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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: Mike Pride, chiropractor and rugby coach, Isak Hommedal, Norweigan sports club leader and Matthew Shaw, sports lecturer and coach. All are rugby players in Norway who have been instrumental in setting up rugby clubs in the west of the country.  

This Week’s Content

Tweet Thread - Matthew Shaw shares their journey and key principles of setting up Rugby clubs in Norway

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Dan talks to two key people from the Crusaders Coaching Leadership Programme™: Crusaders International Academy Manager Grant Keenan, and Kaila Colbin, CEO of Crusaders leadership training partner Boma. 

They share their experience of working with the 13-time Super Rugby winners from New Zealand, and how the team has built their culture and environment.

They draw on leadership lessons from Scott "Razor" Robertson, Wayne Smith, Robbie Deans, Kieran Reid and Sam Whitelock.

Here are some of the themes they covered: 

• Would you think that the Crusaders might be a bit scared if you're sharing all the secrets, given that they've been so successful?
• How do you elevate the game?
• If all the teams in a league have a high-performance culture, what happens when you find yourself in the bottom half of the table?
• From a coach's point of view, how do you help people understand their roles?
• How can you authentically care about your players?
• Should a coach be worried about their authority if they also show they care?
• Will the players slack if they know there’s always a soft landing from a caring coach?
• Knowing players is important, but can it also become too intrusive?
• What is meant by accountability and vulnerability?
• How have the Crusaders created themes?

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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: Sally Needham, Academy Human Development and Performance Culture Lead at Sheffield United, consultant and FA coach educator and Jane Booth, 'Chaser of Dreams' Consultant, Mentor and Cultural and Leadership Developer. 

This Week’s Content

• Neuroscience for Leadership: Harnessing the Brain Gain Advantage – Tara Swart and Kitty Chisholm
•  Words Can Change Your Brain: 12 Conversation Strategies to Build Trust, Resolve Conflict and Increase Intimacy – Andrew Newberg and Mark Waldman
• Switch: How to change things when change is hard – Chip Heath and Dan Heath
• The Art of Creative Thinking – Rod Judkins

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED 

Tara Swart Website

Dean Leak on The Magic Academy Podcast – Russell Earnshaw 

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Dan Cottrell speaks to Inside Running Academy boss, Mike Rogers. Mike, who's just finished a season in the US MLR with the New England Free Jacks talks openly about his experience coaching in both his homeland of New Zealand and the States.

There is a very moving passage where we discuss vulnerability and authenticity. Mike's message about his relationship with rugby and his family will strike many chords with coaches.

Here's what else we chatted about:

• Why we need to coach players to tackle higher, not lower
• The benefits of ball stripping in the tackle
• Reviewing players more effectively
• Life balance for a coach
• How we share as coaches
• What can businesses learn from rugby and vice versa?

Inside Running are about to run their next amazing Coach Learning, number seven in the series.

Link to sign up for Coach Learning Series 7 is here:
https://forms.gle/c1EpjQaHQDHxkD5C8

For more info:
https://www.rugbyacademy.global/coach-learning-series/ 

Contact details for Mike:

Email:  [email protected]

Twitter:  @InsideRunning

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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:  Josh Fletcher, performance coach with Formula 3 and founder of Career Blueprint and Dan Howells, strength and conditioning coach consultant and personal development coach with Collaborate Sports.

This Week's Content

https://www.yourcareer-blueprint.com

https://collaboratesports.com

Josh Fletcher Contact Info 

@careerbluepring – Instagram

@coachblueprint1 – Twitter

Dan Howells Contact Info

@collaborate_sports - Instagram

@howellsdan - Twitter

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Dan is joined by Gary Townsend, the Bristol Bears Junior Academy Manager to chat about Mark Poole's question about his colts team.

They are struggling to implement their backs moves and shape in matches, despite training going well and skills levels remaining high.

Dan and Gary discuss the following:

• Why do you need the backs move?
• What triggers the move?
• Ways to practise the play.
• Nudging the players into when to use the play.

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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: Charlie Morgan, Senior Rugby Writer at The Telegraph and Ross Hamilton, freelance Rugby Analyst working with BT Sport, formerly Saracens and England analyst.

THIS WEEK’S CONTENT

Two Sides – British and Irish Lions Documentary

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game – Michael Lewis

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED  

Creating Chaos Through Ruck Speed – Alan Dymock

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Dan Cottrell chats to Owen Woods, Community Rugby Coach for Gosport & Fareham RFC.

Owen was previously in the Air Force for 4½ years and then the police for 17 years. In June 2021 he started up his full-time role to promote rugby and its core values, the vision being to put the club and values at the heart of the community.

He has coached his son's rugby team for the last six years. He is a level 2 coach, a qualified referee working in schools in the local community delivering rugby sessions to children from 7 to 13.

Owen was recently awarded the Gosport & Fareham RFC Coach of the Year Award. 

We discuss the following areas:

• How do you start sessions...exactly...in terms of what you say? Lots of coaches talk for too long, so how do you get across the pertinent information?
• How his background in the police force has informed his coaching.
• While we would all love to spend time hone skills in small groups, how can we be effective when we have lots of players at our sessions?
• If players are being disruptive, how do you make sure they don't spoil the session for everyone else.

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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: Lesley McKenna, Coach Developer for UK Sport and Sport Scotland as well Programme Manager for GB Snowsports (@LesleyMckenna) and Sarah Murray, Performance Psychologist and owner of Performance Edge Psychology (@Sarahsportpsych). 

THIS WEEK'S CONTENT:

• The Art of Impossible – Stephen Kotler
• The Long Win – Cath Bishop

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED 

• Wandering Workshops – Lesley McKenna
• Performance Edge Psychology – Sarah Murray
• The Rise of Superman - Stephen Kotler
• Radical Gains: The GB Park and Pipe Story – Sam Mellish and Pat Sharples
• Spiritual Activism - Alastair Macintosh and Matt Carmichael
• Isles of The West – Ian Mitchell
• Looking Sideways Podcast – Matthew Barr
• Mans Search For Meaning – Viktor Frankl
• Everyday Positivity - Kate Cocker 
• Winning Together – Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh
• Hustle - Netflix

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Dan chats with former Fiji captain Deacon Manu, who's now coaching in Singapore.

Deacon has travelled the rugby world, representing Fiji and the Maori All Blacks, as well as playing for Waikato Chiefs and the Blues in Super Rugby and then for the Scarlets in Wales.

They chat about the coaches he's experienced and now coaching with developing players and new players to the game.

• What was the playing and coaching journey before Singapore? 
• What are the challenges of working in Singapore?
• How is the game is growing in this part of the world. What lessons can we all learn for the sake of the growth of the game? 
• Do you need local heroes or can you rely on the global game to develop interest? 
• Where are the new players coming from and how do you keep them in the game?

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