Programs · New to rowing
Development Team
Where most girls start. For any girl in grades 7 to 12 who is learning to row, no experience needed.
Grades
7 to 12
No experience needed
Practice
Mon, Thu, Fri
4:15 to 6:15 PM in fall and spring
Season
Fall: Sept 14 to Nov 6
Winter starts late November
Fees
Set each season
Shown on that season’s registration form.
Where
23 Platt Street, Norwalk
At the boathouse on the Norwalk River
Must be able to swim
Tread water 7 minutes
Every CBC rower is a competent swimmer
Who it’s for
It’s for any girl in grades 7 to 12 who is learning to row, with a lighter schedule while she builds skills and strength.
She doesn’t have to give up her other sport. Rowing is full-body, low-impact cross-training that builds the engine every other sport runs on, and our girls come from soccer, swimming, field hockey, lacrosse, basketball, track and more, or from no sport at all.
Coxswains and rowers learn the fundamentals, the CBC rowing technique, and what it means to be part of a team. New athletes can start in any season. The coaches place each girl on the team that fits, and girls move up to the Racing Team as they grow.
How to start
Email us
Write to info@ctboatclub.org and we’ll set up her first day.
Try a practice
She’s welcome to row with the team and meet the coaches.
Register
When she’s ready, everything is on the Registration page.
When we practice
Practice times
| Season | Days | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Fall and spring | Monday, Thursday and Friday | 4:15 to 6:15 PM |
| Winter | Three afternoons a week | 4:30 to 6:00 PM |
| Summer | Weekday mornings | 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM |
Not every athlete comes every day. If she can only make one or two days a week, that’s fine: email us and we’ll set up a schedule that works. We can also adjust times for athletes who live farther away or get out of school later.
Before her first day
What she needs
- She must be a competent swimmer, able to tread water for 7 minutes.
- Arrive 5 minutes before practice, after a full lunch and a healthy snack.
- Running shoes for the land warm-up. Running and the rowing machine are part of every practice.
- Close-fitting athletic clothes, so nothing catches in the equipment.
- A water bottle, hat, sunglasses and sunscreen, every practice.
Come try rowing.
Most CBC athletes start on the Development Team, many with no experience at all.