EXPERT SESSIONS AND ADVICE FROM QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED GRASSROOTS RUGBY COACHES
Join host Dan Cottrell as he looks at the lastest developments in rugby coaching in conversation with leading grassroots and professional coaches.
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Wilbur Kraak, a senior lecturer and rugby researcher at Department of Sport Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, has recently published his findings on the effects of a skills specific coaching education programme on the skill level of mini-rugby players. Working with Jacques Basson, their conclusions shed further light on what good practice design looks like... MORE
Craig Gunn and I tackle some of the more difficult parts of coaching, especially with younger players. MORE
in Girls/Womens, Podcast, Rugby coaching
An insight into Wasps Ladies Director of Rugby, Giselle Mather’s coaching journey and her top tips and advice for coaching rugby. MORE
Jamie Taylor, former head of academy at Leicester Tigers and now working with English Institute of Sport, challenges us to be better as coaches. In this podcast, we discuss the following areas: How to manage the complexity of coaching Your coaching approach must suit the developmental needs of the players How former players can make... MORE
in Podcast, Rugby coaching, Small-sided games, Tips
Dale Sidebottom is a leading motivational instructor and coach educator who works across sport and business. He has inspired plenty of other coach educators to create better environments to maximise learning. In this bumper podcast he shares his methods and some of the best ways to make a real difference in coaching. MORE
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In this deep-thinking, revealing and practical podcast, we discuss...How our thoughts create our experience Is what happened in the past a reliable guide to the future? What to say (and not to say) to players before a big game... MORE
in Girls/Womens, Podcast
Rachel Taylor discusses coaching culture is not what it seems, that coaching women needs a different approach and how to be a more authentic coach. MORE
Keri Lovell, a WRU hub officer, head coach with Vale U15s in the Dewar Shield and working across local schools, describes how he changed his approach to coaching. He tells us how he made a big adjustment after chatting to Russell Earnshaw, and discovered how much more comfortable he could be dealing with the balance between winning and performance. MORE
Katleho Lynch is a South Africa U17s elite development coach. His passionate about defence training U18s teams at schools, plus working with provinces, clubs and universities. He has learned his trade from all parts of the rugby world and brings his energy and purpose into his sessions. In this podcast, he outlines: The key techniques... MORE
Jack Pattinson, academy and DPP coach at London Irish, in the South of England, talks to me about how he plans his coaching and what principles drive his sessions. I challenge him about the balance between skills training and game training, what the future player needs to know and how he measures success. MORE
