Our head coach, Enzo Ademollo, has decades of experience coaching rowers of all ages, as well as having been the national coordinator for masters rowers and on the National Rowing Council. He has coached athletes from novice right up to the Olympics. His coaching style is Italian, with focus on making the most of imperfect body types through perfection in technique. Assitant coach Eliza Camp, who is also in charge of the cultural & culinary parts of your week, is a Canadian who has lived in Italy for 11 years.

Rowers will be asked to persevere, concentrate, and remember that what we appreciate in rowing, and in Tuscany, are those things that only time can create. The sculpted hills with millennial grape vines were produced with patience, just as only thousands of strokes and hundreds of practices can make for an "effortless" rowing technique.
Video-taping sessions will enhance the workouts, as will off-water meetings. The goal of our coaching is to create correct muscle memory that will allow you to "feel" when you are doing things the right way, enabling you to continue improvement at home. A series of drills will be introduced to enhance this effect as well.

The facilities at the lake, though not luxurious, include men's and women's changing rooms with showers, plus a gym with a full set of weight machines and Concept II ergometers. Our body of water is a private rowing basin, the water is clean and free of other boat traffic aside from kayaks. If you're used to rowing in places where the water sludgy and you dodge ferries regularly, it will be heaven. If you're used to the Charles, it might seem spartan. Click here to see the San Miniato Rowing Club that keeps us busy year-round! Look through the pictures link to can see our lake in all its seasons.