This Pod is about the journey we take as grassroots coaches. As most coaching pods speak with elite players and coaches, which is great. I want to talk to the coaches on the front line, the ones out there every weekend helping at the grassroots level. We will discuss the heartache, disappointment, enjoyment and euphoria we experience as coaches of the next generation of players. We will also discuss the lessons we learnt along the way, what we would do to fix the game at the grassroots level and how we see the game in the future. You never know we might just learn something along the way.
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This weeks guest is Cole Mooney. Cole is curently coaching at Pakaranga Rugby Club in New Zealand. During our chat we spoke about creating haits during training and increasing your players capacity and conscienceness. Cole also spoke about to create relationships with players and finding a common ground. We also chatted about as a coach you need to be able to be uncomfortable and vunerable with those around us --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This weeks guest is Cam Treloar. Cam is the current coach at West Harbour in the Shute Shield. He also coached at Warringah as an Assistant Coach for a few years 2023 was his firstyear as a Head Coach and he reflected a lot and his first year. He spoke about changing clubs to enhance his coaching career and transitioning from player to coach shortly after he finished playing. He spoke about how he uses player led feedback during his session . --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This weeks guest is Sean Hedger (Hedge). Hedge is the Director of Rugby at IRAA. He coached Sydney Uni to a victory in the Shute Shield in 2022 and was also named joint Shute Shield coach of the year the same year. He has also coached extensively in Japan as well as Bond Uni and the Melbourne Rebels. During our chat we spoke about Flexibility of thought during your coaching and what are the Big Pocks for you and your team. Also how to create leadership within your team and how to drive peer to peer coaching . He also spoke about learning from other coaches as well as coaches in other sports. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This weeks guest is Michael Magriplis (Grips). Grips is the Head of Community Coaching at Rugby Australia During our chat we spoke about developing our people and games to improve player Rugby IQ. We also chatted about knowing your players before given them feedback and what language we use during training to held players get clarity. Grips also spoke about the changes that will be happening in Coach Development in Australia over the next few years --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This weeks guest is Nick Piva-Giblett. Nick was recently the defence coach at Warringah Rats and is also involved in NSW Waratahs Gen Blue program. We chatted about driving competition at training and indentifying different learning styles of your players. We also spoke about giving feedback and there no right way to coach but there is definately a wrong way. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This week's guest is Rhys Thompson. Rhys was the Head Coach at Hills Rugby Club in Division 2 of the Sydney Sub Districts Competition. During our chat we spoken about going straight from playing to coaching at the same club. How we should be focused on the process not the outcome and how little control we actually have on the players once they take the field. We also spoke about players wanting to compete, whoch helps with thier learning. There is a small glitch in the recording as the internet dropped out due to a storm in the area on the night of recording. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This week's guest is Gavin Blackburn, Gavin is based in Scotland and has been a head coach at different rugby clubs for many years. During our chat Gavin spoke about condensing the 2nd training session of the week so that he can review the content that was covered during the first session to accommodate players that were unable to attend the first session. He spoke about falling out of the game for a period of time, due to outside influences. We chatted about using games at training to help player learning. He spoke about being honest with players around feedback and that the player may not like the feedback but it needs to be honest. He also briefly discussed the new below sternum Tackle Law that is being introduced and how he had to re-coach tackle tech to his players. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This week's guest is Mike Rogers Mike is currently the assistant coach at the recently crowned MLR champions the New England Free Jacks and the head coach of Manawatu Turbos in the NewZealand NPC competition, he is also the founder of Inside Running Academy in New Zealand. Mike also hosts the Coach Learning Series. Mike talks about learning from failure and allowing players to fail during training to improve. We spoke about being involved in the drills during training so that you can provide immediate feedback where necessary. We talked about how to have those difficult conversations with players and how to give different types of feedback. He gave some tips around coaching defence and helping your players read the pictures they see in defence. We also had a chat about whether we are getting the best benefit out of our pregame warmup. Mike can be contacted at rugbyacademy.global https://www.facebook.com/InsideRunningAcademy/ https://www.instagram.com/ir_academy/ mike@insiderunning.