Rugby Coach Weekly

Send us a textTalking with experienced grassroots Chris Sweetapple, we look at a recent session he's run using a Rugby Coach Weekly activity. This episode is about "defence zone" which was the game activity as part of the practice plan, Standing in the tackle.We also discuss, and not necessarily agree (!) on the following questions: "Who are we doing this for?" and "How do development and results coaches get along?"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 textTim Ravenscroft, lead coach for his U12’s team in Bristol and also Sector Head Age Grade Rugby at Gloucestershire RFU discusses how coaching and fixtures are changing for the better at age group rugby.Tim tells us about:Curry nights for coaches and light bulb momentsLetting players play different sports – and hard choicesHelping coaches find better ways to engage with their playersNew ideas for better fixtures for playersThe pressure for cups and success against the reasons to play in teamsTo 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 textFor more than a quarter of a century, international sports performance coach Wayne Goldsmith has influenced the coaching, thinking and teaching of some of the world’s leading athletes, coaches and teams.His client list has included the Super Rugby Teams the ACT Brumbies, Western Force and Queensland Reds, the Wallabies / Rugby Australia, the NZRU / New Zealand Rugby Union High Performance Unit, NRL teams the Sydney Roosters, Wests Tigers and Gold Coast Titans, AFL teams the North Melbourne Kangaroos and Brisbane Lions and Tennis Australia / Australian Open Grand Slam Tournament.Wayne has also worked with numerous Olympic teams including the Australian Swimming, Triathlon and Diving teams. He was a keynote speaker at the 2018 IRB World In Union Conference in NZ and is a current member of the National Rugby League’s Coach Development Advisory team.In this podcast we discuss:How to observe a team more effectivelyWhat interventions work with the most difficult playersWhat a great player does more than just a talented playerWhy we want “pigs” not “chickens”What coaches need to change about themselvesWhy values need to be more than just posters on the wallTo 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 textI was delighted to catch up with Ed Robinson, attack coach with the Jersey Reds. His team had just served up a fantastic try in the English second tier competition, which went onto win Skys Sports 2018 try of the year.I spoke to him to find out some of the background behind the try. And I found myself immersed in a great journey and really challenged to rethink some of my own thoughts.In this insightful podcast find out:Why big life decisions don’t need to be risksHow players can make 500-1000 touches on the ball every dayChallenging the players so they become rugby players making rugby decisionsThe surprising background to the 2018 Sky Sports try of the yearWhat training might look like to create tries from your own lineHow to analyse in-game without the need for videoPlanning for dreamsWhat makes better players even better playerWhy I might need to rethink my views on age and coaching the basicsTo 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 textWhat changes when you do a Level 1 course. How has your "language" in coaching change. Top tips on using demonstrations in trainingWhat gets players back - not making fun "silly"What does engaging the players look likeWhen do you drill the playersHow long before new players can play contactAt what age do players start to think "team"How do parents react to equal playing timeHow do you deal with poor answers to your coaching questionsWhat do you do if the session hasn't workedHow do you play wizard touchHow can a nervous coach open up to the coaching communityHow do you make praise make a real differenceTo 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 welcomes IRFU head of coaching and coach development Colin Moran to the podcast to discuss how best to keep players in love with 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 textSimon Nainby, an experienced S&C coach, coaching consultant and rugby coach, talks about how to give autonomy to your players, the power of stories, what is meant by action bias and why taking a netball team changed his approach to coaching 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 textTo 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 textGiles Heagerty, who runs the rugby at a busy school, plus is head coach of England Counties U18 and also Waterloo Ladies, shares his insights.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 textDr Suzanne Brown explains to Dan Cottrell how to understand the way players' minds work so you can coach them more effectivelyTo 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!