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Send us a textThis week in the first-ever Breaking The Pane podcast Jess Bunyard is joined by Lichfield Ladies Head Coach Maria Crowfoot and UK Coaching's Coach Developer Jenny Coady. The team discuss the recent BBC Sport survey into the social media abuse and sexism experienced by elite British sportswomen. One striking result to emerge from the survey was that 65% of the athletes had suffered from sexism but only 10% felt comfortable enough to report it. The team also share some of their own personal horror stories and discuss how the sports community can make progress into an accepting and diverse landscape.Read more about the survey here:https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/53593459https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/53593465Contact the team:@RugbyCoachJess@MariaCrowfoot7@JennyCoady10To 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 Cottrell catches up with John Widdowson, described by Phil Llewellyn as the coach observer he is most scared of...in a good way.John is a Match Official Development Officer for the RFU. He is a RFU level 4 coaching qualification and has been a pathway coach and age-grade coach. He is also a World Rugby Trainer/RFU Senior Developer/ Mentor delivering a full range of CPD Coach/Referee education courses and support services. And he is currently a PhD student with the University of Edinburgh.We discussed the following areas:What does the Match Official Development exactly do?What can coaches do better in their interactions with referees?What makes John's questions so "scary"?What can we do more efficiently on our coaching courses?What's the PhD research and how can we help?If you want to drop John a line, his email is: john.widdowson@hotmail.co.ukTo 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 Danny Milton, Darren Fearn and Will Garnett review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.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:The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact – By Dan HeathThe High Performance Podcast – Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes talk with Shaun WaneEleven Rings – By Phil JacksonWHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDThe Sports Performance Show – Dan Abrahams Sports Psychology and CoachingThe Magic Academy – Rusty talks with Jeremy HoltThe Sports Psych Show – Joan Ryan – Team ChemistryWay of Champions  - Be the Best Player for the Team, not the Best Player on The Team: A Conversation with 4x Olympian Bo HansonCOMING UPThe Magic Academy – Redundancy Support Webinar with Lucy Moore and Alex Stacey. Thursday 20th August 7pm (hosted on the Coach Development Platform on Coach Logic)UK Coaching Curious Coaches Club – Coaching 5-8s the nature of little ones Monday, 17th August 14:15 – 15:15Inspiring Coaching – Brian Ashton Webinar. Wednesday, 19th August 19:00Nicholas Anelka Documentary on Netflix – Anelka: MisunderstoodThe Test on Amazon PrimeRadical Cander – Kim ScottThree team and organisational culture myths and their consequences for sporTo 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 Cottrell speaks to Jess Bunyard, Andy Stevens and Jamie Green about their approaches to Return to Play.Jess is director of women and girls rugby and RDO at Huddersfield YMCA RFC. Andy is chair of mini and juniors at Ellingham and Ringwood RFC. Jamie is director of rugby at Royston RFC. They all coach across a wide range of age groups.I asked them the following questions:What's exciting you most about returning to coach, not just RTP?What are the main challenges for your players in RTP...and your solutions?Should we be concerned about potential modifications to the game on our RTP?We hope we have become leaner coaches with all this time to reflect. What have you cut from your coaching diet and what's replaced it?Return to contact...what does this look like for your teams?What do you think rugby will look like come September...Three links mentioned in the podcast:The Roundup Rodeo: Reviews of podcasts and webinars with Phil LlewellynDave Sharkey: The power of storiesThe Magic Academy: A huge catalogue of interviews with a wide range of top coachesTo 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 Giselle Mather and Jo Yapp review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.The team pick out the key takeaways from each episode and how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.This week:The Sports Psych Show - Lisa Alexander - Reflections on Developing a World-Class Winning Coaching Programme Don't tell me the Score with Simon Mundy – Interview with Cath BishopWHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDWay of Champions  - How to Overcome Disruption and Build More Team Unity with Dr Wade Gilbert and Dr Jerry LynchThe Magic Academy – Rusty talks with James Gee  Don't tell me the Score with Simon Mundy – Interview with Sam AllardyceThe Sports Initiative Podcast with Michael Wright – Interview with Danny TalbotDon't tell me the Score with Simon Mundy – Interview with Mel MarshallThe Sports Psych Show - Dr Scott Goldman Interviews Dan AbrahamsCOMING UPThe Sports Psych Show - Dr Natalie Campbell - Pop Psychology Friday 7th AugustUK Coaching Curious Coaches Club - The New Season Ahead (Return to Training and Competition after