Rugby Coach Weekly
Dan Cottrell and guests discuss all the hot topics in grass roots rugby coaching from managing concussion to dealing with parents.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 358
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Exciting times for women's rugby & coaching
Liza "Bird" Burgess was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2018. With 93 caps for Wales and GB, she's also an experienced international and club coach. Now assisting Susie Ap…
Killer questions, escape roots, upping the tempo and challenging me
Experienced DPP coach, coaching coordinator and grassroots coach, Ian Hollingworth chats about how he has learned to take more risks. He tells us how he is passionately curious about hi…
Defence zone: activity walkthrough with ideas to suit your team
Talking with experienced grassroots Chris Sweetapple, we look at a recent session he's run using a Rugby Coach Weekly activity. This episode is about "defence zone" which was the game a…
It’s just rugby players making rugby decisions
I was delighted to catch up with Ed Robinson, attack coach with the Jersey Reds. His team had just served up a fantastic try in the English second tier competition, which went onto win …
Andy Stevens on how he became a better all-round coach
What changes when you do a Level 1 course.
How has your "language" in coaching change.
Top tips on using demonstrations in training
What gets players back - not making fun "silly"
What do…
Hard choices for coaches and players, light bulbs and new ideas for age grade, with Tim Ravenscroft
Tim Ravenscroft, lead coach for his U12’s team in Bristol and also Sector Head Age Grade Rugby at Gloucestershire RFU discusses how coaching and fixtures are changing for the better at …
Wayne Goldsmith on how to make a real difference to your teams
For more than a quarter of a century, international sports performance coach Wayne Goldsmith has influenced the coaching, thinking and teaching of some of the world’s leading athletes, …
How to keep players in love with the game
Dan welcomes IRFU head of coaching and coach development Colin Moran to the podcast to discuss how best to keep players in love with the game.
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Why you don't want to be called "The Fridge"
Simon Nainby, an experienced S&C coach, coaching consultant and rugby coach, talks about how to give autonomy to your players, the power of stories, what is meant by action bias and why…
Progressions, learning from other coaches, who-what-how models and mentoring
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Making real gains coaching grassroots and representative players
Giles Heagerty, who runs the rugby at a busy school, plus is head coach of England Counties U18 and also Waterloo Ladies, shares his insights.
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When to allow failure and how to coach with uncertainty
Dr Suzanne Brown explains to Dan Cottrell how to understand the way players' minds work so you can coach them more effectively
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Would you love to play in the team you coach?
I challenge Digby Webb, an experienced schools coach, to explain how to create the best environments for players.
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Science-based approach to better and safer tackling
Dr Sharief Hendricks outlines his research team’s findings on tackling. He says that, through in-depth video analysis, he has found: The key attributes to a safe and effective tackle. A…
Drills good, games much better. But you must know why
Dan talks to experienced Rugby League coach, sports lecturer and coach developer Stuart Wilkinson on how coaching needs direction within in a session.
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Should we change the age we start to coach scrummaging?
With a number of international front-rowers only starting their trade after the age of 16, is their case to change the way we coach scrummaging? Dan Cottrell asks former front rower and…
Are Super Rugby skills and thrills better than the Premiership and Pro14?
The Southern Hemisphere’s top competition is stunning to watch. But we can do more to replicate that with our own training? Dan Cottrell talks to the experienced academy coach George Ta…
How ARU size and ability limits will benefit players and coaches
Dan Cottrell talks to experienced Australian U13s James Stevens about the new size and ability limits in his country’s youth rugby.
James was part of the pilot scheme and he describes h…