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 great coaches
Different language and outcomes for different players
What are the best ways we can intervene into coaching situations
The importance of using delayed feedback
Why “drills” (not his word!) can play an important role in skill development
How a tackle pad is still valid for contact work, but in the right context
He challenges himself, says we need to challenge ourselves and always make coaching interventions for a specific reason, not just because we’ve seen someone else do it.
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