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The Program

About Rowing Camps of America

The Summer Camp that will be your 2025 highlight!

This camp was developed in 2023 to offer something that provides youth rowers with an unmatched development experience. Although the coaches involved have decades of successful experience with other camps, this new system of camps is built off of those lessons and designed to create a Targeted and Individualized Program. We are your destination for performance improvements. Whether you are U17 looking to become the fastest athlete in your boathouse, a rising senior aiming to secure your recruitment spot in college, a graduating senior looking to make the most of their last summer as a youth rower and get ready for college, this is the camp for you. Wanting to improve your 2k? We have experience helping kids execute huge improvements on the erg and are offering a 2k land-based program offering to provide a huge advantage in your training. We have years of providing a high performance camp that provides you fitness gains while also progressing you technically. You will be pushed to new levels so please be ready! The camp ends with an unmatched summer racing experience that will continue your development experience and provide you a fun format that actually gives you race experience which is what summer racing should be all about! You also leave the camp with more tangible tools than any other experience offers. More detail on it all below!

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Why Rowing Camps of America?

Join Us This Summer

Our holistic camp experience provides you the following:

We have the tools: You receive a thorough and personalized intake process where coaches get to know you. We start with time for focused improvement on and off the water and ergs. We provide more flexilbity in dates, sessions and types of camps so you can select what works best for you. You will receive personal development sessions designed to inspire you to your max potential as an athlete and leader. Coxswains have a separate, focused curriculum also. We provide every boat class (8+, 4+, 4-, 4x, 2-, 2x, 1x and coastal). Athletes will also have state of the art equipment to provide them with more data than just simple splits on an erg! Nutritional coaching, RP3's, Peach System and erg work will be included.

College Recruiting: Our coaches have worked with athletes and their college recruiters for many years. Fostering healthy and positive relationships that allow for the athletes and coaches to discover the best fit! Recruiters will have access to land and water sessions during camp, as well as access to you racing. They will get to watch you in action and then you will have access to them!

2025 Summer Dates: You have options!
Pre-Camp 2k Prep Training Camp - June 17 - June 22 - The Bolles School, Jacksonville, FL
Phase 1 Small Boat Camp - June 23 - June 28 - Nathan Benderson Park, Sarasota, FL
Phase 2 Racing Camp - June 29 - July 12 - Nathan Benderson Park, Sarasota, FL (includes Summer Festival of Rowing)

If you are selected to participate, you can flow from one camp to the next or choose which work for you (all genders are accepted at all camps). More detail about them all:

2k Training Camp - This camp was developed to help those who have a primary goal of improving their 2k score over the summer. We recognize the pressure to improve your 2k to compete in your home club as well as within the college recruiting process. These camps will spend time on the erg, RP3's, weight room and in the classroom. The Summer Prep camp is great for those who are looking to jump start their summer training with a goal of seeing big PR's in the late summer/early fall. Some time will also likely be spent on the water as we discuss how to transition your new, speedy 2k into speed on the water. Coxswains are welcome to apply if they are interested in learning more about the process of helping rowers PR and the education behind this process. This camp happens in Jacksonville, FL. Transportation to Sarasota on June 22 will be provided for those participating in "Phase 1". We saw great success for many of those that participated in this camp in 2024! It is great to see a short period of time being able to focus on the 2k on the erg turn into 2k PRs!

Phase 1 Small Boat Camp will be spent in everything but 8+'s. Athletes will be worked through 1x's and receive great individualized coaching on the technical side of making boats move. Video resources will be used regularly within this camp. This camp is highly recommended as a prerequisite to Phase 2 or can be done as a stand-alone. Phase 1 will provide great small boat skills but also an understanding of how to move boats that will be fun to experiment with the implimentation of doing it in a racing setting as we move into Phase 2. You will not receive more time or better instruction in small boats anywhere!

Phase 2 Racing Camp - We will provide you with a great development opportunity that includes a racing component at the best summer race option available. It is highly recommended that those participating in Phase 2 have been training in an environment where they are already used to several workouts a day and are ready to compete. We developed the Summer Festival of Rowing Regatta ourselves to help serve youth rowers after years of seeing a huge gap within providing an experience that provides racing - something that ends up being the end goal of our sport - while also keeping the fun of summer rowing and the development needed to take with you to your fall season. We don't pretend to be a championship race as college coaches will not care about summer results, but focus on the development of this process so you leave much more prepared to win races in the following year.

Best Races: Many believe the best part of summer camps is the racing! So we provide the best race! Athletes will race and train at the best racing venue in the Country: Nathan Benderson Park. The races have be scheduled to maximize experience AND development AND recruiting opportunities. We will welcome other clubs to race against as well as racing within our regionally based camp system. This experience will provide you the larger training & racing environment while also providing you personalized development.

