Rugby Coach Weekly

Send us Fan Mail

Welcome to The Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Eddie Abel, head coach of the Midwest Thunderbirds Youth, focusing on kicking tactics. We're going to cut to the roots on why every player should learn to kick tactically.

Eddie has spent the last seventeen years coaching Indiana and Midwest-based teams at all levels. In 2021 Eddie left EIRA to restart the Midwest Thunderbirds program for u15-u19 players. He was also named Interim Head Coach at his alma mater Indiana University where he led the program to a top 10 ranking and several high profiles wins including beating #20 Iona 55-14 on ESPN.

You can contact him at MidwestThunderbirdsYouth

To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly

To find out more about our Partner Club offer

CLICK HERE

Also, 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 Fan Mail

Welcome to the Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Dustin Steedman, head coach of Davenport University men's rugby team, focusing on why culture matters. We are going to cut to the root on developing culture in an organization.

Dustin is former coach with the Michigan College Select men's and the women's team.

His philosophy is find work, always compete, win the competition with oneself, apply pressure on defence, play possession, win the territory game. A very much a rugby-orientated philosophy.

You can contact him by email [email protected]. Or Facebook or the Davenport University Rugby site.

To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly

To find out more about our Partner Club offer

CLICK HERE

Also, 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 Fan Mail

Welcome to the coaching knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to sports scientist and assistant professor at UMCG Job Fransen. Focusing on applying science to coaching, we are going to cut to the root on how to improve skill acquisition.

Job is also a fellow at UTS Sydney and a skills acquisition consultant.

His philosophy is to encourage as much as possible the spread of excellent information in the field of skill acquisition science to coaches and practitioners.

You can contact him on LinkedIn, Job Fransen or JobFran3 on Twitter

To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly

To find out more about our Partner Club offer

CLICK HERE

Also, 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 Fan Mail

Welcome to the Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Corey Mömsen, assistant coach, Thomas Moore University, focusing on jumping in the lineout.

We are going to cut to the root on developing players to get into the air faster and quicker.

Corey played professional rugby for, at the time, the National Champions, the, Austin Herds. His philosophy is to make rugby enjoyable for everybody, not just for the players, but for the coaches, the fans and the families, and attempting to grow the game.

You can speak to him via facebook.

To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly

To find out more about our Partner Club offer

CLICK HERE

Also, 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 Fan Mail

Welcome to the coaching knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Tom Carter, Head of Athletic Performance Australian Women's 7s. Focusing on high-performance coaching, we are going to cut to the root on why high-performance coaching is different to normal coaching. 

Tom is a former professional rugby and captained the Australian Super rugby team, the Waratahs. He has worked as a high-performance coach across numerous sports, including cricket and rugby.

His philosophy is physical performance utilises a comprehensive understanding of sports science, psychology of behavioural change and elite sports performance, yet recognises that more is necessary for supreme athletic excellence.

Essentially, underpinning all the above is the human element, about forming a life-long relationship with an athlete, a genuine relationship based on the exact needs of an individual athlete and what it takes to help them excel to the best of their athletic and human capacity.

You can contact him on LinkedIn at Human Performance @humanperformancetc or [email protected]

To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly

To find out more about our Partner Club offer

CLICK HERE

Also, 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 Fan Mail

Welcome to the Coaching Knife, where we cut to the root of the matter. We speak to Phil Klevorick, who is CEO of the Rugby Foundation. In this episode, we're going to cut to the root of the matter of respect and how you create it.

Phil is a top level referee assessor and coach, sourcing and coaching referees for some of the top world sevens tournaments. He also founded The Rugby Foundation. Formed originally in the USA to help develop new players, coaches and referees and provide them with opportunity, especially in under-served communities, "The Rugby Foundation" has developed a number of programmes that benefit the rugby community everywhere. TRF now has representatives in more than a dozen countries who will promote opportunity, development and support wherever it is needed.

You can find out more about his work on their Facebook page and at therugbyfoundation.org,

To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly

To find out more about our Partner Club offer

CLICK HERE

Also, 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 Fan Mail

Welcome to the coaching knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Nick Wilkinson, senior coach at Sidcup Rugby as well as delivering rugby in schools. Focusing on coaching large groups, we are going to cut to the root on how to make training a good experience for everyone. 

Wilko is a level 2 coach and referee, also coaches in schools and is the director of rugby at the Bromley Bengals rugby league team. 

His philosophy is to give every person, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, background or heritage a positive experience of rugby union, rugby league and martial arts.

In a  fun, safe environment which allows participants to make an informed decision whether it is the sport for them. He does not believe in forcing something.  He just wants to help anyone he coaches be the best possible version of themself. So that may mean guiding a player towards a sport which might be a better fit for them.

For example: A great sprinter could be a world-class winger. Conversely, a great winger could be a world-class sprinter or a great forward could be a world-class bobsleigh crew member

You can contact him on Twitter, @nick_wilko_

To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly

To find out more about our Partner Club offer

CLICK HERE

Also, 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 Fan Mail

Welcome to the coaching knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Steve Lewis, general manager of the MLR team, Rugby New York and 7s coaching consultant. Focusing on sevens, we are going to cut to the root on how you develop an attacking system in sevens. 

Steve has consulted with a number of teams, including Brown University, Siena University and the national teams of Brazil and Nigeria.

His philosophy is to pick the right people, nudging, and you can only piss with the cock you've got.

You can contact him on Twitter @lizardrugby

To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly

To find out more about our Partner Club offer

CLICK HERE

Also, 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 Fan Mail

Welcome to the coaching knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Mark Ring, a 1-1 rugby coach, attack and skills coach who won 32 caps for Wales. Focusing on coaching flair, we are going to cut to the root on how you can develop more skilful players. 

Mark has coached pro-rugby in England, Wales and Ireland. He is setting up his own website, markring.co.uk, with a library of rugby skills which will be filmed.

His philosophy is to improve skills and game understanding which builds confidence and encourages players to see a bigger and clearer picture as to how they can evolve into someone who can influence a game which the general public can enjoy.

You can contact him on LinkedIn or at [email protected]

To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly

To find out more about our Partner Club offer

CLICK HERE

Also, 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 Fan Mail

Bird and LJ talk to Lynne Cantwell, the first high performance manager for the women’s game in South Africa.

Lynne is Ireland’s most capped (86) female rugby player. She was appointed to the South African role in February 2021. She has been a member of Sport Ireland’s board since 2019. She is also a qualified physiotherapist.

Here are the questions posed to Lynne:

• Your degree was in Sport and Exercise Science along with a Masters in Physiotherapy. When and how did you realise that your real passion was driving high performance sport?
• This year you were appointed as South African rugby first HP manager for women’s rugby- how exciting is this role?
• You have a young family, husband and are uprooting and moving to SA was this a difficult decision?
• There are lots of exciting Autumn Internationals plus games against the Barbarians, Wales, Scotland. We saw Twitter post of squad celebrating announcement of fixture singing. Talk us through the culture, support and what it means to the players
• What does the current pathway look like?
• Let’s look forward to the World cup pool with England, France, and Fiji to deal with. What are your expectations?
• Ireland has not qualified for the World Cup in 2022 which is devastating for all involved. What needs to happen now?

To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly

To find out more about our Partner Club offer

CLICK HERE

Also, 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!