Liza Burgess talks to LJ Lewis about her Level 4 journey so far. LJ is the forwards coach for Tyrrells Premiership team, Gloucester Hartpury, and former player with Loughborough.
Here are some of the highlights:
Understand the person to help develop them into a better player
Find out what you’re passionate about in the game and learn as much as you can about it
Talk and ask questions of other coaches to develop your knowledge
Understand what you’re trying to get across to the players and what you want them to achieve
Use a variety of methods to deliver content, for example, iPhones to record, peer coaching and self-feedback
We spend so much time on coaching the usual suspects of technical, tactical and conditioning, that we can not spend enough time on the unusual suspects. MORE
This summer I was invited down to meet up with the West Swansea Hawks teams and coaches. They are a Welsh Rugby Union girls rugby hub in west Wales, operating with U8s, U9s, U11s, U13, U15 and U18s in the summer months. MORE
Use this long passing drill to help player embed the technique of passing deep. That means, pulling the pass back and therefore away from the defence to a player who is deeper. The exercise challenges the players to work off both hands, so they are plenty of repetitions. MORE
Andy Hamilton, long-time editor of top sports training magazine, Peak Performance, outlines the importance of recovery, and how you can help your players to recover more effectively. MORE
Here’s a simple 3 v 2 exercise, where the attackers and defenders run to the corners of the box before turning to play. Got to love the invention of the first receiver! Put attackers and defenders at the edge and middle of a large box, say 15m square. Have three attackers with one ball... MORE
In a highly energetic podcast, inspirational coach and educator, Craig Gunn completely messes up my idea of a structure to develop some brilliant ideas for better coaching. We venture into session design, how to maintain control and where coaches sometimes lose sight of the real goals of a session.
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