Which player am I picking on?
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Dan chats with Dave Ellis, who has coached Super Rugby with the Blues, at Connacht with Pam Lam, as well as working with New Zealand rugby as a resource coach. MORE
Ask RCW: How do we improve our scanning
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Dan with Gary Townsend, the Bristol Bears Junior Academy Manager, chat about a question from coach Renzo Vedovelli on scanning. Renzo runs an U15s team, and his 9, 10 and 15 tend to look into the ball rather than at the opportunities. MORE
How to lead like Razor, Wayne, Robbie, Kieran and...
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Dan talks to two key people from the Crusaders Coaching Leadership Programme™: Crusaders International Academy Manager Grant Keenan, and Kaila Colbin, CEO of Crusaders leadership training partner Boma. They share their experience of working with the 13-time Super Rugby winners from New Zealand, and how the team has built their culture and environment MORE
Why we should coach to tackle higher, not lower,...
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Dan Cottrell speaks to Inside Running Academy boss, Mike Rogers. Mike, who's just finished a season in the US MLR with the New England Free Jacks talks openly about his experience coaching in both his homeland of New Zealand and the States. There is a very moving passage where we discuss vulnerability and authenticity. Mike's message about his relationship with rugby and his family will strike many chords with coaches. MORE
Ask RCW: Struggling to run our backs moves in...
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Dan is joined by Gary Townsend, the Bristol Bears Junior Academy Manager to chat about Mark Poole's question about his colts team. They are struggling to implement their backs moves and shape in matches, despite training going well and skills levels remaining high. MORE
Large group coaching and giving kids a better chance...
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Dan Cottrell chats to Owen Woods, Community Rugby Coach for Gosport & Fareham RFC. Owen was previously in the Air Force for 4½ years and then the police for 17 years. In June 2021 he started up his full-time role to promote rugby and its core values, the vision being to put the club and values at the heart of the community. He has coached his son's rugby team for the last six years. He is a level 2 coach, a qualified referee working in schools in the local community delivering rugby sessions to children from 7 to 13. MORE
Create traditions with your teams
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Dan chats with former Fiji captain Deacon Manu, who's now coaching in Singapore. Deacon has traveled the rugby world, representing Fiji and the Maori All Blacks, as well as playing for Waikato Chiefs and the Blues in Super Rugby and then for the Scarlets in Wales. They chat about the coaches he's experienced and now coaching with developing players and new players to the game. MORE
Why and how you must change your coaching style
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Dan chats to Kevin Mulcahey about his experiences coaching both novices and experts and how you need to change to meet their needs. MORE
Brutally honest and why that makes sense
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Dan chats to Jacob Ford about his remarkable journey to becoming Bury St Edmonds RFC and Ipswich School's director of rugby at the age of just 23. The topics covered included: The best way to speak to players to allow them to grow What makes the players respect a coach What efficiency in training and a game looks like Being mentored by your dad (Mike Ford, former England and Bath coach) The differences and similarities between coaching professional players and school players Should bench players get paid the same as the starters Working with players who are older than you Developing a style of play that suits your team Can a coach make excuses for a poor performance MORE
Simple ways to influence the mind of the player
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Dan Cottrell chats to top sports psychologist Dan Abrahams about how even non-expert coaches can make a difference in their players' mindset. Dan Abrahams is the author of four best-selling sports psychology books and is the founder of both the Dan Abrahams Soccer Academy and The Sport Psych Show podcast. MORE