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This weeks guest is Peter O'Donnell Peter is based in Dublin and is the founder of The Lineout Lab. He has coached all levels of rugby including schools, club rugby, Leinster Pathway, and Ireland Women's. Peter competed his Masters in S and C and is currently studying to be a teacher. This was a great chat with Peter, and we chatted about keeping sessions enjoyable and his coach development. He gives us a run down on the Lineout Lab as well as sharing some tips for coaches that are coaching the Lineout throw. TheLineout Lab on Facebook https://www.thelineoutlab.com/ peter@thelineoutlab.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This week's guest is Gavin McLeod Originally from Scotland and now living in London for the past 2 years. He is currently the forwards coach of Hitchen Mens team; he is also coaching at Fernhill School as well as being involved in the Saracens DPP pathway for U15 and U16 players. He began coaching in 2003 while playing rugby in Canada. During our conversation we spoke about coaching fundamentals to kids, how we should be always learning as growing as coaches, to help our players grow and learn. How to change the coaching conditions to keep training fresh and exciting. We spoke about his 3 Error rule when looking at giving feedback to player. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
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 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This weeks epsiode is with Kaila Colbin and Grant Keenan Kaila and Grant speak about the Crusaders Coach Leadership Program. The next CCLP program will commence 30 Jan 2023. If you or somebody you know thinks they can benefit from improving their Leadership I highly recommend this course. Follow the below link to registration page for the CCLP. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This week is Part 2 of my chat with Justin Carroll During this episode we spoke about how he has introduced a Traffic Light System for his coaches. Focus on the outcomes and building relationships with players --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
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 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This weeks guest is Paul Healy Paul has been an international coach for over 25 years but is now back in Australia and is the current Manager of Pathways and Education for the Northern Territory Rugby Union. During this episode we about his first pro coaching with Stade Francais and coaching Uruguay at the 2003 World Cup. We talked about making mistakes and what doesn't kill us as coaches makes us stronger. We also spoke about players learning through errors at training. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
Todays guest is Andy Yep Andy grew up outside of Chicago playing multiple sports. In 2005 he began playing rugby in high school at the age of 17. When he moved up to the men's level, he began coaching high school rugby. In 2015 Andy became a world level 1 rugby coach. Andy has coached rugby in multiple states in the USA and at various age levels. He currently coaches the University of Southern California Women's Rugby club and the Belmont Shore Women's Rugby club As part of his development Andy took it upon himself to studying coaching and motor learning since then. Which we discuss during the episode. We also spoke about the use of constraints in small sided games for decision making. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This week's guest is Steve HALSEY. Steve is currently completely his Level 4 coaching accreditation Steve transitioned into coaching after injury stopped him playing, Steve went into age group rugby working in the Northampton Saints academy. He became involved with the Women's game in 2010 coaching the England U20's at various points across the 10 years. More recently Steve was involved with coaching Loughborough Lightning in the Allianz Premier 15's competition, just prior to recording this episode Steve has taken up a full-time role as forwards coach with Worcester Warriors in the Allianz Premier 15's competition. During our chat we spoke about how to bridge the experience gaps in our players, keeping training enjoyable, giving feedback and watching other people coach as part of your coach education. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This week's guest is Dan Cottrell. Dan is the editor of Rugby Coach Weekly. Dan is a practising RFU Level 3 coach and coach educator. He coaches with the Bristol Bears DPP programme, is the assistant coach with University of Bristol Women's team and is a coach mentor for Broad Plain RFC mini and juniors section. He was Head Coach of Swansea Schools U15 and has previously held coaching roles with the Young Ospreys Academy and as Assistant Coach with the Wales Women's Team for the 2010 World Cup. He was director of rugby for Cranleigh School, Surrey. Previously he played rugby for Bath and Bristol. During this chat we spoke about making sure us as coaches allow learning to happen during training sessions. We chatted about making sure your persona you display matches the message you are portraying as well as Player Empowerment and being the best version of yourself Dan can be contacted on the below website or via his socials https://www.rugbycoachweekly.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-cottrell-9b699523/ https://twitter.com/RugbyCoachWeek https://www.facebook.com/RugbyCoachWeekly/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
