Rowing is not the best spectator sport. I believe it is still here and growing as a sport because it is one of the best sports out there to teach life skills and values to whomever embraces this sport as a discipline.
A new friend of mine, Peter Mallory, sends out thoughtful emails on rowing every once and a while. He is also writing a full compilation of the history of the sport of rowing. Peter’s Blog
In Peter’s words: “Those of you who work have much more in common with rowers than you do with baseball, football, hockey, soccer or basketball players. Why? Because those sports, and every other team sport is, in its origins and appearance, a game, and rowing is, in its essence, unremitting hard physical labor.”
Games are entertaining. Rowing simply work. That is why we love it. We love work. Work brings value and teaches us values. That is why we are rowing across the Ocean.
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Peter Mallory on the Industrious Values of Rowing
Big Hugs,
Adam
