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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. 

This week's guests: Jonny McMurty coach, coach educator and researcher with Rugby Australia and Queensland University and Peter Hughes, athletic development coach with Ulster Rugby. 

This Week's Content

• Jonny McMurty Current Research                                 
• Coaching The Coaches – Jonny McMurty

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED 

• Self Determination Theory and Motivation – Kendra Cherry 
• Centre for Self Determination Theory – CSDT
• Positive Psychology Theory In A Nutshell – Catarina Lino
• 6 Psychology Theories You Can Practise in Everyday Life – Marie Skelton

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. 

This week's guests: Zane Winslade, author of the Mental Toughness Journal, mental performance coach with Flow Sport and coach and Kyle McLean, coach developer, educator, owner of The Coaching Gig and coach. 

THIS WEEK'S CONTENT

The Mental Toughness Journal – Zane Winslade

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED 

• The Coaching Gig – Kyle McLean
• The Coaching Gig Junior Rugby Resource – Kyle Mclean
• Flow Sport – Zane Winslade
• Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – Cal Newport
• Eat That Frog: Get More of the Important Things Done Today! - Brian Tracy 
• Revisiting Masters (1992): Implicit Motor Learning – Tim Buszard
• The Epic Story of Implicit Motor Learning – Professor Rich Master

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Dan hosts a discussion between Professor Rob Gray and Dr Mike Ashford about how players make decisions.

The discussion is based on a paper that Mike wrote reviewing different academic approaches to decision-making:
Understanding a Player’s Decision-Making Process in Team Sports: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence
https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9050065

Rob Gray suggests that the role of ecological dynamics needs to be viewed differently from the paper's conclusions.

During the discussion, we explore different views on information processing and ecological dynamics, with reference to various coaching and game scenarios.

Rob is associate Professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University and host of the Perception & Action Podcast, which has over 350 episodes. He is also of author of How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills, also available as an audio book.
Follow Rob @ShakeyWaits

Mike is a lecturer in Sport Coaching at Coventry University. His research interests include player and coach decision making, coach development and understanding how we can shape effective learning environments. Mike completed his PhD at Leeds Beckett University.
Follow Mike @MAGreyMattersUK

Here are some of the key links from the pod.

From Mike:

• frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.609127/full My study exploring player decision making in rugby union alongside Andy and Jamie. 
• https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1612197X.2021.1907768 Rosie, Dave and Howies' study exploring premiership rugby union players decision making. 
• https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sport-psych-show/id1434313037?i=1000548775303 My podcast with Dan Abrahams exploring the systematic literature review study and my decision making study

From Rob:

• My review of Mike's paper: https://perceptionaction.com/386/ 
• Ecological approach imagery: https://perceptionaction.com/337/ 
• Strong anticipation: https://perceptionaction.com/336/ 

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.

This week's guests: Jenny Coe, West Ham Women's Head of Performance and Wellbeing and Liz Burkinshaw, Learning and Development Professional and Innovation Officer, Sports Leaders.

This Week's Content

Myths of Sports Coaching – Amy Whitehead and Jenny Coe 

ThinkerToys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques – Michael Michalko

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED 

Thinkpak: A Brainstorming Card Deck – Michael Michalko

Rebel Ideas: The Power of Thinking Differently – Matthew Syed

Google Jamboard – Google 

28 Days of Creative Thinking Thread - Liz Burkinshaw 

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Dan speaks to Paul Gustard, now defence coach at Benetton, formerly England defence coach, Harlequins head coach and coach with Saracens.

Paul, who won two England caps and represented the Barbarians, also played for Leicester Tigers, London Irish and Saracens,

They reflect on Paul's journey to Italy and how he feels reinvigorated.

They talk about the following:

• Why do you love coaching?
• What gets players to buy into a coach quickly? Conversely, what puts the players off?
• How you can simplify the way you coach to get more from the players?
• How to change group work to make it more powerful and impactful?
• What's holding back coaches from being better versions of themselves?
• Using a "game face" in coaching and matches.
• You've lost on Saturday in a game you could have won. In training sessions, do you address the errors or move on?
• The contact area seems to be favouring the team that "jackals" best. Where you would focus your coaching tactically and technically to improve your ball retention?
• How do you break down a defence that comes at you?

