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We are going to turn the tables and Stu James, is going to ask me the questions.
What question do I wish other coaches asked me on coursesHow do I help coaches who haven't got my experienceHow important is a coaching philosophyHow do I balance taking control and giving controlHow do I know when things are going wrong in training, and how do I fix itWhat has made my coaching philosophy changeWhat is the most important lesson learned from my coaching journey
Stu is a club coaching ordinator and colts coach at Guildford RFC, as well as a coach within the Quins Foundation programme and for Surrey Colts. In addition to these volunteer roles, he has a day job as a business consultant and executive coach.
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In this short podcast, Dan speaks to Gary Townsend, head of rugby at Switch Rugby with a focus on deciding when to help players specialise as a 9 or 10.
He is former RFU National Player Development Manager and Bristol Bears Junior Academy manager.
In this episode, they discuss the best age, why it makes sense for this position and how it impacts their future development.To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly
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Welcome to the Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Martin Haag, high performance team and executive coach.
Focusing on managing people rugby we are going to cut to the root on the importance of having a coaching philosophy.
Martin played for 14 years at Bath, then coached Bath, Nottingham, Bristol, Bath Academy England U20 World Cup Winning, Rouen, and Scotland, and now work in high-performance teams and executive coaching.His philosophy is Encourage, Excite and Empower.
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Welcome to the Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Nic Evans, L4 coach and former director of rugby for the Kings Cross Steelers.
Focusing on women's rugby, we are going to examine why there aren’t more women coaches coaching both men's and women's rugby.
Nic is a former head of PE, director of sport, and then lecturer and programme manager in higher education. She played rugby for Wales, is an L4 coach and coached the King Cross Steelers as the DoR of the very first gay and inclusive club in London.
She is also an experienced sevens coach, working with Wooden Spoon and head coach of Lions 7s.
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Dan speaks to one-half of the Squidge Rugby Owen brothers, Will.
How Squidge Rugby come into the world .Translating complex plays into a layperson's language is tough. How do you bridge the gap?His coaching journey.How does the analysis inform his coaching?Do top coaches truly innovate? Should international teams aim to win every game or build towards the World Cup?What's the best game he has ever seen?
With a massive following for their YouTube channel, Squidge Rugby analyses matches in a unique, bringing insight and entertainment in equal measure.
Will is an avowed rugby geek but also still plays and coaches his local team's colts.
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Welcome to the Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Gavin Blackburn, Head Coach Cambuslang RFC.
Focusing on the scrum rugby we are going to cut to the root on how to deal with a pack that’s dominating you.
Gavin was a former age-grade district and international prop. He was a member of Saracens’ academy programme in the late 1990s, then played club rugby for London Scottish, Glasgow Hawks, Glasgow Southern, and Stirling County coached at Dunfermline, Kilmarnock, Biggar, Garnock, West of Scotland and Stirling County, and was a development officer for five years between 2012 and 2017 in the Garnock Valley.
His philosophy is to develop players by using a drill to demonstrate key points and then putting them into a conditioned game to work on these points/skills under pressure.
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Dr Jocelyn Solomons tackles significant issues in women's sports.
In this episode, she talks to Lyndon Julius about the role of media in this domain.
Lyndon is a communications specialist and creative storyteller with over a decade of experience in sports reporting. He is dedicated to community sports and immerses himself in grassroots athletic endeavours.
With written and digital media expertise, they delve into his insights on the global impact of sports reporting, particularly concerning women’s sports.
They discuss his experiences in writing and reporting on women’s sports, the effect of media coverage on the growth and recognition of female athletes, and the media's responsibility for equitable coverage of women’s sports, both locally and internationally.To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly
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Welcome to the Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Jamie Barnwell, Head Coach Cayman 7s and Performance director.
Focusing on 7s rugby we are going to cut to the root on to coach to compete when you have limited speed.
Can you win a game of sevens if you don’t have any pace in your team?
Jamie spent five years as head coach of the Bermuda national team for both 15 and 7s. Back in the UK he was attack coach with Richmond, and head of coach of the England senior women’s academ.
His philosophy is to inspire, and facilitate a group to become better, people, athletes and a team.Go to the Rugby7splaybook on Substack for some excellent resources and games to improve your 7s coaching.
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Dan speaks to Stuart Welsh, founder of ALTA Education.
The importance of acknowledging the novice-expert continuumHow novices and experts learn differentlyHow to differentiate effectivelyHow experts are novices, tooWhat is variation theory in education, and how it could work in a training session
With nearly two decades of experience in education, specialising in maths teaching and as well as coaching rugby in schools, Stuart is a well-sought-after speaker and presenter.
He has taught and led teams in schools worldwide, authored popular math textbooks, and founded a widely-used educational website used by tens of thousands of students every year. He is passionate about research-based pedagogy and committed to improving teaching and learning globally through ALTA Education.
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We speak to Ben Lazenby, Head of Youth at Wakefield Trinity RLFC in this episode.
Focusing on game understanding we are going to cut to the root on how a player-centred approach might lead to a shared collective team cohesion.The first question: Is a player-centred approach to game understanding just us waiting for the players to give us the right answer?
Previously, Ben was the Academy Pathway manager at Ealing Trailfinders, Academy General Manager at Hull Kingston Rovers, Yorkshire Carnegie academy manager. Plus had roles at Warrington Wolves and as a coach educator at Rugby Football League.
