The Magic Academy
Supporting coaching wizards! Rusty and Fletch love to hang with rockstars from the coaching world and get them sharing through some pretty cool questions
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 251
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Season 3 - Episode 5 with Peter Walton
Waited a long time to write this! Fletch catches up with the legend that is Walts down in Malvern after watching some rugby together! This will be essential listening!
Season 3 - Episode 7 with Geoff Webster
Rusty chats with Fiji general manager Geoff Webster
Season 3 - Episode 4 One Year In - With Rusty and Fletch
The lads sit down after a long day at Sedbergh to reminisce and reflect on 1 year of The Magic Academy and the million steps a day that Rusty is currently doing!
On the agenda... Rusty's admin, Fletch…
Season 3 - Episode 3 with Crista Cullen
The lads are grafting hard at the famous Sedbergh Camp this week and Rusty took the opportunity to catch up with Crista Cullen, Hockey player, drag flicker, conservationist, coach and living in a hou…
Season 3 - Episode 2 with Shane Fletcher
In this weeks episode - Rusty chats with Canterbury Crusaders Team manager Shane Fletcher.... My favourite expression in this pod...???? "Saturate them with performance"
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Season 3 - Episode 1 with Andy Plimer
Rusty is in Canada this week and catches up with Andy Plimer, Family man, Rugby coach, Teacher, Twitcher (Life list: 1052) Really bad hockey player, IPA enthusiast & Creator of @RugbyCoachsCn podcas…
Season 2 -Episode 23 with Andy Abraham
For our season 2 finale, Rusty chats with Andrew Abraham... Head of Subject at Carnegie School of Sport, nurturer of young coaches, Sunday morning dad (and coach) and Status Quo mega-fan!
Season 2 -Episode 22 with Elliot Newell
Rusty chats with Sports psych Elliot Newell, by his own admission a sucker for a story!! Rusty also claims this is his most favourite podcast yet.....
Season 2 -Episode 21 with Wayne Smith
Rock Star alert!! Rusty can't contain his excitement in this weeks MA podcast where he gets to ask questions of one of his coaching heroes! Wayne Smith joins us for what we believe is his first ever …
Season 2 -Episode 20 with Rusty and Fletch
In this weeks podcast Rusty and Fletch continue the conversation around gamification
Season 2 -Episode 19 with Mo Bobat
With the Cricket world cup in full flow, Rusty chats with Mo Bobat, Talent Identifiction rockstar for the ECB.
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Nick Watson
Rusty chats with Nick Watson, head of rugby at Dainfern College in Johannesburg .
Season 2 -Episode 18 with Simon Strachan
A bonus podcast for this week as Rusty chats all things team cohesion with Simon Strachan of Gain Line Analytics
Season 2 Episode 16 - With Matthew Tait
Fletch chats with Matthew James Murray Tait AKA Taity - talks about his experiences/thoughts re Falcons Tigers England 7's Coaching and Mental Health
Season 2 Episode 15 - with Ruaridh McConnochie
Rusty catches up with Ruaridh McConnochie
Season 2 Episode 14 - With Iain Chisholm
Rusty chats with Iain Chisholm, DOR, player-coach, Scotsman, no longer has a 'real job' and performs wizardry at Highland Rugby.
Season 2 Episode 13 - With Ed Hall
Rusty chats with Ed Hall, Doctor and senior lecturer of Northumbria University.
Season 2 Episode 10 - With Ross Munro
Rusty chats with Ross Munro. They connected after an article that Ross wrote which you can read here https://rossrugby.co.za/2017/09/after-10-years-of-coaching-heres-what-i-think-i-know/
Series 2 Episode 12 - with Rich Berry
Rich has had 3 decades in education and coaching which has led him to recently becoming the Mental Health and Wellbeing Ambassador for Gloucestershire RFU.... Rusty chats all things coaching and well…
Season 2 Episode 11 - With Glenn Delaney (Round 2!)
Rusty loved the last one so much he went back for more!!! Enjoy our bonus podcast with Glenn Delaney!