You Leave With More: Every athlete will leave camp with a personalized package that is catered to help you continue to improve towards your individual goals after camp. Packages include land data (from ergs and RP3's), stroke data, PEACH system data, Sport Nutrition Assessment and recommendations, video review, access to camp photos, Swag (the best gear), a larger network of peers (yay friends!), and a deeper set of resources in the sport of rowing.

Cost: The best deal on the summer rowing camp market! We provide more for less $$--please compare! Signing up for more than one --you will receive a discounted rate!

2k Training Camps - June 17-22 - $1,799 at the Bolles School in Jacksonville, FL

Phase 1 Small Boat Camp - June 23-28 - $1,899 all inclusive of room and board and training. All will be housed at the Homewood Suites by Hilton directly next door (a short walk) to Nathan Benderson Park where you will be training. All meals supplied. Pick up from Sarasota and Tampa airports also provided during specified times. You just need to bring yourself!

Phase 2 Racing Camp - June 29 - July 12 - $3,599 all inclusive of room and board, training, recruiting, swag, racing and everything else. You do not have to also do Phase 1 to participate in Phase 2, but we highly recommend to maximize your experience that you are training in a way where you are ready for a camp that is going to be working out several times a day and ready to compete. Housing and food provided. Pick up from Sarasota and Tampa airports also provided during specified times.

Phase 1 and 2 - June 23 - July 12 - $5,195

Phase 1 and 2 and June 2k Training Camp - June 17 - July 12 - We provide transportation from Jacksonville to Sarasota on June 22 - $6,595

We are proud to make our camps more affordable than others while providing a product we feel is also unmatched. Please contact us if you need help with structuring a payment plan or figuring out a way to allow participation if the fee deadlines are making it difficult.

To Be Accepted: 

We will group athletes of similar levels together during camp to provide the best learning environment for all involved. If you are ready for more of a challenge, you will receive it! Our coaches have experience training junior athletes getting ready to race at Junior World Championships but also have plenty experience working with the most novice rower. Some experience is necessary to apply. We will have cut-offs for each camp with the most competitive being our Racing Camp. Many of our rowers will fit into one of the following categories:

U19 & HS Boys- 2k ideally under 6:50*

U19 & HS Girls- 2k ideally under 7:50*

U17 Boys- 2k ideally under 7:10*

U17 Girls- 2k ideally under 8:10*

*erg time standards are our guidelines. Just because you're not there yet, doesn't mean this isn't the camp for you! more flexibility for younger athletes

Who are We

Meet Our Coaches

Our coaches have decades of experience developing athletes for collegiate rowing/recruitment, representation at Junior World Championships, and double digits of National Titles!

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Chris Register

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Rick Brown

RCA Program Director
 
 

Hear from out participants

In a short amount of time we have made a serious impact on youth rowing.

2023 Female Participant
"My time at RCA was one-of-a-kind and I walked away equipped with a renewed sense of confidence in my athletic abilities and a skillset that has proven to be a force to be reckoned with. RCA distinguished itself from other programs by the individuality of coaching and the personalized experience it catered to the athletes. Coaches met with us weekly, discussing goals and ways to tackle the next week as a better version of ourselves than the previous week, and at the end of the camp, I walked out a completely transformed athlete. Goals can ambitious, but RCA never seizes to assist in us reaching them. Going into the camp, I had a rather ambitious goal of making the top boat at my program which would go to compete at the Head of the Charles. I acknowledged its difficulty but the coaches, without hesitation, was determined to make that happen. As a result of their dedication and acumen, I was extremely fortunate to not only make the boat but placed third at the Head of the Charles in the Women’s Youth Four. I recommend RCA with much pride and I do not regret a single second spent there."
2023 Male Rower
"RCA was an amazing experience for me. Over the summer it can be difficult to stay motivated to continue training. RCA helped me connect with other rowers and stay motivated. RCA also helped me continue my training on water, despite the off season. My technique greatly improved because of the program and I was able to transfer it to my home team."
2023 Female Coxswain
"My time at RCA was an incredibly rewarding experience . From day one, I set a personal goal to make the 1v at both the camp and my home program. The coaches played an crucial role in helping me achieve this goal. Their willingness to answer any questions and provide guidance was truly helpful, fostering an environment of continuous learning and growth. The fellowship among all coxswains added an extra layer of motivation, creating an atmosphere where everyone pushed each other to excel. The camp not only sharpened my skills but also inspired a sense of determination and teamwork that will undoubtedly stay with me throughout my rowing journey."
2023 Rower recruited to Hobart and William Smith
"RCA helped me come in prepared for my first year of collegiate rowing and really gave me a leg up in my training. I would recommend this camp to anyone who wants to better themselves in the sport and build that extra competitive edge."
2023 Rower
"RCA provided me with an amazing coaching staff and an effective training plan. Going into the fall season after RCA, I am 10 seconds faster on my 2k and 40 seconds faster on my 5k. The technical gains I made also helped me move multiple seats up in my boat. I would definitely recommend RCA to anyone who is thinking about rowing over the summer!"