His philosophy is to fill the gaps and provide the players and staff with what they need through collaboration, openness, and detailed analysis.
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Dan speaks to Cath Bishop about what winning really means and how we can create the right sort of winning in our sporting environments.
Cath is a highly sought-after consultant and coach, an Olympian, former diplomat and author of The Long Win, the second edition published in May. She is also a regular contributor to the Guardian and a podcast host.
Visit her website here, where she offers lots of practical ways to improve your decision-making. You can also purchase the book.To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly
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In this short podcast, Dan speaks to Gary Townsend, head of rugby at Switch Rugby with a focus on developing young players, coaches and clubs.
He is former RFU National Player Development Manager and Bristol Bears Junior Academy manager.
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Welcome to the Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Jason Gilmore, Waratahs Senior Assistant Coach (Defence) and Australia A head coach.
Note! He was with the Waratahs when we recorded this. He is now defence coach with Harlequins.Focusing on defence, we are going to cut to the root of who is the most important player in ruck defence.
Previously, Jason worked for Queensland Rugby as Elite Development Head Coach Assistant Coach and Junior Wallabies coach, as well as four years in teaching as a 1st XV head coach
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Dan speaks to Tom Morris from Progressive Rugby, an independent player welfare lobby group founded in 2021 to drive change that both better protects player brain health and the game’s long-term future.
In this episode, they discuss:
Separate strategies to make rugby safer and more appealing at both the community and professional levelImproving education and the need for a concussion communication system in youth rugbyHelping young players understand the benefits of learning proper tackle techniqueImplementing a community of care in grassroots rugby and sharing best practiceWhether the age when contact is introduced in youth rugby should be adjustedThe importance of attracting and maintaining players in the community gameTo find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly
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Dan chats to Sean Phelan, the brains behind Fill Your Boots, the way that players and clubs can connect to fill the gaps on a Saturday.
How Fill Your Boots worksWhy clubs struggle to find players and creative ways to solve thisHow clubs can welcome playersHow can the women's game grow nowHow do we help retain volunteers
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Dan chats to Kris Stafford, Rugby Development Officer at Leeds Beckett, MSc in Sports Coaching, U.K Coaching award winner, and host of the @bigbreakdownhq podcast.
Making sure the players are valued and integrated into the coaching processHow to genuinely engage with the players outside their sportHow to have entire team conversationsWhat a positive and supportive learning environment looks likeWays to design a practice to make purposefulUsing the STEP model to develop practicesWhat is meant by the MOTs of the ABCsWhere to use a self-directed learning approach, where players spend time exploring and practicing key skills both with and without coach guidanceWhere players need guidance and where they can take controlUsing all the coaches in the session to run an effective gameHow to make player huddles more impactful
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In this short podcast, Dan speaks to Gary Townsend, head of rugby at Switch Rugby with a focus on developing young players, coaches and clubs.
He is former RFU National Player Development Manager and Bristol Bears Junior Academy manager.
They discuss how you make a U12 player more skilful and what that might look like in training.To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly
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Welcome to the coaching knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Callum Adam, Currie RFC Senior Mens Assistant Coach and Edinburgh University Women’s 2nd XV Head Coach.
Focusing on defence we are going to cut to the root on what comes first, tackling or defenceAs well as coaching with Currie Mens and the Edinburgh Uni women, Callum has coached with the Scottish Rugby Union with their age grade development teams, plus a stint at Dundee RFC.
His philosophy: To make a difference in people's lives on/off the pitch.
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Dan welcomes Dr Kimberly Berens, founder of Fit Learning and CEO of Fit Learning Online and author of Blind Spots: Why Students Fail and the Science That Can Save Them.
How Kimberly found watching her son's experience of being coached filled her with horrorHow there's too much talk and not enough practiceWhy measuring progress is vitalThe key to learning through reinforcementThe huge variability in the learning processSimple methods of counting to help check individual progress and what you need to do next when you know the resultsWhat you need to master and whyHow to differentiate across a larger groupHelping parents help their children to "work harder" without becoming too bossy
Fit Learning is a powerful system of instruction based in behavioural science and the Technology of Teaching, and it aims to transform the learning abilities of children, which it does in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia.
To find out more about Fit Learning, go to:
http://fitlearningonline.com/
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Dan quizzes the Myths of Sports Coaching editors around how we deal with some of the muddling thinking coaches believe is true.
Dr Amy Whitehead is an Associate Professor at Liverpool John Moores University, and Jenny Coe is the Performance Well-Being Lead for the Women's Professional Game at the FA.Their first edition was so good that they’ve been persuaded to do a second edition, which will be out in the autumn.
What are the most pervasive myths in sports coaching?Is coaching girls any different to coaching boys?How do you approach a coach who is hung up on something you know is a myth?At what stage do you stop discussing, check and challenging as a group, and start making hard and fast decisions?How much evidence does there need to be until a “finding” becomes a myth?Should we use SMART goals?How do we discern the research validity from authors who have a vested interest in continually proving they are right?How evidence from verbal answers needs to be looked at carefully, because interpretation can easily not be what the respondent first meant.
In the book, they invited experts to delve into myths about learning styles, deliberate practice, coaching women differently, and fundamental movement.
Here's a link to the first edition on Amazon.
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