In this episode I chat with Murray Harley Murray is a retired professional loose head prop playing for the ACT Brumbies 1996-97, he is also a member of the C2K Rugby Academy Front Row Club coaching staff. He is a RugbyAU Level 2 accredited coach and has recently completed the World Rugby Coach Educator course. Only one of only five coaches trained and accredited to deliver RugbyAU's pilot ‘Scrum Passport' program across the QLD GPS Competition. Murray has also coached at all levels and states / territories in Australia. More recently Murray has had success with set piece and clubs at University of Queensland, Palmerston Crocs Darwin, Brothers Townsville Seniors, Brothers Juniors, Caloundra Lighthouse and Toowoomba Bears as well as St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe, Padua College, Downlands College and Toowoomba Grammar School. Internationally in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Irian Jaya, USA (Texas & California), Tonga and Fiji. Murray has coached QLD Schoolboys II and was Asst Coach of the Australian Schoolboys Development XV. As well as Australian Universities Rugby Union. In recent years Murray has volunteered his time with the C2K Rugby Academy along with 55 former international and provincial players where athletes attend up to nine sessions a year for position specific skills training. Murray is also the founder of Engage Mudang. Engage Mudang was established to provide set piece (scrum/lineout) specific training for junior and senior rugby clubs and schools with the aim of promoting safety and correct technique. So if you feel your school or club could benefit from Murray experience feel free to get in touch, his details will be in the show notes. During this episode we chatted about building relationships with players, thinking about doing things differently. We also spoke about scrums and ensuring the scrum remains safe while remaining a contest. I really enjoyed this chat with Murray and could of chatted for hours around the setpiece. I hope that you get something out of this chat and as always feel free to pass on to anybody you think will benefit from it. If you are new to coaching or have concerns around coaching the right technique around the scrum, remember there are a lot of good coaches out there that are willing to help you. Thanks for listening please feel free to subscribe and leave a rating. Please enjoy this chat with Murray Harley If you are interested in contacting Murray regarding Engage Mudang please email him on murray.harley1966@gmail.com or through Engage Mudang on Facebook --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
Today my guest is John Browne. He is currently coaching U14,U16,U18 Girls rugby in Townsville in Far North Queensland. He is also the current coach of the Queensland Country Heelers. We spoke about coaching Female Rugby. During the episode we also spoke about listening to your players and not being afraid to think outside the box. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
Today's guest is Charles Dudley Charles is currently the lead Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Queensland Reds Super W Team and the Nudgee College 1st XV. Charles has previously held roles within various organisations such as the Chinese Olympic Committee Ice Hockey program, and the Victorian Weightlifting Association. Complementing his strength and conditioning background, Charles also worked as a Rugby coach for seven years, coaching 1st XV, Club and Melbourne Rebels Pathways programs across both mens, womens, 15's and 7's programs in Victoria. Charles is currently completing his PhD, investigating novel ways of assessing training load in adolescent athletes. During our chat we spoke about how the S and C coach and the rugby can work together with the technical and tactical aspects of coaching. How as a grassroots coach you can get rid of your conditioning blocks and make training more intense. Also, we discussed setting decision making activities in training and finding what is a players motivation. We discussed being responsible for your own development and choosing your mentors wisely, also not being afraid to take risks. I really hope you enjoy this chat and hopefully you can get some great take aways with regards the S and C space and grassroots coaching. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This week episode is with Curtis Bradford Curtis began playing as a child in Wales, He has since used Rugby as a passport to travel and to take his first steps into coaching. While playing across Europe, Asia and in Australia, Curtis also worked in development officer roles with the Welsh Rugby Union, Kuala Lumpur Tigers and NSW Rugby. In 2018, Curtis stopped playing due to a lengthy run of concussions. At this point Curtis moved to Austria to begin working with the national teams in the developing rugby nation, as well as a director of rugby role at RC Graz, guiding them to their first ever national championship. Since the interview Curtis has taken his next steps and moved to Italy to coach VII Torino. During our chat we spoke about Managing teams and building connections with parents, partners. We also discussed getting the balance right when you have new players and experienced players in the same environment and coaching and skill development in a non rugby country. Curtis has seen many different scenarios across grass roots sport and even