The Magic Academy
Supporting coaching wizards! Rusty and Fletch love to hang with rockstars from the coaching world and get them sharing through some pretty cool questions
Latest episodes
Jan 25, 2024 • 55min
Season 11 Episode 2 - Mike Porteous (Confidence)
Mike and Rusty chat all things confidence... What gives you a buzz? When is it hard for you? How does it feel? What milestones might we pass on the way? How can we be mischievous? Who owns the right way? Who do you want to be? Enjoy...
Jan 4, 2024 • 36min
Season 11 - Episode 1 Mike Orchin-McKeever (Energy)
Mike is (just) a PE teacher and rugby coach and chats all things creative coaching, coaching across different environments and growing the game... enjoy!
Aug 20, 2023 • 25min
Series 10 - Episode 20 Fletch and Rusty (the App)
Fletch and Rusty chat skill, levels, connecting player-parent-coach, coaching contact, coach development and being more like Finn... enjoy!
Jul 30, 2023 • 45min
Series 10 - Episode 19 Dave Sharkey (the three-peat)
Sharks returns to chat all things theming, lifting the lid on La Rochelle in Europe, totems, experiments and making them wait... enjoy!
Jul 1, 2023 • 1h 30min
Series 10 - Episode 18 Andy Abraham (Concepts)
Andy returns to the pod having coached community rugby for the past 11 years alongside his role as Head of Subject at Leeds Beckett... he shares the 11 concepts that helped him the most with his coaching... from simplifying to scaffolding to SOL to planning to athlete engagement... enjoy!
Jun 19, 2023 • 46min
Season 10 - Episode 17 Caspar Berry (Decision-making)
Ex-poker player and Cambridge Economist Caspar and Rusty chat all things decision-making... knowing your opponent, missing bets, data and emotions, neutral reviews, interdependence and the J-curve... enjoy!
Jun 5, 2023 • 44min
Series 10 - Episode 16 Kieran Hallett (Super Rugby)
Kieran and Rusty chat all things Super Rugby after his sabbatical from Leinster to the Rebels... coaching, co-coaching, pathways, what he's learned... enjoy!
May 29, 2023 • 57min
Series 10 -Episode 15 Jack Moran (Curriculum)
Jack and Rusty sparked by a WhatsApp group chat on curriculum chew the fat on what it could mean, the purpose, the what and the how with (hopefully) some practical ideas to bring it to life... enjoy!
May 23, 2023 • 52min
Series 10 Episode 14 - Adam and Maarten (Play)
Adam and Maarten catch up with Rusty after their play workshop for rugby coaches and chat Elmo and Grover, changing the brain, setting the room to 0, basic human needs, noticing skills, feeling the difference, DJ’ing the room, bravery, sneaky experiments and impact and the ripple effect... enjoy! Find them at https://theplayfuluniversity.co.uk
May 13, 2023 • 1h 1min
Series 10 - Episode 13 Andy Longley (Leadership Development)
Andy Longley (Coach Up) and Rusty chat leadership development for coaches, popping a lung, the Barbarians tour to Germany, ex-players as coaches, scanning the room and high performance... enjoy!
