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 are delighted to host the guys from Eighty Percent Mental to run their own version of the Haunted House, where coaches have to say how they will deal with tough situations. Considerations of transitioning young athletes into a senior team with a drinking culture. Well-meaning, mean folks. How to deal with abusive people who are overly involved in training or the club. Racism and activism, managing differences of opinion in a club. Fat fellas or Fines. Which is the scourge of professional rugby. MORE
Liza “Bird” Burgess and LJ Lewis discuss a round of questions about the practicalities of the game. In this episode, they are with Kim Oliver. Kim is currently in her fourth season as head coach at Premiership team Bristol Women's team. She won 43 caps for England as a centre, worked as a community coach with Bath, spent two years in Gibraltar as a rugby development officer. MORE
Try this fun game to help players work on defensive organisation. By forming a physical defence chain, players work together to stop attackers from scoring. This game also helps attackers identify gaps on the wings and learn to execute opportunities. It develops an idea from Andrew Drayton who coaches Credition girls, Devon. MORE
In episode 3, Dr Anna Stodter and Dr Ed Hall give Jess Bunyard and listeners a tutorial in all things coach development and learning. The group tackle: what effective reflection as a coach looks like, diversity within coach education what the future holds for coach education. Whether you want to discover what it takes to research coach education or how to make your coach learning better for you, this is the pod for you. MORE
Liza Bird Burgess and LJ Lewis discuss a round of questions about the practicalities of the game. In this episode, they are with Tania Rosser. Tania won more than 50 caps for Ireland, is a level 4 coach, plus played international netball and touch rugby. New Zealand born, she featured in three world cups for Ireland. She currently coaches the Clontarf J1 men's team, while working as a primary school teacher. MORE
"If you can't connect with people don't expect to make a change" WARNING: This podcast does include swearing. Johnny O'Connor is a strength and conditioning coach with Connacht Rugby. He previously played for the province as well as Wasps and Ireland. MORE
