The Journey of a Grassroots Rugby Coach (More Tracksuits less Business Suits)

The Journey of a Grassroots Rugby Coach (More Tracksuits less Business Suits)

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The Journey of a Grassroots Rugby Coach (More Tracksuits less Business Suits) episodes

  • Max Dominy - Fault ID and Correct

    This episode is with Max Dominy

    Max is involved with the Northampton Saints Academy

    During this chat we spoke about playing multiple sport as a young person, finding what is your superpower. How to use more advanced players with less skilful players. How to promote skills as a habit, coaching without coaching and encouraging good mistakes to help develop learning.

    We also spoke about high tempo training sessions and understanding why a team is successful.

    1 hr 15 min
  • Kyle McLean - Games based approach to coaching

    This episode is with Kyle McLean.

    Kyle has recently been appointed to Head Coach of the Bay of Plenty Volcanix team for the upcoming Farah Palmer Cup.

    Kyle has coached all forms of the game at all levels of the game, he is also the founder of The Coaching Gig. A website dedicated to helping coaches with game based coaching

    Beside game based coaching we also chatted about alignments within a coaching crew, understanding a players motive to play, peer coaching and lots more.

    Kyle can be contacted on LinkedIn as well as at www.coachinggig.com

    1 hr 10 min
  • Tom Cooling - Speak to as many coaches as you can
    This episode is with Tom Cooling.
    Tom has recently graduated from the University of South Wales and is the Head of Academy at Park House Rugby Club in the UK.
    During this sepisode we spoke about talking to every possible coach that you can and taking something away from the conversation.
    We also spoke about his questioning and the way he gives feedback to his players.
    49 min
  • Grant Doorey - Being comfortable being uncomfortable

    This week’s episode is with Grant Doorey.

    Grant has coached in the professional space for over 20 years which lead to him coaching at 4 World Cups.

    He is also a World Rugby Educator and a facilitator and coach mentor at IRAA the International Rugby Academy of Australia.

    During our chat we spoke about How do we measure success and being able to celebrate progress.

    Having a coaching team and being able to use multiple coaches during a session and as coaches we are the providers of clarity.

    Having training sessions that allow your players to problem solve on the run which will build both confidence and resilience in your team.

    58 min
  • Justin Carroll - Part 1 - Be a little better every day

    This is part 1 of a 2-part series

    This week’s guest is Justin Carroll

    Justin is the current Director of Rugby at Valley Fort Rugby Club in Hong Kong.

    He is also a L4 and World Rugby Master Coach Educator.

    In his 26 years as a Secondary School Teacher Justin was the Director of Rugby or First XV coach at many schools and held the role of Manager Coach Education with Rugby Victoria.

    During this episode we spoke about the difficulties of a rugby landscape in a non-rugby country.

    Having skill sets transition from age group to age group

    Breaking bad Habits and setting up players and coaches with good technics.

    49 min
  • Andy Plimer - Peer to Peer Review
    This week’s guest is Andy Plimer
    Andy is the host and creator of The Rugby Coach's Corner Podcast, which he started in 2015.
    He has recorded over 100 interviews with coaches such as Wayne Smith, Michael Cheika, Eddie Jones, Pierre Villepreux, and many more.
    He's currently working on creating an online coaching course titled EVOLVE Rugby, based on a lot of the key learnings acquired from hosting the podcast.
    Originating from Australia but based in Canada, Andy has been coaching for over 15 years across a wide variety of levels, ranging from minis to high school, university, regional age grade rep, senior men's club and rep, and national u17.
    His current roles include coach development and assistant coach at the Montreal Irish RFC, assistant coach at the Toronto Arrows Regional Academy, and coaching his kids in u12, u10, and u6.
    The Rugby Coaches Corner was the first ever Podcast I listened to, so I was really excited to chat with Andy.
    During the chat we spoke about turning the mirror inwards after a defeat
    Connections with your team
    Coaching the game within the game
    We spoke about Building team culture and peer to peer review
    1 hr 8 min
  • Dan Ritchie - The Rubics Cube of Coaching
    Dan is the Colts 1 coach at Norths Rugby Club in Brisbane.
    He was previously the Director of Rugby at Brisbane State High.
    During our conversation we spoke about wearing different hats as a 1st XV coach and getting to know your players and reducing your risk.
    We spoke about having a feedback framework of what do we need to stop doing, what do we need to keep doing and what do we need to start doing.
    How training through games and having chaos and messy training is good and letting players sort things out for themselves.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Rama Chand - Developing players at all levels
    This week’s guest is Rama Chand
    Rama is originally from Fiji and grow up in Auckland and has played rugby in many countries around the world.
    He transitioned into coaching while overseas. He moved to Australia where he work for Queensland RU for about 4 years and Rugby Australia for 3 years as a Coach Training and Education Advisor.
    He was recently the first XV Assistant Coach at State High in Brisbane.
    Since recording this Rama has been appointed the Director of Development at Georgian Rugby.
    During our chat we spoke about picking players on belief that they will achieve, developing core skills in players while knowing the game your players are playing.
    We discussed allowing players to make errors during training as that is part of learning and decision making. We also spoke about learning the softer skills of coaching and giving feedback and using it as a tool for progression.
    1 hr 12 min

About The Journey of a Grassroots Rugby Coach (More Tracksuits less Business Suits)

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This Pod is about the journey we take as grassroots coaches.