in performance roles. Since the interview Curtis has taken his next steps and moved to Italy to coach VII Torino. Curtis's Coaching experience. Newcastle Emlyn Juniors (2013-2017) Ceredigion county u15 and under 19 (2014-2017) Friends of Rwandan Rugby (two tours 2015 & 2016) Åland Stags Men's team (2015) WRU Development officer (2015-2017) Newcastle Emlyn 2nd team (2015-2017) Kuala Lumpur Tigers player/coach/development officer (2017) Cobra Rugby club juniors (2017) Byron Bay Rugby club player/coach and women's coach (2018) Rugby Austria 7s head coach (men and women) and Men's XVs attack coach (2018-2022) With a wide variety of experiences across nations but also levels, --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This week's guest is Mark Bernays Mark has been coaching for about 16 years He has coached both Junior and senior rugby at Oatley Rugby Club in Sydney NSW. Mark is also the Director of Junior Rugby at Southern Districts Rugby Club. During this chat we spoke about creating a team environment and getting to know your players. We also discussed have enjoyment in training and treating everyone fairly but remembering that every player is different. Mark spoke about how he likes to have a team of coaches and how he focusses on the outcome of the skill and not the process. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This week's episode is with Alana Thomas. Alana is the current Head Coach for the Melbourne Rebels Super W team. Alana started playing rugby in 2001 in Orange after being invited by uni friends. She represented Central West Rugby from 2002-2010, NSW Country 2003-2010, Aus Wallaroos 2006-2010 Victorian State 7's 2012-2014. Alana retired from playing after a serious concussion which was one of 12, she suffered in her career, however this one had lingering side effects for months. Wanting to stay involved and give back to Rugby coaching was a natural step. Helping out at her club was the start of her coaching journey which soon saw her work through her coaching accreditations and coach the Victorian State 7's & XV's team. In 2017 she was awarded the Rugby Australia Community Coach of the Year and the following year she was appointed the Head Coach of the Melbourne Rebels Super W side. She is passionate about Women's Rugby and hopes to help players grow and remove barriers that she faced and provide opportunities for all players. Coaching Experience · 2015 Assistant Coach Victorian Women's State team · 2015-17 Rugby Australia Women's Coach Development · 2016-17 Head Coach Victorian Women State team · 2016-2018 Melbourne Rebels Emerging Players Program (EPP) Coach · 2017 Rugby Australia Community Coach of the Year · 2016-17 Head Coach Melbourne Unicorns Rugby Club - Women · 2018-19 Coach Development - Wallaroos · 2019 Australia A Assistant Coach · Current Head Coach Melbourne Rebels Super W Alana's day job is working with the Victorian Institute of Sport where she works with some of Australia's best athletes, coaches and support staff. In this episode we spoke about being able to grow from our losses What is your why Being authentic and having fun You own your own development and back yourself and be creative. If you want to reach out and connect with Alana you can connect via the following social media platforms: LinkedIn: Alana Thomas Instagram: @alanathomas7 Twitter: @alanathomas7 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
The weeks conversation is part 3 of a 3-part series where I speak with Dr Andy Gilbert PhD and Associate Professor at George Mason University. Andy Gilbert started his grassroots coaching journey at the university level in the United States 20 years ago. Some of his early coaching roles included backs and attack coach at New Mexico State University) as well as head coaching roles at Kent State University and Evergreen State College. He took a university teaching and research position at RMIT University in Melbourne Australia and used his background in education to coach the littlest players (U6) at Eltham Rugby Club for two years. After returning to the USA, he has continued his youth coaching and has worked with the same group of kids moving up from U8 through U14 for the last six years at Loudoun Youth Rugby in the state of Virginia. I have broken the conversation into 3 parts as we had some really good discussions about a number of topics. This is a great series of conversations with Andy and getting his thoughts around coaching junior rugby in the USA. In episode 1 we spoke about not getting hung up on the results but focusing on performing at their best. Not coaching young players to win now but developing their skill sets for the future and using players from your senior team to help at training. In episode 2 we talked about how Andy is improving the parents' rugby IQ in a non-rugby community and coach development in the US. In episode 3 Andy spoke about his thoughts about where USA Rugby is heading and using gamification at training. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This episode is part 2 of a 3 part series speaking with Dr Andy Gilbert PhD and Associate Professor at George Mason University. Andy Gilbert started his grassroots coaching journey at the university level in the United States 20 years ago. Some of his early coaching roles included backs and attack coach at New Mexico State University) as well as head coaching roles at Kent State University and Evergreen State College. He took a university teaching and research position at RMIT University in Melbourne Australia and used his background in education to coach the littlest players (U6) at Eltham Rugby Club for two years. After returning to the USA, he has continued his youth coaching and has worked with the same group of kids moving up from U8 through U14 for the last six years at Loudoun Youth Rugby in the state of Virginia. In this episode we talked about how Andy is improving both his players and the players parents' rugby IQ in a non-rugby community and coach development. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