COVID 19) Monday, 10 August 14:15 - 15:15UK Coaching Workshop - Understanding Unconscious Bias Wednesday 12th Aug 09:30 – 11:00To 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 delivers a two-part podcast with Mark Williams. He is interim Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach for Basketball England, a Lecturer in Sports Science and former Head of S&C for GB Basketball & Southend United FC. 1. The commute: Some quickfire takeawaysMark's story from semi-pro rugby player to a professional S&C coachLessons from the Covid lockdown The value in focussing on the basics of movement2. The Deep DiveThe story behind Mark's PhD and why player autonomy became central to his thinkingThe Paradox of S&C - How can the controlled environment of the gym carry over to the chaos of sport?Completing the circle - Marks' evolution of thinking, from questioning the importance of S&C to the role he now sees it playing in developing playersA note from Si:At the end, we talk about degeneracy and I had redundancy on my brain, as I'd been reading about it that day, and gave the wrong definition. This is what I should have said: Degeneracy is the ability of elements that are structurally different to perform the same function or yield the same output.LINKS FROM THE PODCASTBasketball England 8 week Athletic Development Program Basketball England Parkour VideosTom Farrow YouTube Robin Eager RFU VIDEOSDan Cleather bookTo 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 Aaron James, James Farndon and Paul Baty review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.The team pick out the key takeaways from each episode and how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.The main three reviews are:English Rugby Shake-up – News articleBen Mercer - Fringes: Life on the Edge of Professional RugbyMan Down: The Anti-Man-Up Movement - Jamie Clements talks Positive Masculinity with Dr Dan GuinnessCOMING UPUK Coaching - Back To Coaching: Teaching Games For Understanding - Tom Hartley Friday 7th August – 12 - 1pmThe Sports Coaching Podcast - Contextual Interference - with Dan WalkerRio Ferdinand and Owen Farrell | Talking mental health for Heads Up #SoundOfSupportWalker Talks Coaching Podcast By Dan Walker - Andi Manley: Resilience, Soft Skills & Setting StandardsTo 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 textLiza Bird Burgess and LJ Lewis discuss a round of questions about the practicalities of the game. In this episode, they are with Exeter Chiefs director of rugby, Susie Appleby.Susie played over 50 times for England. She was assistant coach to the England women's sevens team and coached Gloucester-Hartbury Ladies in the Premiership until the end of the 2020 season.In this episode, they discuss the following:How do you prioritise what to focus on when pulling a new squad together?What will the first session look like when players are back in trainingHow can you use 7s' drills/skills to upskill 15s players?With a renewed focus and clarity around the breakdown, do you think we can learn from sevens when approaching training in this area of the game?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 Harry Jones and Simon Leader review some of the many great podcasts and webinars from the last week.The team pick out the key takeaways from each episode and how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.The main two reviews are:Julie Rice on The Creation of SoulCycle and The Importance of CommunityThe Score Takes Care of Itself – Bill Walsh, My Philosophy of LeadershipONES YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDThe Sports Coaching Podcast - Geometry & the eco-system, tactical concepts & coaching practice in football - with Peter PrickettDan Abrahams talk with Rory Mack and Andrew Wood - Communication for ChangeThe Sports Initiative Podcast - Takumi Nishida (Japan 7s S+C Coach)Training Ground Guru Podcast - Nick Cox - Youth development the Man Utd wayThe Rebel Movement Blog - PhD PodcastWalker Talks Coaching Podcast - Dan Walker is joined by Gerwyn GriffithsCOMING UPLessons in Leadership & Learning  Episode 5 – George Ross talks with Phil Llewellyn(I promise I'll stop plugging myself soon! Honest!) Out on Monday 27th JulyUK Coaching - Athlete A documentary - Implications for CoachesMonday 27th Jul 2020, 2:15pm - 3:15pmTo 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 Cottrell finally corals the RCW Round-Up Rodeo host Phil Llewellyn into his own round-up as they delve into the detail of Phil's thoughts on coaching. After interviewing over 40 coaches in the last three months for his show, it was time to put Phil into the hot seat.They explore:Can sevens training and tournaments work for all levels and types of playerHow "jargon" can be used effectively, and made relevantThe pros and cons of ex-players moving straight into coachingWhat is meant by "exciting" rugby to watchShould a coach know a lot about a little or a little about a lotPhil has worked in Player Development for both England and Ireland Rugby and is a former national league head coach with Hinckley RFC. He has recently returned from coaching and coach development work in Canada. This season, amongst other things, he will be studying for a Masters in Sports Coaching and coaching the Oxford University Women's team.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!