Mark Bennett MBE, a leading coach and coach developer, explains how he helps coaches to help players to think for themselves. He has very powerful methods to work across all levels of the game, to suit the player in front of you.
In this podcast, we explored these areas:
What is meant by a coachable player
How to make players think for themselves
What tools to use, with players and with coaches
The rule of three – how it is for you, not for them
What to set as targets so there are intrinsic
How to work with mixed ability groups
Creating Ninjas in your coaching world
Mark is a former British Commando and senior instructor with the Army Physical Training Corps. He has had over 30 years of practice and research into developing his coaching and learning consultancy, Performance Development Systems (PDS).
He currently works as a consultant, coach trainer and mentor with various professional and national sport organizations, teams and universities around the world, as well as schools and community sports.
For more information and to contact him to see if he can help you, visit:
Dan catches up England's new defence coach, Australian former rugby league player and top level RL coach, Anthony Seibold. Now taking a short break at home after helping England with their unbeaten autumn campaign, Anthony chats to Dan about the following:
How Eddie Jones wanted Anthony look at England's defence, and other teams.
How to beat a blitz defence.
Using "big rocks" as a basis for training.
How to breakdown a good kick-chase team, like the Springboks.
Using small-sided games in training.
An example of a kick-chase game you can use.
When to work on technical skills in a busy week of training.
What to observe in training to make a difference.
Using elements of Doug Lemov's guidance on session design.
The analogy of 10 tennis balls, and how it can help create clarity in your team.
How to be curious, and how to make it work for you. MORE
Dan Cottrell speaks to Ryan Martin about his journey to attack coach with Super Rugby team, the Melbourne Rebels.
Ryan started out with Otago U10s, working his way up through the pro-game, including coaching with the New England Freejacks in the US pro-league.
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Dan Cottrell catches up with one of the leading researchers on using games in training, Shane Pill. Shane is Associate Professor in Physical Education and Sport at Flinders University, Australia, a practising coach, coach developer and author of many papers around sports coaching. A list of some of his most recent work is below this post. MORE
Dan Cottrell speaks to awarding winning coaches Dan Lycett and Ross Williams about their approach to coaching. Dan is head of PE and Sport and Ross is head of Athletic Development at St David's College, in North Wales.
They've won the Independent Schools Association award for outstanding sport (small school) and been nominated for the Independent Schools Association award for innovation, recognising their provision during lockdown.
We chat about how they have introduced a more ecological approach to their coaching, allowing their players to find meaning and have a more self-determined approach. MORE
Dan speaks to RFU national panel referee Adam Wookey about age grade tackle height changes, ball carrier height laws plus the new 50:22 and drop outs instead of 5m scrums being trialled at international rugby. MORE
Dan speaks to Bristol Bears defence coach, Omar Mouneimne.
Omar has coached with the Springbok 7s, the Sharks and Stomers Super Rugby teams, the Italian national team, Stade Francais, Edinburgh, Worcester Warriors as well as plenty of consultancy work. MORE
