While rowing may seem simple, it is one heck of a workout and offers so much more!
For middle school and high school athletes, rowing is more than just a way to stay fit and active. While rowing can provide you with fitness for life, the benefits for teens and young adults is much more far reaching!
Rowing can play an important role in taking a break from the mental stress of school work while spending time outdoors with peers.
Rowing is one of the most low impact sports meaning a minimized risk of sport related injury. As well as being a noncontact sport meaning very low risk of injury due to an accident.
Other benefits of joining a rowing program include:
Friendship
Come and join a group of like-minded friends in a fun and enjoyable environment, where everyone is supportive, comfortable and at home with each other. The bonds that athletes forge on a rowing team through shared trial are some of the strongest and longest lasting of high school relationships. Relationships in rowing often lead to friendships that extend out to other areas of life and teammates often find themselves spending recreational time together as well. It is healthy to have a group of people who you can commiserate with, and find support in, especially through the trying times of High School.
Fitness
Young athletes like getting strong and being in shape. Rowing can serve as an outlet for energy, and serve as a catharsis of stress. Important chemicals are released during exercise that allow better focus, and promote healthy development. Rowing is also a great way for athletes to see improvement through consistent work and effort. A healthier body means a healthier mind. Athletes will sleep better which leads to more productive days.
Competition
Handling situations where they need to work hard to overcome adversity, is part of healthy development for high school and middle school students. It is through competition that youth learn to not fear competition, but thrive from it. Putting young athletes in competition with their peers pushes all of them to work harder and strive for improvement. Athletes at these ages are just starting to learn what they are capable of, and they need to know they can push themselves harder than they thought possible.
