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
Jun 21, 2022 • 1h 7min
Series 9 - Episode 18 Dr Katie Fitton Davies (Motivation)
Katie and Rusty chew the fat on all things motivation, opening a can of worms regarding different types of motivation, rewards and consequences and coaching skills... enjoy!
Jun 7, 2022 • 1h 3min
Series 9 - Episode 17 Sarah Murray (Psych smoothie)
Rusty and Sarah Murray discuss psychology in coaching including spending time doing me-search, well-being and performance, intent for inaction, Melchester Rovers and turning the fruit bowl into a smoothie... enjoy!
May 7, 2022 • 57min
Series 9 - Episode 16 Mike Rogers (Coach learning)
Mike chats with Rusty about how we could fail faster as coaches, sharing his best (and worst) coaching experiences on a journey including Mitre 10, Women's Super Rugby and now in the MLR with the New England Free Jacks. Enjoy!
May 2, 2022 • 1h 1min
Series 9 - Episode 15 Ross Munro (The Path is the Goal)
Ross returns to the pod 1091 days and chats how how his thinking about coaching has changed again and helped him move his business forward. They chat all things being kind to yourself, boundaries, staying in the moment, rescuing people, recruiting rockstars, Bernard Jackman and AB Zondagh. Enjoy!Original blog: https://rossrugby.co.za/2017/09/after-10-years-of-coaching-heres-what-i-think-i-know/Latest blog:https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6914139281896747008/
Feb 6, 2022 • 1h 4min
Series 9 Episode 14 - Euan Mackintosh (Opportunity)
Rusty and Euan explore the role of opportunity (and luck) in his journey from Scotland to NZ and back again via France, Australia and China for the Olympics. Enjoy!
Jan 30, 2022 • 37min
Series 9 - Episode 13 Zane Winslade (Mental skills for kids)
Rusty and Zane chat about the 'Mental Toughness Journal', its origins and its impact. Available on https://www.flowsport.co.nz Enjoy!
Jan 6, 2022 • 55min
Series 9 - Episode 12 Craig White (Love)
Rusty explores the journey Whitey has taken from serial trophy winner at Leicester, Wasps, Wales and the Lions to the search to love yourself and find joy in life. A must listen! Find him at www.menwithoutmasks.com and craigwhitementoring.com
Nov 24, 2021 • 58min
Series 9 Episode 11 -Andy Lockwood (Culture)
The man the legend behind Rugby Vacancies joins Rusty to chat all things culture and shares his 3 key principles for developing it in teams and how that might be relevant to the teams you coach. Oh... and chasing pigs in PNG.
Nov 5, 2021 • 55min
Series 9 Episode 10 - Mark Williams (Science)
Rusty chats with Mark author of 'The Best: How Elite Athletes are Made' chatting all things effective practice, instruction, science and how it can be used, coaching craft and luck. Enjoy!
Oct 24, 2021 • 54min
Series 9 - Episode 9 Dr Oliver Runswick (Learning)
Ollie and Rusty chat all things learning touching on pressure training, coaching scanning and anticipation, transfer, curriculum design and the well-being of coaches. Ollie can be found at @oliverrunswick and https://runswickperformance.com Enjoy!
