Rugby Coach Weekly

By Dan CottrellSports Education Leisure Games Rugby

Rugby Coach Weekly episodes

June 27, 2018 Making real gains coaching grassroots and representative players
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Giles Heagerty, who runs the rugby at a busy school, plus is head coach of England Counties U18 and also Waterloo Ladies, shares his insights.
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45 min
May 30, 2018 When to allow failure and how to coach with uncertainty
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Dr Suzanne Brown explains to Dan Cottrell how to understand the way players' minds work so you can coach them more effectively
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49 min
May 16, 2018 Would you love to play in the team you coach?
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I challenge Digby Webb, an experienced schools coach, to explain how to create the best environments for players.
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36 min
April 25, 2018 Science-based approach to better and safer tackling
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Dr Sharief Hendricks outlines his research team’s findings on tackling. He says that, through in-depth video analysis, he has found: The key attributes to a safe and effective tackle. A step-by-step method of coaching that tackle. He tell us that: The best tackles are both powerful and safe. That technical understanding by coaches is the biggest barrier to progression. Tackle pads have a limited role to play in tackle progression. That you can improve tackling with the right conditioning. You can read more about his work at:
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36 min
April 04, 2018 Drills good, games much better. But you must know why
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Dan talks to experienced Rugby League coach, sports lecturer and coach developer Stuart Wilkinson on how coaching needs direction within in a session.
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34 min
March 21, 2018 Should we change the age we start to coach scrummaging?
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With a number of international front-rowers only starting their trade after the age of 16, is their case to change the way we coach scrummaging? Dan Cottrell asks former front rower and coach developer Ian Diddams whether the scrum is relevant before 16 and if we shouldn’t actually spend more time on other skills.
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30 min
March 07, 2018Are Super Rugby skills and thrills better than the Premiership and Pro14?
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The Southern Hemisphere’s top competition is stunning to watch. But we can do more to replicate that with our own training? Dan Cottrell talks to the experienced academy coach George Tavner who works with the some of the best young players in the English system, from ages 13 upwards.

He says that:
Super Rugby is a fantastic spectacle and we can always learn from it.
The UK game is different, and explains why.
The move towards game-based training is making players more skillful and better decision-makers.
We still need to balance skills training, but can do it with better organisation and less stoppages in training. Listen to his methods and thoughts on how you can improve your players’ training diet.
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27 min
February 21, 2018How ARU size and ability limits will benefit players and coaches
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Dan Cottrell talks to experienced Australian U13s James Stevens about the new size and ability limits in his country’s youth rugby.

James was part of the pilot scheme and he describes how the system:

Works for the many, not the few
Benefits young players
Challenges coaches to focus on skills
Will be a challenge to some teams
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29 min