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Send us a textHost Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guests:Ed Hall, researcher and lecturer at Northumbria University, Ryan Thomas, lecturer at Plymouth Marjon University and Adam Nichol, teaching fellow at Durham University, coach with Northumberland Cricket board and Coach develop with the ECB.    The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.This week's content:Remember The Titans – Available on Disney+‘Handshakes, BBQ’s & Bullets’ - Paul Potrac, (2013)Leadership Contemporary Critical Perspectives - Brigid Carroll, Jackie Ford and Scott TaylorSUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDSport Coaching Cultures – Robyn Jones, Kathleen Armour and Paul Potrac Notes on a Nervous Planet – Matt HaigThe Sociology of Sports Coaching – Robyn JonesConstraints Based Methodologies in Sports Coaching -  Keith Davids and ColleaguesDon't Tell Me The Score with Rupert Spira – hosted by Simon MundieThe Lamentable Lemmings of Talent Development – Stuart ArmstrongPlaying The 'Big Moments' – Rich HudsonTo find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer, there's a great webinar coming up: FIND OUT MORE HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us a textIn this episode of the Women's Rugby Coaching podcast, Jess Bunyard is joined by Vicky Alexander. Vicky has a number of rugby roles including Petersfield RFC Senior Men’s Coach and Cobham Girl’s Rugby Lead. The episode discusses Vicky's coaching work at Cobham including recognising and supporting female players with their mental health. As well as detailing her own experiences, Vicky has advice for other coaches and clubs wishing to better support players' mental wellness. Jess and Vicky also chat about Girls Rugby Club and plans for their first session back after lockdown.  To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer, there's a great webinar coming up: FIND OUT MORE HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us a textDan catches up with one of the leading lights of ecological dynamics, Rob Gray.Rob is professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. In the coaching world, he is better known for the Perception and Action podcast.I ask Rob to give us a basic guide to what is meant by ecological dynamics and perception-action coupling in a sporting context. It includes an outline of how the constraints-led approach gives the players opportunities to develop.The discussion moves around the following topics:How does our training sessions need to adjust?What are we doing already which is probably effective, though we didn't know?How do we coach areas of the game which need players to have a safe understanding of the movements involved?How would you coach place-kicking and how do we add pressure effectively.In a team context, how does a constraints-led approach work?How close to the real game do we need to get, and conversely, how far away can we get too?To find out more about Rob's extensive work and research go to perceptionaction.comTo find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer, there's a great webinar coming up: FIND OUT MORE HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us a textHost Phil Llewellyn with guests discuss the current state of the game in this Roundup Rodeo 'Special' This week's guests:Alan Zondagh, former director of rugby Bulls Rugby Franchise (South Africa),  director of rugby Saracens, head coach London Scottish, head coach Western Province, head coach and director of coaching at Eastern Province and director of coaching Western Province, South Africa. Ian Costello, currently Wasps Rugby defence and kicking coach, formerly Nottingham Rugby head coach and Munster Rugby senior and academy coach.Nick Wood, currently master-in-charge of rugby at Radley College, Premiership official and citing officer for the RFU.  To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer, there's a great webinar coming up: FIND OUT MORE HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us a textEpisode 3 features Mark and Rob Shotton, two of the founder members of LooseHeadz, the rugby apparel brand supporting mental health through a group of high profile ambassadors and a grassroots academy. We are joined by Elliott Blackmore, a social, emotional & mental health specialist teacher and highly experienced rugby coach, including coaching in the Saracens Developing Player Pathway.Conversation includes;The automatic association of mental health is bad, so how we can promote good mental health How easy it is to reach out and help people How we can support our players on their return to rugby after such a long break Who will struggle more? A relatively new player? Or those far up the ladder..? The parent / child, coach / player relationship Being kindLooseHeadz can be found at https://looseheadz.co.uk All profits from apparel sales are reinvested into raising awareness of mental health.To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer, there's a great webinar coming up: FIND OUT MORE HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us a textHost Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guests:Rosie Collins, sport and exercise psychology consultant with GreyMatters, senior lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, Serena MacLeod, sport and exercise psychology consultant with Leyton Orient WFC and Oxford University through Optimise Potential and Alex Stoyel, sport and exercise psychology consultant with Optimise Potential. The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.This week's content:Striving for excellence: A multi-action plan intervention model for shooters – Bortolo et al, (2012)Guardiola has made me think Spurs shouldn’t have sacked Pochettino – The Athletic, Jack Pitt-Brooke What the All Blacks can teach athletes about accepting mental vulnerability – The ConversationSUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDLuke Shaw opens up about Mental Health – ManUtd.comInvisible Women – Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - Caroline Criado PerezThe Happiness Trap: Evolution of the Human Mind – Dr Russ HarrisThe Decline of Play – Peter Gray, TEDxCoach Conversation on Transition – UK Coaching Nick Levett and Jenny CoadyExuberant Animal – The power of Health, Play and Joyful Movement – Frank ForencichTo find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer, there's a great webinar coming up: FIND OUT MORE HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us a textBird and LJ welcome Vicky Macqueen.Vicky, who received a British Empire Medal for services to sport, was an