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Rugby Coach WeeklyThe Coaching Knife: Connection is more important than competency, with Jonny McMurtrySend us a textWelcome to the coaching knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Jonny McMurtry, sports coaching researcher and part-time rugby coach/blog writer.Focusing on develop the right relationships as a coach, we are going to cut to the root on why connection is more important than competency as a coach.Jonny runs the excellent blog, www.coachingthecoaches.netHis philosophy: My passion is understanding people’s motivation and assisting them and the people they work with to achieve wh...2023-04-2121 min
Rugby Coach WeeklyRoundup Rodeo Ep33: Reviewing the best contentSend us a textHost Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guests:Dave Collins, Director of GreyMatters Performance Ltd and Professor at Edinburgh University, Jamie Taylor, senior coach developer with GreyMatters Performance Ltd and coach with Loughborough University and Andrew Cruickshank, sport and performance psychologist and lecturer at University of Central LancashireThe team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the l...2020-12-201h 22
Rugby Coach WeeklyReviewing research into what keeps good young players in the gameSend us a textDan Cottrell caught up with Jonny McMurtry of coachingthecoaches.net to talk about his current research. Having been involved in high-performance age-grade rugby programs across Australia for nearly 10 years, he is currently completing research in conjunction with the University of Queensland and Rugby Australia, looking at age-grade player's engagement and understanding what motivates, engages and drives players' participation.In the podcast, they explore some of his findings and align it to coaching. They pick out how individuals can sit within a team structure, what makes for a happy player i...2020-10-2850 min