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This week, Eamonn is away so Jess is joined by Andy Stevens. They chat about how they support and challenge each other's coaching. 

Sarah and Charley from Huddersfield RUFC women's team chat about training and the World Cup and Jess learns about the Utrecht Shield which tracks women's rugby history.

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Dan chats to Jeff Neville, the host of The Loose Head podcast. Jeff has managed to gather an amazing array of some of the top coaches in the game and chat to them about their approaches.

Now it is time to find out what he has learned and ask him the questions.  We focus on three pods in particular: Andy Friend, Ben Ryan and Pat Lam.

Here are the key questions we discussed:

• What theme or themes from all the podcasts has or have most resonated with you?
• We hear a lot about the "why" when experienced coaches discuss how they approach coaching. What does it mean to you, and how do you implement this in your coaching
• Ben Ryan's story about coaching Fiji rugby is both inspirational and sad. We don't get to coach the same talent where rugby is embedded in their souls. How can we use Ben's lessons in our rugby?
• Pat Lam talked about love and honesty. There are so many possible interpretations of what these can mean. How can a coach use these in their environments?

Jeff's Loose Head project isn't just a podcast, but a whole range of great coaching resources.

You can visit him on Twitter: @TheLooseH

And go to his Patreon site: www.patreon.com/thelooseh

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This week, we're joined by former England international and Head of Women's rugby at Leicester Tigers, Vicky Macqueen. Eamonn Hogan chats to Lincoln player Jodie about last weekend's matches and recent Lincoln training sessions. 

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Dan chats to Dan Wooler and Christian Lang from the Star Scheme. The scheme supports clubs in building their junior numbers, with the aim to specifically develop strong, trusted relationships between the club and player. 

Crucially, they target communities that would not usually engage with rugby and aim to make a difference to young people who are suffering or have suffered adverse childhood experiences, poverty or mental health issues. 

They discuss the following areas: 

• How the scheme has blossomed in such a short time 
• Who it helps and why 
• What happens for the player, a school and a club 
• How rugby makes a difference 
• Why it makes coaching and recruitment easier

For a video on what they do, click below:

https://vimeo.com/754762197/9f6646c29b

For information and how to get involved, go to their website:
www.starscheme.co.uk

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To launch the series and to get excited for the first round of matches, Jess Bunyard is joined by fierce rugby activist Alice Soper to chat about her country being the host nation. Eamonn Hogan also joins the podcast to discuss barriers to coaching.

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Dan chats to England's U18 men's head coach Jon Pendlebury about this role and how he goes about his week looking after this exciting group of players.

A former professional player with Leeds, and then heading up the Yorkshire and Wasps academies, Jon became head coach of England U18s in 2019. He is just completing an MSc in Sports Coaching at Leeds Beckett University. 

Dan asks Jon about  the following issues:

• How do you go about caring for your players?
• The role of winning is when you are selecting a team.
• Using the SAS as the mental model for training.
• How do you manage players who want to play through injuries for fear of being dropped?
• With 14 different academy approaches, how do you create a cohesive unit for the national group?
• How much can you plough your own furrow, and how much do you have to fit in with the senior team's patterns? 

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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: Dr Amy Whitehead, Reader, Associate Professor, Lecturer and Researcher in Sports Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University and Coaching and Chris Chapman, UK Coaching as Learning Experience Manager and Rugby Coach

This Week's Content:

• ‘Think Aloud’: Toward a Framework To Facilitate Reflective Practice Amongst Rugby League Coaches - Whitehead et al, 2016  
• Suspended Above, and in Action”: Think Aloud as a Reflective Practice Tool – Stephenson, Cronin and Whitehead, 2020 
• Developing the Triad of Knowledge in Coaching: Think Aloud

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Dan chats with Dave Ellis, who has coached  Super Rugby with the Blues, at Connacht with Pam Lam, as well as working with New Zealand rugby as a resource coach.

With all these years in the game and a passion for skills coaching, Dave talks around the following themes:

• What young coaches often struggle with
• How to know your players
• Helping players understand the "why" and how important that is
• How to develop skills, from detail through to the scenarios
• What Sonny Bill Williams said to Dave which changed the way he coached
• How to keep square with your body angle
• Coaching strike plays
• Finding the right balance to develop skill detail

To find out more about Dave and his latest courses, visit https://www.ellisrugby.co.nz

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Dan with Gary Townsend, the Bristol Bears Junior Academy Manager, chat about a question from coach Renzo Vedovelli on scanning.

Renzo runs an U15s team, and his 9, 10 and 15 tend to look into the ball rather than at the opportunities.

Dan and Gary discuss the following:

• What do you want them to look for?
• What is appropriate for this age group?
• How you would set this up in training?
• The practicalities of scanning. 

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