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Rugby Coach WeeklyThe Coaching Knife: How to coach using theming, with Dave SharkeySend us a textIn this episode we speak to Dave Sharkey, director of Team Architecture, a communications consultancy. Focusing on using themes and stories in sports coaching, we are going to cut to the root on how we can use them effectively with our players.Dave is a English teacher and rugby coach as well as a consultant. His philosophy is "Some see things as they are and say: 'Why?' I dream of things that never were and say: 'Why not?'"You can contact him at www.team-architecture.com @SharkTeams...2023-01-0323 min
Rugby Coach WeeklyThe Coach's Guide to Teaching: Practical ways to use Doug Lemov's latest bookSend us a textDan Cottrell invites Dave Sharkey, Ged Hall and Edd Conway to say how they would use Doug Lemov's latest book, The Coach's Guide to Teaching in their own environments.Bestselling author and teaching guru Doug has drawn on his vast practical classroom experience to see he can help coaches produce better players. The panel discusses their main takeaways from the book in the context of their own coaching.The main areas covered are:Decision makingPractice designFeedbackThe book is enormously rich in stories, practical examples, sourced from...2020-12-091h 08
Rugby Coach WeeklyReturn To Play: Practical approaches to coachingSend us a textDan Cottrell speaks to Jess Bunyard, Andy Stevens and Jamie Green about their approaches to Return to Play.Jess is director of women and girls rugby and RDO at Huddersfield YMCA RFC. Andy is chair of mini and juniors at Ellingham and Ringwood RFC. Jamie is director of rugby at Royston RFC. They all coach across a wide range of age groups.I asked them the following questions:What's exciting you most about returning to coach, not just RTP?What are the main challenges for your players in...2020-08-1254 min