rowers don't steer, the cox steers and if need be round tight corners tells the rowers to ease off on bow/stroke side or apply more pressure on bow/stroke to bring the boat round.

[rohangiga]

they dont say "all 4 ready to row"

dickhead

ATTENTION, ... ROW

that guys a dickhead

[REEFLeafer91]

atleast they can row... not

[Djwalsh13]

god awful technique

[manofpopsicle516]

I agree. The guy's blade is half feathered through the stroke and he keeps it that way through the catch xD I laughed so hard.

[Djwalsh13]

2 seat at 0:19

ridiculous. worst finish ive ever seen

[manofpopsicle516]

Haha I love how he rows like a complete ass and he has that intense look on his face. Way to go 2 seat

[spitboi7]

it would have been more appealing if there was an actual group of rowers in the boat they were showing...including the coxswain

[msmediagal]

@spitboi7 Every person in the boat, with the exception of the shot with Bryant Wright, is a professional rower, including and especially the coxswain.

[drnumlock]

Listen to the cox, row by the stroke

[ollieee12321]

awful rowing....

[buildpath]

HAHAHA This man is spreading god through rowing.

[tubeyourself10]

hahahahahaha

[xwishyouawayxmcr]

ehhhh. :gag: coxswain=god?? psh.

[pace7759]

im the coxswain on my high school's novice team...

I guess that makes me god. XD

[jilld33158]

You could not be more wrong about that!

[LilyLovesJustin123]

Yussss! I'm a god!

A rather short one :P

[styn3s]

....nevermind catching and finishing:

1. 0:06- Stroke taps down fine, but then raises the hands way too early through the recovery.

2. 0:12 3 dips hands into catch.

3. 0:14 2 only makes 3/4 slide. lol rush from

bow a lil'

4. 0:26 2 Also drives before he catches, his carches are late and his blade position is not prepared for the catch....burn.

but, after the criticism for that 4 lol. The video did make me laugh.

[2girls1account]

wtf? honestly...thats a stretch

a far far stretch

cox=god? i highly doubt that man knows what hes talking about with crew

oh well, think what he wants... i just hope god doesn't scream at him like coxs do during the sprint that would be awkward

[mifmalcomson]

"A rowing crew listens to the voice of the Coxswain to know where to steer and how fast to go." Not quite, a rowing crew doesn't have to bother with steering and you always know how fast to go: as fas as you can.

[kmv2244]

that is completely not true but nice try

[mifmalcomson]

yeah i know they call bursts and round sharp bends one side may have to pull harder but in general all the cox does is steer and motivate in a race and maybe give a few technical calls on outings.

[crewgirl123]

i am a cox we are very important because if any thing happens to the boat or the rowers it is our fault you try coxing and it is not as easy as it seems i use to think it looked easy when i rowed it is very frustruating when your crew does not listen or respect you

[onthefritz81]

yup. coxes are nice to have, but they aren't the most important people by any means and they're nowhere near god.

[crewgirl123]

we are too important would you like to crash we r nowhere near god but you try coxing once and then tell me how easy it is

[HaleysNewPictures]

You know there's such things as uncoxed fours...just saying.

[mmsrnc]

Gentle and nice

[w0wurc00l]

COXS DO NOT SOUND LIKE THAT

THEY ARE SCREAMING AT YOU

well mine does ha

[coldwarkid92]

oh man, when i coxed for the 20 minute races, i couldn't speak for a week or so. i was a mean little bastard

[cerealchillmovies]

Is this a message saying that coxswains are gods?

I've got no problem with that!

yeah, and if I were coxing that boat, I would be screaming at my rowers. I mean, their bladework? this is a pretty awful commercial though...

[ManusFrigus]

hahah I was wondering the exact smae thing

[cerealchillmovies]

haha

but seriously, at the end almost none of them are catching or finishing in time. it's annoying haha

[tazza4565456]

@cerealchillmovies cox's should never "scream" at the crew, unless there being enthusiastic, like in a race.

[Fox334]

And I thought this would be a rowing video...

[hannahCOXIN]

coxswains are gods

[framers920]

emm no.

[fretlessbass]

lmfao. this is not what i had in mind when i was looking up rowing videos.

[Commadoss]

i.e. like I am telling you

[joewain04]

shut up (to the guys talking in the video)

[jackpavement]

this is so bad its hilarous

[jk1986]

sloppy bladework

[krickon]

I wasn't feelin the Holy Spirit there...

[notthatinteresting]

not that interesting, should have not wasted my time.

[GiddyUp1987]

Jay, keep the split up, take the rate right down to about 10%...actually, just hold it up. You're arguing with yourself on you tube. Maybe you should get a job or a hobby or something...

[hannahCOXIN]

i agree.(hobby doesn't mean crew)

[tgeorgewilliamsw]

"The vision of Christ that thou dost see is my vision's greatest enemy."

[Jayaveva]

By the way for your information ... this clip ... so called "Listening to the Coxswain's Voice " is NOT in any way an "instructional video." It was a very cheap and lazy attempt by the religious fascists to use something that is beyond religion for their own narrow minded goals.

