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    Coach
    ABOUT THE PROJECT

    LOGLINE
    COACH takes an introspective look at the sport of rowing by interviewing the head coaches of women’s collegiate programs, and asks, why do you coach?

    SYNOPSIS
    For a sport that has a simple purpose of going from A to B as fast as possible, it leaves a huge impact on those who participate at the start of their adult lives. COACH captures eight voices of the coaches within one of the most competitive leagues in college sports, the Ivy League, and asks open-ended questions of why this sport is so meaningful.

    In this film, there will be no high-stakes issue that one team must overcome, no underdog story of an “against all odds” situation, and no bias towards any one team—just the coaches explaining in their own words why they have chosen to be a coach, and what that means to them. Each school has its own challenges, but they all have the same goal—to beat the other schools featured in the film.

    The story arc then flows through each coach and location, like chapters in an epic, in order of experience level. It all builds up to one race at the end—the Ivy Championship in Worchester, MA.

    But unlike most sports documentaries—the winner will not be revealed. Instead, the faces of the coaches are featured as they say “good luck” to their athletes on the dock. Rowing coaches can’t be on the sidelines yelling encouraging calls. They can only watch and see what an entire year has cumulated to. But it’s not about winning—it’s about what each of these young women get from a sport that sets them up for their adult lives.

    PROJECT TYPE Documentary Short

    DIRECTOR Caroline Post
    PRODUCER Caroline Post

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