The Magic Academy

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

The Magic Academy episodes

February 04, 2024 Series 11 Episode 3 - Sean Graham (Developing yourself and others)
Sean and Rusty chat all things from the U13F's, being excited to come to training, reflecting in the moment, Laurie Fisher as Bruce Springsteen, re-imagining a coaching skills carousel, saving bullets, Ben Ryan in 2009 and John Quinn's grenades... enjoy!
53 min
January 25, 2024 Season 11 Episode 2 - Mike Porteous (Confidence)
Mike and Rusty chat all things confidence... What gives you a buzz? When is it hard for you? How does it feel? What milestones might we pass on the way? How can we be mischievous? Who owns the right way? Who do you want to be? Enjoy...
56 min
January 04, 2024 Season 11 - Episode 1 Mike Orchin-McKeever (Energy)
Mike is (just) a PE teacher and rugby coach and chats all things creative coaching, coaching across different environments and growing the game... enjoy!
36 min
August 20, 2023 Series 10 - Episode 20 Fletch and Rusty (the App)
Fletch and Rusty chat skill, levels, connecting player-parent-coach, coaching contact, coach development and being more like Finn... enjoy!
25 min
July 30, 2023 Series 10 - Episode 19 Dave Sharkey (the three-peat)
Sharks returns to chat all things theming, lifting the lid on La Rochelle in Europe, totems, experiments and making them wait... enjoy!
46 min
July 01, 2023 Series 10 - Episode 18 Andy Abraham (Concepts)
Andy returns to the pod having coached community rugby for the past 11 years alongside his role as Head of Subject at Leeds Beckett... he shares the 11 concepts that helped him the most with his coaching... from simplifying to scaffolding to SOL to planning to athlete engagement... enjoy!
1 hr 31 min
June 19, 2023 Season 10 - Episode 17 Caspar Berry (Decision-making)
Ex-poker player and Cambridge Economist Caspar and Rusty chat all things decision-making... knowing your opponent, missing bets, data and emotions, neutral reviews, interdependence and the J-curve... enjoy!
47 min
June 05, 2023 Series 10 - Episode 16 Kieran Hallett (Super Rugby)
Kieran and Rusty chat all things Super Rugby after his sabbatical from Leinster to the Rebels... coaching, co-coaching, pathways, what he's learned... enjoy!
45 min
May 29, 2023 Series 10 -Episode 15 Jack Moran (Curriculum)
Jack and Rusty sparked by a WhatsApp group chat on curriculum chew the fat on what it could mean, the purpose, the what and the how with (hopefully) some practical ideas to bring it to life... enjoy!
57 min
May 23, 2023 Series 10 Episode 14 - Adam and Maarten (Play)
Adam and Maarten catch up with Rusty after their play workshop for rugby coaches and chat Elmo and Grover, changing the brain, setting the room to 0, basic human needs, noticing skills, feeling the difference, DJ’ing the room, bravery, sneaky experiments and impact and the ripple effect... enjoy! Find them at https://theplayfuluniversity.co.uk

53 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