EXPERT SESSIONS AND ADVICE FROM QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED GRASSROOTS RUGBY COACHES
in Girls/Womens, Podcast
In this episode of the Women's Rugby Coaching podcast, Jess Bunyard is joined by Vicky Alexander. Vicky has a number of rugby roles including Petersfield RFC Senior Men’s Coach and Cobham Girl’s Rugby Lead. The episode discusses Vicky's coaching work at Cobham including recognising and supporting female players with their mental health. MORE
in Girls/Womens, Podcast
Women's Rugby Coaching magazine editor, Jess Bunyard, goes to the very top of the English game to chat with Simon Middleton and Amy Turner. MORE
in Girls/Womens
In 2016, Harlequins and England star and Girls Rugby Club’s Advisory Board member, Leanne Riley helped set up the girls’ section at Guildfordians Rugby Club, which has grown to more than 75 players. The key element to this success was her work in engaging girls with rugby within schools. With girls playing rugby in schools,... MORE
in Girls/Womens
Tired, bloated, diarrhoea, pain, headaches, anxiety, depression. These issues and more can be experienced by women on or around their period. Yet, menstruation is considered a taboo subject. MORE
in Girls/Womens
Whether it’s the first training back after lockdown 2.0 or you’re a few weeks in. Here’s some ideas what to include and adapt within your next session using these four game and skill zones. MORE
in Girls/Womens, Passing & Handling
Use this handling game as an ideal warm-up as well as a challenge for the players to innovate. Thanks to Geraint Davies for this idea. MORE
in Attack, Girls/Womens, Kicking & Catching
This small-sided game is ideal to work on players kick chase and keeping the ball alive in attack. You can use this as a standalone skills game or have it as a platform to launch a bigger game of touch and pass from. Thanks to Simon Parsons, Women and Girls Director of Rugby for Tunbridge Wells RFC and Kent U15s Girls Head Coach for this activity. MORE
in Podcast
Andy Stevens and David Sharkey join Jess Bunyard on Breaking The Pane to discuss themes and storytelling. With each person at a different stage exploring themes, the group travel through their own experiences offering a guide to anyone wishing to add theming to their coaching toolbox. MORE
in Girls/Womens
While the women’s game is growing impressively, with an increase in 27% registered players worldwide from 2017 to 2019, so is the level of misguided comment. Here’s a guide to dealing with four of the most common forms of criticism. MORE
in Girls/Womens, Small-sided games
You can simply add in different rules to transition the netball game into a game of touch. However, the game of rugby netball on its own is also a fertile ground for practice design and player development. Here are a few variations to make rugby netball a key training game for you and your players. MORE
