Coaches Craft Podcast

Marianne was awesome with her discussions around what they do at the Good Oil Tactix. Marianne opens up on how they plan a season and provides some great points for coaches to take away. We also discuss facing adversity during times where the team were losing and what processes Marianne put in place to turn a season around.

Join us as we go through Brendan's journey where he started coaching his mates to working through the Canterbury age grades eventually getting to Canterbury B. From there his journey took him to Russia where he coached RC Kuban and is now back in New Zealand looking to get going with Christchurch Rugby Club.

**New Podcast**Mental Wellbeing and how it looks like in a team. Join the conversation with Tony Christie and Kim Smith from Canterbury 7's and listen how they implemented a 4 dimensional model that gave them a foundation leading into their season campaign.

We delve deep into the world of Warren as he shares some stories from his coaching journey. He talks Ferrari's in Lithuania, using his childhood to define his coaching process and working with the USA womens 7s and defining winning!!Have a listen and enjoy!!

One of the most interesting journeys that I have listened to. From setting a goal in 2008 and achieving it in 2016 at the Rio olympics, Jacob takes us through his journey coaching Brazil XV and the Brazil 7s at the Olympics.We also touch on his current role at Old Glory DC.

Today we are joined by Lori McDaniel from Canterbury Basketball, Jimmy Sinclair from Canterbury Rugby Coach Education and Tony Christie from Canterbury 7s. We breakdown what safe means when creating a safe environment and how connecting with people really contributes with the safety. Lots of content for coaches and players to take away.Enjoy!!

Join us as we go through Jane's journey into professional netball, what environments she has been in and which have contributed to her success.We touch on the nerves and relief at the world cup and what she believes makes a good captain.Jane was very open with her stories and was awesome to have her on the podcast. Enjoy!!

We chat with Lori who is currently the Basketball Development Officer for Canterbury. She is the NZ u17 (year 1) girls coach. We chat about Lori's journey from being a player and her journey into coaching. Lori is extremely honest with how she found the transition and big lessons that she learnt. We talk about taking the NZ u17 girls to the World Cup in Belarus and discover the secret currency of touring...

Probably the most technical we have gone with a coach during these conversation and it was awesome to have Blair on the podcast. Blair is the defence coach for Canterbury u19 who won the national championship in 2019.We talk through personal and defence philosophies and also creating a close knit team. We get a sneak peak into the doughnut club and talk defence!!

Real awesome to have Dan go through his journey with Mumbles u6-u16, how the journey with Rugby Coaches Weekly began and touching on discussions around game design and safe environments.Website: https://www.rugbycoachweekly.net/Twitter: @Dan_Cottrell

Everytime I talk with Kahu he makes me think if I am actually doing enough to coach the person and not the player. Kahu is the NZ Maori u18 coach and we jump into one of their camps and talk through what the coaching group expect from each other.

Listen to Chris Spedding from England Rugby on how he tries to be a Catalyst with his coaching philosophy. We touch on the importance of knowing your playing to what makes a great coach developer. #CoachingFamily

2nd episode is up and running. We speak with Simon Kneebone, Canterbury U19s forwards coach, and discover his journey to being a specialised coach or in his words a coach who is passionate about set piece... We hear about seeing, feeling and understanding approach to coaching and what it means to be a 'Grizzly'... I hope i get invited into the grizzly club one day.

In our debut episode we talk to Jimmy Sinclair who is the current head of coach education in Canterbury, NZ. He was the head coach of the NZ girls 7s team that went to the youth olympic games in 2018 and won the gold medal.We explore the journey he took and dive into the stories he shares to really pick out some gold nuggets!!Enjoy!