England international with 34 caps, plus also representing England at 7s.She has coach men's rugby with Hinkley, was director of women's rugby at Loughborough University, as well as coaching at Lichfield Women.In 2015 she founded didi Rugby UK and now has franchises across the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Italy.She has also featured as a radio commentator at Women's World Cups and on Leicester Tigers games.Here are the questions we asked her:Talk is through your coaching and playing journey.What made you leave teaching and set up didi Rugby?What have been your biggest learning points since starting up your business?What advice would you give to anyone wishing to do this?What has been the biggest impact of didi Rugby, on young children and any young coaches involved? When working with young children, what would you say are the most important skills to develop? What has been your most amusing moment working with young children? Do you find any similarities when coaching children or adults?How do you differentiate the sessions for 18 months to 6 yr olds?What skills from your teaching have you found most useful when coaching? How do you ensure learning occurs when planning a session for young children? You have an extremely successful franchise in England how easy was it to set up in NZ, Italy and Australia? What was it like receiving your BEM?What has been the proudest moment of your rugby career? How have you adapted during lockdown? What’s next for you? Click on the link to find out more about didi Rugby.To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer, there's a great webinar coming up: FIND OUT MORE HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us a textHost Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guests:Emma Taylor, head coach Stamford women and girls, American Football coach and trainee energy psychologist, Matt Coldrey, programme manager of the sports coaching degree at Hartpury College and Emma Humes, primary PE teacher, netball and tennis coach .The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.This week's content:Using failure, movement & balance to learn faster. Podcast #7 – Huberman Lab (Video version https://youtu.be/hx3U64IXFOY)PE: More than Sport – Lewis Keens Balance is Better Philosophy – Sport NZ SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDThe creative brilliance of dyslexi Tedxbrighton - Tedx talks – Kate GriggsThe Power of Vulnerability – Brene Brown Sevens Heaven – Ben RyanTo find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer, there's a great webinar coming up: FIND OUT MORE HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us a textSi Nainby deep dives with Pete Arnott. Pete is a golf coach with a research interest in skill acquisition.In this episode we discuss:What is skill and what does it mean to be skilful?Why did coaching become so de-contextualised?Simplification not Decomposition - why we should build skills by simplifying tasks rather than breaking down techniques.The issues around de-contextualising practice by using artificial coaching tools such as a lineout net or a bowling machine.The concept of Haptic Touch or Extended Mind Theory and how de-contextualised practice can be helpful in building attunement.Pete's approach to introducing novices to a sport and how he builds relationships.How to identify "Rate Limiters" with intermediate players: the key things that will most quickly improve their game.What role does the player's intuition play in the coaching process?How walking a mile in your player's shoes (figuratively) helps co-creation of great practice environments.How consequences can have a huge impact on development - Ed Coughlan, https://twitter.com/DrSkillAcq, has been a big help to Pete in his work on individualising consequences.How Pete uses the Constraints Led Approach - learnings from his biggest mistakes.Using sounds, rhythms and verbal cues to influence sessions.The impact of technology and data in coaching.How Pete uses video review.Pete's new project - Train like a Tiger - lessons from Tiger Woods developmentLinks to books and videos mentioned:9mins 30s - Inside the All Blacks by Robin McConnell - https://amzn.to/39MeyP216mins - Cristiano Ronaldo Documentary - https://youtu.be/4achmhzLNoY16mins 50s - Jennie Finch strikes out Albert Pujols - https://youtu.be/gm9iZnqGMvY18mins 30s - Ross Pinder Paper on Bowling Machine Technique - http://bit.ly/PinderBowlingMachineResearch20mins 50s - Andy Clark Extended Mind Theory - http://bit.ly/ExtendedMindTheory47mins 30s - How Wolves change rivers - https://youtu.be/ysa5OBhXz-Q55mins 25s - Will Stubbs - https://twitter.com/WillStubbs159mins - The Pressure Principle by Dave Alred - https://amzn.to/36HTqrj59mins 45s - The Checklist Manifesto - https://amzn.to/3cAWvx01hr 20mins 50s - The Language of Coaching: The Art & Science of Teaching Movement by Nick Winkleman -https://amzn.to/39POP841hr 37mins - Elite coaching and the technocratic engineer by Shaun Williams & Andrew Manley -http://bit.ly/TechnocratEngineerAlso - ‘We’re not run on Numbers, We’re People, We’re Emotional People’ by Shaun Williams & Andrew Manley -http://bit.ly/WeArePeopleNotNumbers1hr 37mins 45s - The Hawthorne Effect - To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer, there's a great webinar coming up: FIND OUT MORE HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us a textHost Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guests:Laurie MacDonald, Coach Developer for Sport Scotland and Coaching Discourse Podcast Co-host, Chloe Brown, Head of Girls Talent Pathway Northamptonshire FA, Peterborough United Ladies Assistant Manager and FA Tutor and Ellie Gennings, Lecturer at the University of Winchester and PhD student studying the impact of outdoor physical activity on children's well being. The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.This week's content:Coach Communication with Stephen Rollnick – Player Development Podcast www.stormbreak.org.uk – Take a step to better physical and mental healthSUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDDetermining the role of sport coaches in promoting athlete mental health: a narrative review and Delphi approach – Bissett, Kroshus, Hebard, (2020)Motivational Interviewing – Stephen RollnickThe Developer Tribe – Russell Earnshaw with Tim JonesCoach-a-long social – UK Sport Coach Conversation - with Nick Levett and Jenny CoadyAllianz Premier 15s Match Footage – England Rugby YouTubeTo find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer, there's a great webinar coming up: FIND OUT MORE HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!