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Liza Bird Burgess and LJ Lewis discuss a round of questions about the practicalities of the game. In this episode they are with former Wales international captain, Rachel Taylor.

She's the first female Welsh Rugby Union regional academy skills coach. She also coaches men's team Colwyn Bay RFC in North Wales.

They cover these topics:

• Creating the right environment to motivate players to come back to training 
• Would you prefer to coach a team with a good work ethic versus a skilful team?
• How do you prioritise training sessions to get the most out of individuals and team?
• Does storytelling have a place in coaching?
• What does a session look like to ensure learning takes place for players?

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests Dave Sharkey, Mark Rees and Andrew Brownhill review some of the many great podcasts and webinars from the last week.

The team pick out the key takeaways from each episode and how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.

The main three reviews are:

• Reflective practice, not reflection. Making sense of improving ourselves, from UK Coaching.
• Lara Mossman challenges Russell Earnshaw on how he coaches.
• Changing cultures: real differences that translate into success with Sean Dyche.

The links for these shows:

The Curious Coach Club – Getting Better at Reflection

The Magic Academy Podcast – Lara Mossman

The High Performance Podcast – Jake Humphries with Sean Dyche

COMING UP

All Chats Pod – The George Floyd Chat

The Flying Coach - Gregg PopovichDrs Joel Porter and Stephen Rollnick - Supporting Autonomy: How Long is a Piece of String;
https://www.stephenrollnick.com/motivational-interviewing-and-beyond-live-webinars/

The Training Ground Guru - Nick Cox - Youth development the Man Utd way

The Magic Academy – Rusty chats with Jean Côté

USEFUL LINKS

Eddie Jones Podcast - England Rugby

Training ground Guru podcast

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In discussion with Chris Morgan, director of sport at Tonbridge School in Kent, we talk about:

• Why paying players brings challenges, for players and coaches.
• The consequences in the long term of paying players at lower levels of the game.
• How schools and academies can work together.
• What might make the academy process more efficient.
• The Half-a-game rule and the experience of schools.
• How to return to play and what sessions might look like.

Chris was head of cricket at Reigate Grammar before moving to Tonbridge. He then ran the rugby at Tonbridge for eight years, including success in the Champions Trophy and Rosslyn Park Sevens.

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests Edd Conway, Mitch McGahan and Melanie Liley review some of the many great podcasts and webinars from the last week.

The team pick out the key takeaways from each episode and how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.

The main three reviews are:

• Refereeing the scrum with Wayne Barnes and Matthew Carney
• Phil Dowson's experience of becoming a coach at the Saints and working with Chris Boyd
• Joe Lydon and Tom Biggs on how looking at the game differently, from a Rugby League perspective

The links for these shows:

Jack & Fish: Saturday Breakfast Show – Phil Dowson
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2zskyMQ     
Apple: https://apple.co/2LaSIHT     
Google: https://bit.ly/2LeyjBE

RFU Tuesday Training – Refereeing the scrum
https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=4284626647061418 

The Magic Academy Half Time Huddle – Joe Lydon and Tom Biggs
https://www.coach-logic.com/magic-academy/
https://www.themagicacademy.co.uk
https://www.coach-logic.com

COMING UP

Jack & Fish: Saturday Breakfast Show – Eddie Jones
Saturday 13th June
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1059754

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

Eddie Jones Podcast - England Rugby
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/the-eddie-jones-coaching-podcast-coaching-structure

England Rugby Watch Back
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/weekly-online-coaching-webinars

The Magic Academy
https://www.buzzsprout.com/205642

Jack & Fish: Saturday Breakfast Show
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1059754

The Talent Equation Podcast
https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-talent-equation-podcast

The Rugby Coach's Corner Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/rugby-coachs-corner-podcast/id1049150761

Jouez & Jugs - Oxford Brookes University RFC
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/jouez-jugs/id1508737093

The Scottish Rugby Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-scottish-rugby-podcast/id1195370479?mt=2&app=itunes

The Sports Coaching podcast with Sam Holmshaw
https://samuelholmshawfootballcoach.wordpress.com/podcast/

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests George Ross, Ged Hall and Alex Grieve review some of the many great podcasts and webinars from the last week.

The team pick out the key takeaways from each episode and how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.

The main three reviews are:
England's John Mitchell on the breakdown
Steve Kerr and Pete Carroll from the Flying Coach
Rich Shorter (Non-Perfect Dad) on coach, parent and athlete relationships.

