EXPERT SESSIONS AND ADVICE FROM QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED GRASSROOTS RUGBY COACHES
These articles look at issues coaches face away from actually playing the game. Players and teams need to well-managed. Disruptive players need to be dealt with in a certain way, you have responsibilities towards the opposition, the league, the referee and the parents. These articles highlight some of the major problems you will face in team management and they offer great advice on how to deal with them.
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Richard Shuttleworth, a top high-performance coach development leader, along with his colleague Professor Keith Davids, suggest that it’s better for players to be challenged in the right environment to see performance improvements. MORE
It’s extremely frustrating when players fail to be attentive in training. They miss vital instructions, make unforced errors or just slow the flow of the session. Here’s a selection of our best ideas. It’s a mix of organising your training and then engaging training activities. MORE
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Your best players need little motivation to get stuck in. If only the whole team was like that. But, for many reasons, it simply doesn’t work out that way. Some players will be average players who will perform well some weeks and other weeks, not seem to care that much. What can you do, or... MORE
Bullying can equally come from a coach, especially when coaching a youth team. Tough coaching might be just bullying. Let’s look at the myths still being disseminated about bullying with young people. By Dr Jennifer Fraser Tough coaching can be confused with motivation. However, it can also become emotional abuse. Bullying can be hard to detect... MORE
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Be the best sports parent you can be. Gordon MacLelland of Working With Parents in Sport helps you understand why good intentions can be bad news and what you can do make your child’s sporting experience a very positive one. Every weekend all over the world millions of parents, children and coaches set off for... MORE
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We all have players who think they know it all or are better than they are. Confidence is not a bad thing, but how we deal with it is crucial. Our guide shows you the best way of making sure egos don’t rule your team. There are two things you must not do when dealing... MORE
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Why not make winning the centre of your coaching philosophy this season? Forget the politically correct nonsense of “development before winning” by focusing on what I call “coach-wins”. Turn every aspect of the game into a competition to improve your squad’s all-round skills and winning mentality. These can be opposed or unopposed but scores should... MORE
in Attack, Defence, Rugby coaching, Rugby drills, Small-sided games, Team Management
Nick Wilkinson was asked to devise a rugby transition programme for a school with 180 new Year 7 children (U12s). He had two days, so split them in half and did the following two-hour session with each group of 90 pupils. As part of my role as the Rugby Development Officer for Sevenoaks Rugby, I... MORE
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Every team has varying player abilities, and you need to keep them involved and interested. You can develop them every session – and here’s how. By Dan Cottrell 01 Games Games are natural discriminators of ability, where each player can find his level. On match days, a scrum half will be a better passer, a... MORE
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A skills coach works with individuals in order to improve technique. With the focus on just a few players this increases the depth of understanding and transfers it to the pitch. Here are 5 ways you can step up your skills coaching: 1. Work to a template Whether you are looking at defence,... MORE
72 of rugby’s tactical concepts in simple, plain language, perfect for anyone who’s ever been stumped by jargon. MORE
Anxious about coaching rugby to children? Maybe you're already coaching, but sometimes struggling to get your points across at training? Perhaps you sometimes simply run out of preparation time? Possibly you're feeling your sessions are getting dull? Do you want a few new skills to boost your player's skills now? Or to help your players develop the techniques for seasons ahead? Maybe even the core skills for their whole rugby playing career? Here's the answer... MORE
Ready-made, age-appropriate, safe training activities, to provide a complete rugby coaching curriculum for players from ages 11 - 16. MORE