[Jayaveva]

If you really take a long hard honest look ... all "organized religions" ... whether it be christianity, islam, buddhism, hinduism, judaism or any other "ism" are all very sadly political, materialistic and devoid of any true spiritualism. Yes they is NO difference between any one of the so called organized religions when they are practiced by scared, terrified, insecure and sad individuals with the most inflated inferiority complexes.

[Jayaveva]

As for me, during my pretty in-glorious rowing career I was a hard working "bow man" and a single sculler. I have also coxed many crews, mostly junior crews because that is how we passed on our rowing skills and knowledge as participants of a pure and simple amateur sport.

[allenhuntsucks]

Hey Jaya, we get it, you're some kind of rower or expert in cox or something. I have a feeling this wasn't an instructional video.

[Jayaveva]

Well allenhuntsucks ... hope your are having a fine day and that this very light hearted banter on youtube might pique your interest to try out the "holy" sport of rowing .... lol. To hell with partisan and divisive religion!!!!! Curl your fingers around the oar handles ... sit tall ... look up towards the heavens and drive with your legs ...

[Jayaveva]

Keep your back straight and strong and finish your powerful stroke with a neat and subtle flourish that would make any gymnist proud. Unleash the spirit inside you and be humbled and be made whole by the effort of your self and your crew!!!! Let the bleeding calluses on your hands and the boils on your ass purify your soul ..... lol!!! Row on ... no excuses!

[Jayaveva]

The last time I checked there is NO Judeo-Christian "god" who would ever "listen" or take any "feedback" from the unfortunate/illiterate masses who are supposed to be "led". Therefore so please get off our boat docks and keep your materialistic marketing tactics out of ROWING. Thank you kindly!

[Jayaveva]

A Rowing Coach will go over the training schedule with the coxswain AND all the rowers and if he is a GOOD coach he will make the effort to listen to feedback from the rowers and coxswains to modify/develop that particular schedule for that day.

[Jayaveva]

Brian, I don't know if you've ever rowed or coxed or participated in a similar intense and satisfying communal/competitive life activity.  When it comes to rowing you were NOT "talking from your heart". When you stated that "a rowing crew listens to the voice of the coxswain to know where to steer and fast to go" unfortunately your analogy is totally/shamefully wrong and/or deliberately misleading. The coxswain is just an extension of the Rowing Coach.

[andrewthatswho]

Jayveva, The coxswain in the video is an Olympic coxswain, and she approved and verified the the accuracy of this video spot before we ran it.

Andy

Web Director

Right From The Heart

rightfromtheheart dot org

[Jayaveva]

Straight from the brain ...

First of all MUCH respect & kudos to any coxswain who does his/her job of steering the shell and motivating the crew. It is not easy .... believe me!

[Jayaveva]

Having said that it is obvious that there are some coxswain with a "more than-rowing agenda" who would "approve (d) and verified the accuracy of this video spot" and you would swallow it hook line and sinker because you obviously have no clue about the delightful and entertaining psyche of a coxswain (a.k.a. god???). Please allow me to clarify and educate you Andy :

[Jayaveva]

"And after God had created the earth and all the things that were in it, God created man and woman. They followed her command and were fruitful and multiplied.

Then God looked down upon the human race and sought out four strong humans: tall, lean, well-muscled, but not too bright. These four God called "the engine room".

[Jayaveva]

God looked further and found two strong humans with focus and a well-developed sense of balance. These two God called "the bow pair".

God sought a human who was steely-eyed, determined, a competitor who would never say "die". This human God called "the stroke".

[Jayaveva]

One more human God found. An individual who had all the qualities of "the stroke" but one who could also follow and send a strong rhythm and will to those who in turn followed him. This individual God called simply "seven".

[Jayaveva]

Now God faced the biggest challenge. God must find an individual who could control and lead these eight exemplary human beings. One who was cocky and confident with a loud voice and dominant bearing. God found no such human being, so God came to earth and took on the role of the coxswain.

And the eight human beings declared that the coxswain had a "God-complex".

REF: w w w dot ucdcrew dot org/humor/beginning dot html

[Jayaveva]

According to Mr. Mike Sullivan (w w w ucdcrew dot org/humor/per_traits dot html) ..... "It's pretty obvious what traits a cox (coxswain) must adopt and tries to learn to do a good job in this most unique position in the athletic world. I'll pass on the leadership stuff, napoleon complex garbage, and point out a secondary characteristic or two that coxes unintentionally inherit after riding in the box for a while.

[Jayaveva]

They (coxswains) can't drive a car anymore. They take 10 miles to change a lane, oversteer, can't find the brakes, and yell to the car a lot. This has nothing to do with the coxes' former driving ability. Stick Richard Petty in a cox seat for a while, they'll take his drivers license away. Coxes also begin to squint a lot, no loss in vision, they just squint.

[realmenrowport1]

@andrewthatswho how much did you have to pay her to "verify" the acuracy of this? lol