The weeks episode is part 1 of a 3 part conversation with Dr Andy Gilbert PhD and Associate Professor at George Mason University. Andy Gilbert started his grassroots coaching journey at the university level in the United States 20 years ago. Some of his early coaching roles included backs and attack coach at New Mexico State University) as well as head coaching roles at Kent State University and Evergreen State College. He took a university teaching and research position at RMIT University in Melbourne Australia and used his background in education to coach the littlest players (U6) at Eltham Rugby Club for two years. After returning to the USA, he has continued his youth coaching and has worked with the same group of kids moving up from U8 through U14 for the last six years at Loudoun Youth Rugby in the state of Virginia. I have broken the conversation into 3 parts as we had some really good discussions about a number of topics. This is a great series of conversations with Andy and getting his thoughts around coaching junior rugby in the USA. In this episode we spoke about not getting hung up on the results but focusing on performing at their best. Not coaching young players to win now but developing their skill sets for the future and using players from your senior team to help at training. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This episode is with Andrew Fraser. Andrew has been the Assistant Coach at Hunter Wildfires in the Shute Shield and has recently been appointed as Assistant Coach at Bond University in the Hospital Cup. He has also held positions as both Assistant and Head Coach at many NSW Country Championship teams. During our chat we spoke about how you must be prepared as a coach, learning the skill of communication and being ruthlessly curious. Andrew spoke about as a coach you must making an effort to make connections by speaking with other coaches as well as being engaged with training and having high energy in your sessions and making them quick and as efficient and it's all about preparing our players for 3 o'clock on Saturday. His advice to any new coaches or coaches in general is “Don't let fear hold you back” Andrew is also the founder of Rugby Palooza, a two-day coaching forum to be held in Lennox Head on the New South Wales north coast on the weekend of 29-30 January 2022. There is an amazing line up of quality coaches attending to share their knowledge and talk about rugby. The theme for the weekend is Collaboration is Cool. Some of the coaches that will be in attendance and sharing their knowledge Scott Wisemantel (Wallabies Assistant Coach) Jay Tregonning (Wallaroos Head Coach) Nick Stiles (Melbourne Rebels General Manager) Dan Hooper (Brumbies Skills Coach) Sam Needs (Scrum Strong) and many more. Tickets available through Eventbrite Also follow RugbyPalooza on Instagram and Facebook @rugbypalooza --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This is second part of my chat with Merlin Gape O'Donnell. In this episode we discussed Players moving to another club for their development. As coaches what environments are we Creating environments for our players. Learning how to coach through coaching different sports Finding a Mentor creating a stake holder map Self reflection and learning --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This is part 1 of a 2 part sepisode In this episode I speak with Merlin Gape O'Donnell. Merlin works in sports development and has previously worked for England Rugby as a Community Rugby Coach. He is currently one of the U15 DPP lead coaches for Harlequins in the UK and is currently in his sixth season for the club. In his former Director of Rugby role at Weybridge Vandals, Merlin established a player pathway to transition young players into senior rugby and created the club's first U21 side. He has previous coaching roles that include being a lead coach for Surrey Rugby's developing player programme and Head of Varsity Rugby at an American school based in England. He has also worked as a performance analyst for London Welsh and for Wales Women whilst studying Sports Coaching & Performance at the University of South Wales. In part one we spoke about having a blend between player led and coach led training and what gives your team energy and what takes it away. Adapting training games to suit player ability and also how a lot of coaches are not designing sessions to develop players but to just prepare them for the next game. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This is the second part of my discussion with Jonny McMurtry. In this episode we discuss Jonny's recent research around "Why players play and what is important to them" In his research he was looking at the motivations of elite U20 age grade players. His research was part of his Masters and was completed in conjunction with University of Queensland and the Australian Rugby Union. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This week's episode is with Jonny McMurtry Jonny works in coach development with Coaching the Coaches webpage (www.coachingthecoaches.net) and Rugby Coach Weekly He also works as a facilitator with Outside the Locker Room Jonny is also an International Gymnastics AUS Advanced Silver Coaching He has held many roles in coach development as well as working on work within various sporting organizations/clubs including: •Southside Swimming Squad, Rochedale, Brisbane. •Wests Bulldogs Rugby Union, Toowong, Brisbane •St Joachim's Catholic Primary School, Holland Park, Brisbane •Anglican Church Grammar School (Rugby 1st XV Head Coach), East Brisbane He has been involved in national and state age grade programs within rugby union for 11+ years During the episode we talked about Finding your players motivation and what do they want to achieve Asking more questions Giving regular and Reflective Feedback Step back before you step in And often the coachable moment is in the players answers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This weeks episode is with Jonathan Flynn. He is originally from Scotland. Jonathan is currently coaching the senior team at Rugby Club Metz (Fédérale 2, France) and at Rugby Club Luxembourg (1st Division in Germany). He has Spent 5 years as head coach of the Luxembourg national team (15s and 7s) he has also coached club rugby in Belgium, Luxembourg, and various national age grade teams. Jonathan is also a Trainer/Educator for World Rugby and has delivered coaching courses to various unions throughout Europe. We spoke about how the score doesn't matter and the importance of developing skills in young players. Keeping training sessions fun through competitive games and working at a high tempo. We also spoke about questioning our players and letting them try and fix errors themselves. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This weeks episode is with Tomas Marks. Tom has previously worked for the Welsh Rugby Union for 7 years in development, he has also worked for the RFU. He now runs Coffee and Rugby Coaching Services. In this episode we spoke about the use of mentors for your development, which helps with making you're a better coach. Using the APES principle for training. Timing of questioning and Peer to Peer coaching. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
Duncan Chubb is the current Top Squad Forwards Coach with Southern Districts in the Shute Shield Duncan recently transitioned into coaching after his playing career where he played 220 games for Southern Districts as well as playing for Melbourne Rising and New South Wales Country in the National Rugby Championship. As well as touring New Zealand with the 2015 Australian Barbarians. We talked about managing egos and expectations of players when they have Waratahs and Wallabies ahead of them in the pecking order at club rugby Transition from playing an entire career in the front frow to having to learn how to coach the other positions on the team We also discussed how every human is different and they all learn differently and using failure to improve. Duncan is also the owner of Wandering Bear Sports and has created highlights reels for players from all around the world at all levels including 100+ Capped International Players. If you want to reach out to Duncan he is on the socials or visit his websites. www.wanderingbearsportsmedia.com www.caffeinegumaustralia.com/shop --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
In this episode I chat with Jack Rolfe. Jack runs The Coaching Lab which is a coach education company working with coaches from all over the world. We discussed game-based training to grow decision making and preparing players to play the game, use of modified rules and equipment to suit the environment. Using the game as feedback, coaching players from chaos to clarity Coach through cards and games (constraint-based training) There is a slight glitch in the recording as a storm hit Perth as we were recording, and Jack dropped out for a while and then had a few little internet freezes as well. If you want to reach out and chat to Jack about some coach development or purchase a set of his coaching cards here are his contact details Info@thecoachinglab.org @The_CoachingLab http://www.thecoachinglab.org/shop --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
In this episode I am speaking with the newly appointed Head Coach of Two Blues Premier Women's Team Beth Whaanga. **This conversion was recorded prior to Beth's appointment which is why it is not mentioned in the episode.** Beth is a mother of four. She is a forensic criminologist, with a dual master's in forensic Mental Health and another in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Beth is a level three coach who has worked across multiple demographics over the past two decades but has primarily worked in senior men's rugby the past ten years. Beth coaches forwards and has a particular passion for scrum and line out. Beth was part of the AIS High Performance Coaching Talent Program and part of the Sport Australia women in leadership program. She is an award-winning coach who is looking forward to contributing to the Sydney Rugby Community and building female participation over the coming years. We talked about who training needs to be fun, half time talks, coaching Colts, Seeking Feedback and always learning. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
