What does your crew do?

I'e been part of crews that went in for endless analysis, the whole time between races. In some cases this was supported by videos that were viewed by some people, "See, I told you she was out of stroke." This sometimes led to major line-up changes.

In some crews there there was a short discussion under the trees.

Followed by endless soul searching. And tears. Really. This sometimes also led to major line-up changes. More tears.

In another crew, the captain said one sentence, everyone went off to rest and rehydrate. No more analysis until the pre-race meeting which was about two minutes long.

What does your crew do?

My crew always has a post race analysis. Questions usually asked are:

1/ how was the start?
2/ how was the stroke rate?
3/ how was the finish?
4/ did we "die" on any part of the race?
5/ What was good and what was bad?
6/ What do we need to focus on for the next race?

Usually the coach lets the paddlers talk before he gives his 2 cents.

Sometimes if you think about it too much it is more detrimental to the success of the team, especially if a few people go too far with it.

Video analysis is okay once in awhile, but its just dragon boat not the NHL.

Paddlers---- Shut up and paddle
Coaches---- Do your job so your team doesnt have to.

You know what drives me crazy are people yapping in the boat during a race. The only voice I want to hear is my Cox. All the other screaming and yelling of encouragement etc is just distracting.

Meeting is a gathering in a location determined by the coach immediately following the race,(If coach wants input they approach paddlers 1 on 1 on the way to the meeting.)

Coach identifies lessons learned(i.e. first time situations - could be bad reaction on the starting line, broken paddle etc.) then proceeds to identify areas for improvement(where they thought we could have done better or we did not meet the goals we had set - i.e. to much talking, out of stroke on the finish etc.) as goals for the next race, finishes with the positive aspects of the race and usually praises each of the 3 sections of the boat for something they did well.

Sets up our next race or practise with preliminary goals i.e. better transition from the start, more focus on the back part of the stroke in the middle of the race.

Hope that helps

I cannot stand the yapping in the boat or counting other than the cox or drummer. Shuddup and paddle. If there is a relay person that's fine but everyone else stfu.

Let the coach do his job and don't think about it too much.

The problem with post-race discussions is that too few of us really understand what really happened in a race and why. Mostly we just know how we placed and we make assumptions based on that. Winning the race = a good race. Losing the race = a bad race. But that's wrong, because you can race a good race and still lose, or you can paddle poorly and still win a race (usually against weak competition). It's hard not to judge performance based on results, but they can be very different things.

So the most useful part of post race discussion has to come from non-paddlers who can be more object, such as:
a) the steersperson
b) the drummer
c) someone on shore

Yotally agree with above poster.