COMING UP
Jack & Fish: Saturday Breakfast Show – Phil Dowson Saturday 6th June
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1059754

RFU Tuesday Training – Refereeing the scrum  7:00pm Tuesday 9th
https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=4284626647061418

Sport UCLAN - George Holmes Recruitment Analyst for Brighton FC Wednesday 10 June 2pm
Email [email protected] for registration

Jenny Coady, Matt Johnson and Nick Levett – UK Coaching review of The Last Dance Monday 8th June 2:15 – 3:15
https://www.ukcoaching.org/courses/workshops/curious-coaches-club-open-webinar

OTHER USEFUL LINKS
Eddie Jones Podcast - England Rugby
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/the-eddie-jones-coaching-podcast-coaching-structure

England Rugby Watch Back
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/weekly-online-coaching-webinars

The Magic Academy
https://www.buzzsprout.com/205642

Jack & Fish: Saturday Breakfast Show
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1059754

The Talent Equation Podcast
https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-talent-equation-podcast

The Rugby Coach's Corner Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/rugby-coachs-corner-podcast/id1049150761

JOUEZ & JUGS - Oxford Brookes University RFC
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/jouez-jugs/id1508737093

The Scottish Rugby Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-scottish-rugby-podcast/id1195370479?mt=2&app=itunes

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Si Nainby delivers a two-part podcast with Tom Farrow is the Head of Strength and Conditioning for England 7s and owner of Areté Performance - www.arete-performance.com.

1. The commute. 30 minutes with Tom to pull out some coaching takeaways.
2. The deep dive. In depth conversations around personalities and realities of playing and coaching.

1. The commute 

• Lessons from 7's for all rugby players.
• What young players should focus on in order to make the leap to being a professional player.
• The PLAY (Physically Literate Athletic Youths) and Freedom frameworks Arete uses with young players.

2. The deep dive

• Tom's varied and chaotic path to coaching at the elite level and his immersive approach to personal development.
• The story behind Tom's mission to cultivate heroes and the influence of Eastern philosophy on his approach.
• What Comedians can teach coaches.
• The importance of body control in contact skills and what it means to "Be like water".

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Liza Bird Burgess and LJ Lewis discuss a round of questions about the practicalities of the game.

In this episode they are with former Ireland international Sophie Spence, who is now coaching Penclawdd mens team.

Here are the topics they cover:
Making contact training realistic: The role of equipment, when and where, bone on bone and mindset.
Tackle training v D systems: Planning how and when to use equipment, coaching technique and introducing systems in D. Planning to build and cover detail against technique and trust/communication.
Ending a session before game day:  Poor team run v good team run, how to overcome this, reinforcing game plan, not speaking for too long and bringing players together with a huddle, chant and ownership of the process.
Telling a player they are dropped: Difficult conversions as a coach, importance of being clear with selection policy, keeping feedback precise and achievable, sharing with rest of coaching team so that single message from all coaches, sticking with it as a coaching team and chatted through various options for feedback depending on time with players. Face to face, phone call, email, zoom?

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests Paul Shepherd, Alex Field and Russ Bolton review some of the many great podcasts and webinars from the last week.

The team pick out the key takeaways from each episode and how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.

• Richard Cheetham on embedding learning into your sessions
• Will Greenwood and Brian Ashton on England's most recent performance against New Zealand
• Cut, bleed and bandage feedback with Ed Coughlan and Stu Armstrong

Also, there’s a preview of the highlights for the coming week.

Here’s the list of podcasts and links:

DISCUSSED

Magic Academy – Brian Ashton and Will Greenwood join Fletch and Rusty
https://www.coach-logic.com/magic-academy/
https://www.themagicacademy.co.uk
https://www.coach-logic.com

The Talent Equation - Developing coaches through 'Cut, Bleed & Bandage' - A Coach Logic 'Breakfast Club' with Ed Coughlan
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/developing-coaches-through-cut-bleed-bandage-coach/id1209549739?i=1000475497458

Richard Cheetham – England Rugby – Embedding learning into your regular coaching/refereeing practice'
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/weekly-online-coaching-webinars

WHAT ELSE WE MISSED

Some of content we didn't get a chance to discuss but that you may be interested in...