In this episode I am chatting with Brett Gallagher. I first met Brett when we both worked for RugbyWA. At the time of recording Brett was the General Manager for Shute Shield club Southern Districts. During his time at Southern Districts he was also the Head of their Colts (U20) program. Brett has been involved with Grassroots Rugby for 25 years. He has worked in Player and Game Development for both the Waratahs and the Western Force. He has also been involved with the Lloyd McDermott Foundation for a number of years and we spoke about the joy he had coaching indigenous players as well as the national indigenous teams. We spoke about chatting with other coaches, keeping a journal, having an opportunity to influence others and understanding what motivates your players. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
Originally from London, Tom is now based in Berlin, He has been traveling the world to learn about the various codes of rugby in Fiji, New Zealand, Australia and parts of Europe and Asia. Having coached touch to beginners and worked with academy / youth internationals in league and union, he's seen a variety of approaches at varying levels and is always happy to share successful solutions with other grassroots coaches. As well as being involved in coach education, he works as an S&C for anatomy gaps (tm) with a personal focus on speed development and injury prevention. If you want to contact Anatomy Gap contact them on www.anatomygaps.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This episode is with Ollie Reid Ollie is the Current Player & Coach Development Director Ivanhoe Knights (Melbourne Australia) He is also the Head Coach RMIT University Men's Big V State League He has previous coaching experience in England, USA & various senior and junior club roles in Australia. If you want to reach out to Ollie contact him on coaching.director@ivanhoeknights.org Music produced by Dypack --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This week's guest is James Wunsch James coaches Daramalan College Under 13's in Canberra. We discussed people management skills, having a learning mindset and be open to different coaching options as there is no one size fits all approach to coaching. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This episode is with Dave Ellis. He has Over 30 years' experience in player skill development and coach education. He developed a partnership with Barry Honan in Australia - our software company called Digisport produced coaching resources for various sports. He then headed back to New Zealand to take up a coaching role for the International Rugby Academy (IRANZ) and produce coaching resources for NZRU. He has worked with Blues Super Rugby, Assistant Coach/Skills Coach, (2016-2018) Connacht Rugby Pro12, Assistant Coach/Skills Coach, (2013-2016) International Rugby Academy Skills Coach and Course Facilitator, (2000-2020) Now back in Palmerston North, he is working with IRANZ and the Rugby Site to further the development of both players and coaches. If you are interested in any of Dave's work feel free to check out his website https://www.ellisrugby.co.nz/ **Intro and ending music is prodcued by Dypak** Check out his work at https://open.spotify.com/artist/7uGuyDVNJ88z6Fy8whkRwf?si=B0i3ohpRTbqbguWWLWIwSw&dl_branch=1 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
Andrew is based in Melbourne but is originally from New Zealand. He coaches both Junior Cricket and Rugby He is the current rugby coach of the U16s at Brighton Grammar (Melbourne, Australia) He also coach at Racing Rugby and helps out at the Moorabbin Rugby Clun, he has been the coach or assistant coach for teams from u10 to u18 across boys and girls in both sports. Andrew has been coaching cricket for a long time, and has taken up coaching Rugby in the last 5 years. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
In this episode I am speaking with Nick Combes. Nick is a Level 3 World Rugby Accredited Coach. In 2018 he established the Longhorns Rugby Academy where he is currently the Head Coach and Director. The Longhorns Rugby Academy, provides rugby services to clubs, schools, representative programs supporting coaches and players for ongoing development across Australia. Over the years he has also coached: 2016-2020 – Bowral Rugby Club Coach 2020 – Present u18s & u15s NSW GEN Blue Coach 2016-2019 – u18s NSW ISA Schoolboys 2009 – 2020 - Oxley College Bowral 1XV Head Coach 2013 – 2017 – Illawarra Girls 7s 2006 – Present – Bowral Rugby Junior Coach – Current Junior Club Coach Educator and Coordinator If you wish to contact Nick and discuss the Longhorns Rugby Academy see details below Facebook @LonghornsRugbyAcademy Instagram @LonghornsRugbyAcademy https://www.facebook.com/longhornsrugbyacademy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
This episode is with Darragh Coyle. Darragh's passion for the sport saw him transition into coaching in 2016, where he spent several years coaching schoolboy and junior mens Rugby in Dublin, Ireland, during which time he also completed a Masters in "Coaching Science in Sport." More recently he has uprooted to the United Kingdom where he has continued to work within the school rugby sphere, as well as coaching in the youth development programme at the Yorkshire Rugby Academy. We spoke about the Development work he does with the Yorkshire Rugby Academy as well as some of the work he does with the Lienster Academy. We spoke about Coaching Philosophies, Getting advise from Mentors and Reflecting on games and player performance. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bullys-rugby-coaching/message
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