The Magic Academy

By John Fletcher, Russell EarnshawSports Education Self-Improvement Leisure Hobbies Rugby

The Magic Academy episodes

April 06 Season 11 Episode 23 - Eno Mwamba (Champions League)
Eno and Rusty chat all things from Botswana to the City to chasing his dream of winning the Champions league... McKinsey's, Arsenal Community, Coach Index, the Football Banker and an 8-0 humbling... enjoy!
48 min
March 22 Season 11 Episode 22 - Aaron Takel (Tactical Warfare)
No pod since 2025... Taks was getting impatient to we did one together! All things tactical warfare, problem-solving, tweaking or changing... enjoy!
51 min
December 22, 2025 Season 11 Episode 21 Fletch and Danny - 2025 in review
Fletch, Danny and Rusty share their highlights, heroes and hardships from 2025 and look ahead to 2026... enjoy!
1 hr 5 min
December 07, 2025 Season 11 Episode 20 Byron Green and Aaron Takel (coach development)
Byron Green, wheelchair rugby coach and player (https://athletescan.ca/athlete-rep-spotlight-byron-green-wheelchair-rugby/) gets paid a visit from Taks at his provincial training camp and we chat all things coach development... geological formations, the funnel, the Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo Jump world heritage site, levels of communication and earning trust... enjoy!
54 min
November 08, 2025 Season 11 Episode 19 - Gerard Jones (Cambodia)
Gerard and Rusty chat about his journey to coaching in the Cambodian Premier League... learning something from everyone, the reality of micropolitics and real politics, cultural differences, ST and LT thinking, presence and storytelling... enjoy!
56 min
November 06, 2025 Season 11 Episode 18 Graeme Moffat - Lethbridge
Moff and Rusty chat all things Gamechangers conference... brain skills, talent ID, injuries, river swims, building a den and indoor rondos... enjoy!
39 min
August 28, 2025 Season 11 Episode 17 - Aaron Takel (Developing Craft)
Taks and Rusty catch up for the 3rd time to chat all things Vancouver Island, noticing skills, the Air Canada strike, headband levels, conviction and action, triangles, the Fork of Power and noticing... enjoy!
1 hr 14 min
July 04, 2025 Season 11 Episode 16 - Kenny Lynn (Argentina)
Kenny and Rusty chat all things staff football, experimenting, coaching attack and learning Spanish... enjoy!
43 min
June 22, 2025 Season 11 Episode 15 Peter Train (Pleasure and Happiness in Education)
Pete's doctorate (https://phecanada.ca/professional-learning/journal/pleasure-and-happiness-education-alternative-form-phe-peter-train) leads to a discussion with Rusty about teacher's experimenting, having a more open framework, attention, taking the ego away, sensible lunatics, astonishing yourself and the museum of values... enjoy!
56 min
June 16, 2025 Season 11 Episode 14 Jeremy Holt (For the Love of the Game)
Jeremy's joins Rusty for the 2nd time on the pod following his book release to chat all things TRIBE... enjoy!
For the love of the game: How to coach identity, belonging and performance in sport.

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48 min

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Supporting coaching wizards! Rusty and Fletch love to hang with rockstars from the coaching world and get them sharing through some pretty cool questions