The Rugby Journal - Rugby in Lockdown #7 - The life of an England Sevens player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=XDu6GimFHhg&feature=emb_title

Understanding and Improving Tough Conversations - A talk by Ken King
https://cross-canada-coaches-clinic.heysummit.com/talks/understanding-and-improving-tough-conversations/

Scouting Your Own Team - A talk by Matt Gamblin
https://cross-canada-coaches-clinic.heysummit.com/talks/tbd-7/

The RPA – Supporting Yourself and Others - Matt Leek, Ben Morris, Tom Lindsay and Jake Woolmore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNThVP_kiuo

The RPA – Career Insights: Working In Schools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pTidDRmD-0

The Rut Podcast – Tom Lindsay
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rut/id1513039398#episodeGuid=Buzzsprout-3798485
COMING UP

England Rugby Tuesday Training - Coaching the Breakdown with John Mitchell
7:00PM Tuesday 2nd June
https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=1702553597012693

Tongan Head Coach Toutai Kefu - Rugby World Cup campaign Coaching philosophy, Team Profile, Game Plan, Motivation. 
11:00am Wednesday 3rd June 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0Dt43SLfp4hURQRSearmEheL_z9iYJ_LIPYc764JQfiPH0Q/viewform

UK Coaching - Coach, Parent and Athlete Relationship
Monday 1st June
https://www.ukcoaching.org/cou

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Welcome to the Rugby Coach Weekly...Haunted House, featuring:

Andy Stevens, Academy Chair and Club Coaching Coordinator at Ellingham and Ringwood, Level 2 coach, working with the clubs U11s, plus U13s and U15s girls, and coaching U18 boys at the local college.

Jess Bunyard, Director of Women and Girls Rugby and Rugby Development Officer at Huddersfield YM RUFC. Head coach of University of Huddersfield Women's Team. Level 2 coach, assisting Yorkshire U18s Girls team  

Nathan Gosling, a teacher, coaching his son's club team, coach at Exeter DPP, county U20s coach and just appointed head coach at Crediton RFC.

These three unsuspecting coaches were invited to enter the Haunted House. I led each one into a room where they faced a terrifying rugby scenario. Each one was challenged to find a coaching solution. On the spot, no preparation and no get out clauses. Sink or swim.

The other two coaches listened on, and at the end of the solution offered alternative views. One acts as the Devil's Advocate, offering a completely different angle to the first two.

At the end, we also reveal the Skeleton in the Cupboard.

Please drop your own solutions in Twitter @rugbycoachweek

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests Chris Dengate, Mike Pope and Roy Davies review some of the many great podcasts and webinars from the last week.

The team pick out the key takeaways from each episode and how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.

• Leinster Rugby on tactical periodisation, including interesting stats on ball in play time at different levels of the game.
• Kevin Bowring and Nigel Redman on coach development
• Being creative in session design with Moritz Kossman

Also, there’s a preview of the highlights for the coming week.

Here’s the list of podcasts and links:

DISCUSSED

Practical Solutions to applying Tactical Periodisation Model to Rugby – St Marys University in conjunction with Leinster Rugby 

No video currently available but some info is available here:

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/coaching-webinar-practical-solutions-to-applying-the-tactical-periodisation-model-to-rugby/

Additional link to video with Mike Ashford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4jwRSRYA5g&feature=emb_title 

Research Paper on Tactical Periodisation

https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/fulltext/2018/10000/a_tactical_periodization_approach_for_rugby_union.1.aspx

Moritz Kossman - Being Creative in Session Design – Modern Soccer Coach Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/modern-soccer-coach-podcast/id1318510028?i=1000474891351

Magic Academy – Kevin Bowering and Nigel Redman join Fletch and Rusty

Wednesday 20th May 7:00pm

https://www.coach-logic.com/magic-academy/

https://www.themagicacademy.co.uk

https://www.coach-logic.com

Magic Academy Half Time Huddle – U20 RWC Review – Harry Mallinder and Martin Haag

https://www.coach-logic.com/magic-academy/

https://www.themagicacademy.co.uk

https://www.coach-logic.com

COMING UP

Richard Cheetham – England Rugby – Embedding learning into your regular coaching/refereeing practice'

7:00PM Tuesday 26th May

https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=5152126882713434 

IRFU Analytica 2020 Global Sports Analytics Webinar Live

Thursday 28th May 12:00 – 4:00pm

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2020/05/15/irfu-analytica-2020-global-sports-analytics-webinar-live-next-week/ 

Team GB – In conversation with Alex Davis (Mental Health Awareness week)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAhwHJPZP3k&feature=youtu.be

Magic Academy Wednesday and Half Time Huddle Friday

https://www.coach-logic.com/magic-academy/

https://www.themagicacademy.co.uk

https://www.coach-logic.com 

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

Eddie Jones Podcast - England Rugby

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