PROGRAM STRUCTURE
WHY ROW IN SPAIN
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
PROGRAM COST & DATES
FAQ’s
STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
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PROGRAM STRUCTURE
At SAIIE, we work with the well-renowned local rowing club at Club Naútico Sevilla to help student rowers perfect their skills. College rowers will have the opportunity to study with us and train with the rowing team while earning college credits.
The Rowing program allows students, during the summer, to train 4-5 days per week alongside top rowers. Training will be in the evenings during the week and in the morning on weekends. A race is possible but not guaranteed. Along with training, you will need to take a minimum of 3-4 credits per session. The courses we offer are in Spanish Language, Spanish Culture, and Liberal Arts.
To learn more about the academic program that we offer at SAIIE through the summer please visit our website here.
1) Renowned for having the best rowing training facility within Europe.
2) The River, Guadalquivir, has an eventual end. It is divided off into two sections, meaning no strong currents, creating the perfect waters for rowing. Together, Seville´s weather and water conditions simulate the exact conditions that are set for the Olympics, assuring optimal rowing speed and performance.
3) SAIIE´s affiliation with the outstanding Club Naútico Sevilla provides an excellent network of reputable and accomplished rowers to train alongside you to develop your rowing skills further.
4) Practice and develop your Spanish skills with your Spanish teammates.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
- Students must be rowing on their varsity team back at their home university.
- In the 2k Concept Rowing Ergometer test female student-athletes cannot exceed 7:40 and male student-athletes 6:40.
If you exceed these times, please contact Sean Chipres the coordinator of all sports programs at seanrc@saiie.com
PROGRAM COSTS & DATES - 2023
$400 (This is an additional cost to the overall program cost. Tuition and fees still apply)
Cost Includes:
Dates: May 21 – June 17, 2023
For more information about the rowing program we offer to our students in Seville please read the following interview with the student Austin Letorney from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
How do you find the trainings in comparison to back home at Club Nautico? Do you find them at a good level? How would the level compare to an average college team in the US? In the US, you are used to only rowing in a boat with 8 people, right? At Club Nautico you row in all boats, correct? Do you find it useful that you have to row all styles or boats here? What type of exercises do you do on the river while your rowing? What about the coaching? Does David give instructions? Has he helped you? You do weights. How often (Days and hours)? Have you found these trainings useful? Do you find the weight training organized? What about the rowing machines, do you do any type of exercises or tests? You only use the rowing machines on weight days? How about running? Is running part of your trainings as well? If so, how often do you run? For how long?
The training is very different. Usually my team at home trains 2-3 times a day and all the guys are there. The training here is a lot in a little amount of time which is good. Even though there is one practice a day, the coaches pack a lot into them.
Yes. The lifts are tough, but you definitely see improvements. The rowing is a great base fitness builder and the team is technically very good.
The level is different. To compete as a top 20 program in the U.S., it takes a couple practices a day. Here, it is just different style of doing things and it works for them. It doesn’t mean one is better than the other. The two countries just have a different way of doing things.
Typically, the U.S. races in eights. However, for trainings purposes, a lot of high caliber programs train in pairs (two people) and fours. Racing in these boats occur as well, but usually not during the racing year.
Yes, at Club Naútico we row all kinds of boats, sculling (with two oars) and sweeping (with one).
Yes, it is very useful to row all kinds of boats because for the eights, fours, and pairs, it keeps me in boats that I row at school. For doubles and quads (two oared boats), it gives me a change of pace and I can row something I traditionally do not row.
Usually on the river we just row to where David, the coach, tell us. David will also tell us to do drills at certain points on the river which include anything from body prep drills, to rowing on the square, to pause drills.
David is a very good coach in my opinion. He has a lot of boats on the river at once so he is bouncing around from boat to boat, but he will watch you for a little, give you some things to work on, and then he will tend to another boat. In the U.S. I am used to my coach staying with us the whole practice. No one way is better, just different.
Usually we do weights two times a week as the practice. These are very useful lifts and I have seen major improvements with my strength. It can be a little crowded in the gym, but the lifts are organized and David has groups and separate workouts for each group.
We have used the rowing machines a little bit. Some hard workouts here and there and a couple test, but definitely not as many as my team at home
Machines differ depending on what the workout is and on what day David wants to use the machines.
Running is usually for warmups on the days before lifts to get warmed up. Usually it is a short run before practice to get the muscles warm, but there is no extensive running done.
STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
I would definitely recommend this program to anyone who wants to keep training but also wants to get an abroad experience. David is very open and will allow you time to travel but if you come to train he will throw in you in a boat, it’s a lot of fun, you meet a lot of new people, get to practice the language. Overall it was a great experience!
Austin Letorney
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
I am so grateful for the opportunity provided by the SAIIE Summer Rowing Program. As Club Nautico Sevilla's first ever American rower through SAIIE I was warmly welcomed and integrated into both their practice and competitive race schedule on the beautiful Guadalquivir River/Canal de Alfonso XIII. The ability to complete my international requirements to graduate with International Honors from the University of Alabama while remaining consistent with my on water and weight training regimen through the SAIIE Rowing Program was both academically rewarding and athletically advantageous.
Logan O’neil
University of Alabama
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