The Magic Academy
John Fletcher, Russell Earnshaw
Supporting coaching wizards! Rusty and Fletch love to hang with rockstars from the coaching world and get them sharing through some pretty cool questions
Episodes
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Sep 10, 2019 • 50min
Season 3 - Episode 8 with Garry Banford
Rusty chats with Garry Banford, ex-Special Forces, culminating in him being senior recruiter for UK Special Forces. Rusty and Garry discuss principles that connect both his world and the world of sport. Amazingly Rusty manages to use the phrase 'killing baddies'.
Aug 28, 2019 • 55min
Season 3 - Episode 6 with Tom McLaughlin
Rusty turns to the world of S&C this week as he chats with Tom McLaughlin, High Performance Manager of Ealing Trailfinders. Some great conversation including top tips for Grass roots coaches on bringing fitness to games! Tom boasts a wealth of experience from working in professional environments such as Bristol, Connaught and Wasps since the genesis of professional rugby!
Aug 20, 2019 • 49min
Season 3 - Episode 5 with Peter Walton
Waited a long time to write this! Fletch catches up with the legend that is Walts down in Malvern after watching some rugby together! This will be essential listening!
Aug 20, 2019 • 59min
Season 3 - Episode 7 with Geoff Webster
Rusty chats with Fiji general manager Geoff Webster
Aug 13, 2019 • 46min
Season 3 - Episode 4 One Year In - With Rusty and Fletch
The lads sit down after a long day at Sedbergh to reminisce and reflect on 1 year of The Magic Academy and the million steps a day that Rusty is currently doing!On the agenda... Rusty's admin, Fletch's work on's and a job application for the Crusaders!
Aug 6, 2019 • 51min
Season 3 - Episode 3 with Crista Cullen
The lads are grafting hard at the famous Sedbergh Camp this week and Rusty took the opportunity to catch up with Crista Cullen, Hockey player, drag flicker, conservationist, coach and living in a house with Fletch and Rusty for 4 days in Sedbergh....oh and by the way its probably cool to mention she's a Triple Olympian,Gold & Bronze Medallist as well as an MBE!
Jul 23, 2019 • 48min
Season 3 - Episode 2 with Shane Fletcher
In this weeks episode - Rusty chats with Canterbury Crusaders Team manager Shane Fletcher.... My favourite expression in this pod...???? "Saturate them with performance"Love Magic Stig
Jul 16, 2019 • 48min
Season 3 - Episode 1 with Andy Plimer
Rusty is in Canada this week and catches up with Andy Plimer, Family man, Rugby coach, Teacher, Twitcher (Life list: 1052) Really bad hockey player, IPA enthusiast & Creator of @RugbyCoachsCn podcast (The second best podcast in the world!)
Jul 9, 2019 • 52min
Season 2 -Episode 23 with Andy Abraham
For our season 2 finale, Rusty chats with Andrew Abraham... Head of Subject at Carnegie School of Sport, nurturer of young coaches, Sunday morning dad (and coach) and Status Quo mega-fan!
Jul 9, 2019 • 1h 18min
Season 2 -Episode 22 with Elliot Newell
Rusty chats with Sports psych Elliot Newell, by his own admission a sucker for a story!! Rusty also claims this is his most favourite podcast yet.....
