Rugby Coach Weekly Chicken or the egg: Games before skills or vice versa
Sep 1, 2019
43:47
Jack Pattinson, academy and DPP coach at London Irish, in the South of England, talks to me about how he plans his coaching and what principles drive his sessions.
I challenge him about the balance between skills training and game training, what the future player needs to know and how he measures success.
We discuss:
- The difference between coaching grassroots and academy rugby
- How he helps players love the game
- How do we measure success in our coaching
- Creating World Class young mean and what that means for a 15 year old
- What are the primary principles of the London Irish academy
- Should we be coaching players for what the game might look like in five years’ time
- Why a coach needs to more than a “catch-pass” teacher
- What a plan looks like, and how much it might change
- Free play – how to incorporate it into sessions so it adds value
- A destination for your coaching plan
- The chicken or the egg – do you coach the game and then see what skills are needed or vice versa
- How new rules changes can create a better game
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