Come out to any of the freshman orientations this summer and look for our table, also in we will have a space set up in the fall at the activities fair which is on the intramural fields.
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Facebook group: HU Crew Recruitment 2010 (Facebook Page: Hofstra Crew)
If you are someone who is committed, willing to make sacrifices and work hard in order to achieve goals you only dreamed of, want to have some serious fun and gain meaningful experiences along the way, and desire to be a valuable, contributing member of a team of athletes with exactly that goal - to give their all for you, than this is the team for you.
If you are interested in learning something new, exciting, and challenging, something that will be a part of you for the rest of your life, if you are not afraid to push yourself beyond limits you didn't think possible, than this is the sport for you.
If you've been looking and waiting for something to heighten your college experience, the time to get involved is now. Let us show you how becoming a part of Pride Rowing can change your life.
Fall season is Head Racing season in the sport of rowing.
Timed races take place on long, scenic, winding rivers where hopefully crew remains a non-contact sport. Hofstra Crew travels together to compete in the Head of the Housatonic (Shelton), Head of the Charles (Boston/Cambridge), and Textile River Regatta (Lowell, MA) Regattas. We close the season with a taste of sprint racing at the Dowling Alumni Cup and Fall Metropolitan Championship Regattas.
Fall season is a time when all rowers work on their conditioning and remind themselves what it's like to be in a boat. While the varsity rowers are dusting off the cobwebs, regaining their finesse and endurance on the water, novices (all of you first time would-be rowers who are new to Hofstra Crew), are learning about the sport. All sizes, shapes, and gender athletes are welcome; everyone has a role to contribute to HU Crew. At Hofstra, we want everyone to get a chance to experience the wonderful world of rowing, so we will accommodate any and all who can get their three alarm clocks set, drag themselves out of bed before the sun rises, and join us for practices every weekday morning where we promise to make sure you have the chance to accomplish something for the day.
We realize it is a grueling schedule when you're just starting out, so we set a two-week trial period for novices to get adjusted to making crew a part of your lives. There are no cuts on this team, and experience is absolutely not necessary, but as the ultimate team sport, each of you will come to realize how much you rely on one another to be there without fail everyday, and those who cannot make the commitment will make that decision themselves.
By the end of two weeks, you will certainly have learned how to imitate the rowing stroke on ergometers (rowing machines at the Rec Center), will have been trained in weight circuits that will help you work those rowing muscles (every major muscle group), and will have gotten in hopefully enough water time to get you hooked on rowing. What follows is a whirlwind of rowing and racing events that will give you an unforgettable Fall semester.
Our work is never done. As fall racing season wraps up and the seasons change, we simply head indoors where we begin the most difficult leg of our training schedule.
If it is the most difficult, it is also where you will begin to see real changes in yourselves and your teammates; you will constantly be pushing the limits of what you think you can do. Hofstra Land Training consists of a variety of aerobic and weight workouts as well as a good deal of time spent on the ergs.
Spring season is Sprint Racing time in the crew world. This is the most competitive, challenging, and exciting type of rowing, and those who make it this far are getting to the brink of what this sport is all about.
Instead of racing against the clock down a winding river, you are lined up between two rival crews in a row of up to six across. You wait, poised for action until you hear the command, and then you drive your legs down to begin the most intense 8 minutes of your rowing career, all in an effort to cross the line first. The greatest thing about it is you don't have to do it alone.
Your teammates are there in the boat with you, and they are on land near the finish line cheering the loudest, so you know you're almost done. Medal or not, the goal is to have no regrets- to leave everything on the water knowing you surpassed your best and looking forward to doing the same thing over again next week. Spring season tends to fly by; we compete at such regattas as Knecht Cup (Camden, NJ), Spring Metropolitan Championships, and New York State Championships (Whitney Point), and the Dad Vail Regatta (Philadelphia, PA).
When it's all over, it will seem like just yesterday you were learning how to carry a boat, yet you will have grown and learned so much over the course of your novice year, that you will not be able to wait to rise to varsity status at the start of next year's Fall Season.
So, have we convinced you? What are you waiting for? Come join us for a race, meet your future teammates and coaches, and get your questions answered so that you are ready to begin rowing with us. Welcome to Pride Rowing!