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. 

This week's guests: Ruaridh McConnochie, Bath Rugby and Freddie Clarke, Gloucester Rugby. Both formerly England Students 15s and GB Students 7s. 

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED 

I Am....... - Jonny Wilkinson 

The Brain Booster with Rupert Spira – Karl Morris

Science for Sport with Josh Fletcher – Matt Soloman

Exploring parent and coach relationships in youth sport: A qualitative study – O'Donnell, Elliott and Drummond (2022)

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Dan Cottrell chats to Mike Ford. Mike has been coaching at the top of the professional game for over twenty years, with stints at England and Ireland rugby, Saracens, as head coach at Bath, plus coaching with the British and Irish Lions and RC Toulon.

He also runs his own performance consultancy, which you can find out more about on his LinkedIn profile here.

I really enjoyed Mike's clarity, especially around how he had to convince players and stakeholders about their approach at Bath.

We discuss the following areas:

• The sacrifices of being a professional coach
• How to build a system of play
• What player-led coaching really looks like
• Mentoring your own children (George as an international, Joe and Jacob as young coaches with championship team Doncaster and National League team Bury St Edmonds respectively)
• What detail matters as a coach

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. 

This week's guests: Laurence Halsted, former GB Olympic Fencer, former Performance Director for Danish Fencing and currently Director of Mentoring at the True Athlete Project, Dr Jon Rhodes, founding member of Imagery Coaching and lecturer at the University of Plymouth and Richard Cheetham, Senior fellow in Sports Coaching at the University of Winchester and coach developer with a variety of sports. 

THIS WEEK'S CONTENT

• Becoming A True Athlete: A Practical Philosophy for Flourshing Through Sport – Laurence Halsted
• Imagery Coaching – Dr Jon Rhodes, ImageryCoaching.com

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED 

• The Tough Stuff: Seven Hard Truths About Being A Head Coach – Cody Royle
• The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy – Jon Gordon
• Life Lessons: From Sport and Beyond with Laurence Halsted - Simon Mundie
• Life Lesson: From Sport and Beyond with Johann Hari – Simon Mundie

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Dan catches up with one of the most experienced coaches and coach educators in rugby, Pete Drewett.

After working with England Rugby since the early 90s, as well as coaching international age-grade (U21s), Pete went on to help build the Exeter Chiefs ready for their ascension into the top league. With stints in high-performance with Hong Kong and Georgia, plus working at the WRU, he is now a World Rugby High Performance consultant developing Kenyan rugby and their ambitions to play in the next World Cup.

Having coached Dan at Exeter University in the late 80s(!), they discuss the following areas:

• Some of the greats of England Rugby coach education, including Don Rutherford and Chalky White.
• What's stayed the same and what's changed since then in coach education.
• Using Mosston's Teaching Styles.
• How to develop as a coach.
• The highs and lows of being a professional coach.
• What makes Rob Baxter, the current Chiefs coach, so good at what he does.

He also runs his own performance consultancy, Perform 2XL. For more information, contact him on [email protected]

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. 

This week's guests: Alex Guest, Head of Rugby at City of Oxford College (Wasps Rugby ACE programme) and Cail Cookland, assistant coach at City of Oxford College (Wasps Rugby ACE programme)

This Week’s Content

• Life Under Fire – Jason Fox 
• Threshold Concepts – Dave Piggott

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED 

• Putting Bumps in the Road: Optimising the Pathway to Excellence – Collins, Macnamara and McCarthy (2016)
• Super Champions, Champions and Almosts: Important Differences and Commonalities on the Rocky Road - Collins, Macnamara and McCarthy (2016)
• Initial identification & selection bias versus the eventual confirmation of talent: Evidence for the benefits of a rocky road? - McCarthy and Collins
•  TGFU: Back to the Basics – Dave Piggott

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