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Send us Fan MailLiza Bird Burgess and LJ Adams catch up with former England international flanker Maggie Alphonsi MBE.Maggie, who is now a regular TV pundit and writes in The Daily Telegraph, was one of the world's best players, with 74 caps for England and 28 tries. She helped England win a World Cup and seven consecutive Six Nations crowns.In the pod, Bird and LJ ask Maggie (who Bird used to teach!) the following questions:What did you want to be growing up?You played a lot of different sports when you were growing up in school, what was it that attracted you to rugby and what kept you playing it?When you look back at your rugby playing career, is there any particular advice you would have given to your younger self and to young players now aspiring to be international players?What is your favourite rugby memory?Talk us through your transition from a player to media professional; what support did you have? Were there any barriers and what advice would you give anyone wanting to pursue a role such as this? What other aspirations do you have?Where do you see women’s rugby going in the next five years?What is the hardest lesson/ biggest disappointment when playing rugby and how did you overcome this?To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach WeeklyTo find out more about our Partner Club offerCLICK HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us Fan MailHost Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guests:Sandro Fiorino, Rugby Canada Women's head coach and 7s academy head coach, Jack Hanratty, Rugby Canada academy coach and Canada Women U20s head coach and Graeme Moffat, Director of Rugby for Rugby Alberta and Wolf PackThe team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.This week's content:Building your inner coach with Brett Ledbetter - TEDxGatewayArcHow to stop comparing and start competing with Brett Ledbetter – TEDxGatewayArchThe Sport Psych Show podcast with Dan Clements – Hosted by Dan Abrahams The Test - AmazonSUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDStrategising effective questioning within the TGfU model – Ryan White (Blog)How England Select Cricket Teams – Matt Roller (ESPN CricInfo) (Article)Game Feedback: What happens in the AFL coaches box? - Rob Mason (Blog Part 1)When given feedback isn't feedback received – Rob Mason (Blog Part 2)The Magic Academy Podcast with Alex Lascu and Courtney Winfield – Russell EarnshawLet's Talk Coaching Part 2 with Fiona Hayes – The Loose Head PodcastTo find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach WeeklyTo find out more about our Partner Club offerCLICK HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us Fan MailAndy Stevens sits down to chat with Richard Cheetham and James Clark about coaching, coach development and skills of being a coach.The main topics were:A picture of ideal coach development.How transferable coaching skills can be, and does a coach need an in-depth knowledge of their sport.The importance of reflection and who to include in the process.Key reading and resource recommendations.Richard Cheetham MBE, a Senior Fellow in Sports Coaching at the University of Winchester, with a holistic approach to coaching and experience across a wide range of sports.Twitter: @twowheelprofJames Clark, a highly respected rugby coach and passionate coach developer. A proud member of The Front Row Club.Twitter: @JSClarky3To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach WeeklyTo find out more about our Partner Club offerCLICK HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us Fan MailDan 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 people like Wayne Smith, Nick Winkleman, Dave Hadfield, Johan Cruyff, Steve Kerr and Pete Carroll.Click here to buy a copy of the book.Here's the book blurb.The mark of a great coach is a constant desire to learn and grow. A hunger to use whatever can make them better. The best-selling author of Teach Like a Champion and Reading Reconsidered brings his considerable knowledge about the science of classroom teaching to the sports coaching world to create championship caliber coaches on the court and field. What great classroom teachers do is relevant to coaches in profound ways. After all, coaches are at their core teachers. Lemov knows that coaches face many of the same challenges found in the classroom, so the science of learning applies equally to them. Unfortunately, coaches and organizations have a mixed level of understanding of the research and study of the science of learning. Sometimes coaches and organizations build their teaching on myths and platitudes more than science. Sometimes there isn't any science applied at all. While there are thousands of books and websites a coach can consult to better understand technical and tactical aspects of the game, there is nothing for a coach to consult that explicitly examines the teaching problems on the field, the court, the rink, and the diamond. Until now. Intended to offer lessons and guidance that are applicable to coaches of any sporting endeavor including everyone from parent volunteers to professional coaches and private trainers, Lemov brings the powerful science of learning to the arena of sports coaching to create the next generation of championship caliber coaches.To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach WeeklyTo find out more about our Partner Club offerCLICK HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us Fan MailHost Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guests:Rich Hudson, Managing Director Buckinghamshire Cricket and ECB level 4 coach and Ian McClurg, UEFA A football coach. The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.This week's content:Pressure Myths: Understanding the Psychology of Performance – Book by Rich HudsonPerform Beyond Pressure: The Keys to Realising your Potential – Book by Rich HudsonTom Bates Website – Webinar not available for repeatSUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDUK Coaching Coach Developer Conversation – Tom Hartley chats with a Fighter PilotThe Sports Psych Show with Dr Amy Whitehead – Host Dan AbrahamsAmateur Rugby Podcast chats with Dan Cottrell – Host Tim TunnicliffThe Barefoot Coach – Paddy UptonPlay the 1v1 Way: Soccer Tips from an Emerging Talent Centre – Ian McClurgTo find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach WeeklyTo find out more about our Partner Club offerCLICK HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us Fan MailSi Nainby talks in depth to William Wayland.William is a certified strength and conditioning coach and owner of Powering Through Performance Gym in Chelmsford, Essex  http://www.powering-through.com/. He works with a wide variety of sports and athletes including rugby, motorsports and the PGA European Tour. His background is in applied sports science.In this episode we discuss:William's approach to S&C with his local amateur Rugby team, Chelmsford RFC.How he assesses and programs the S&C for the team using the Dynamic Strength Index.What a typical week of sessions looks like for one of his players.How the Triphasic Approach has helped improve movement competence and strength levels with the team.Working around injuries & micro trauma with contact athletes to show players how they can always train and improve.The importance of neck training for rugby players in improving contact skills & reducing concussion risk.Lessons from training MMA fighters that help when coaching rugby players.How he uses the philosophy of the Pragmatic Approach in his coaching to direct his decision making and assess theory and practice.A case study of the Pragmatic Approach in action to coach superbike rider Danny Buchan.How the OODA loop can assist coaches and athletes to adapt and overcome less than ideal circumstances such as lockdown.William's Linktree - https://linktr.ee/PoweringthroughWilliam's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/poweringthrough/William's Twitter - https://twitter.com/WSWaylandWilliam's Strength Training Guide for Grapplers https://techniqly.com/shop/william-wayland-practical-strength-for-grapplers/Keir Wenham-Flatt's Tempo Conditioning Guide - https://rugbystrengthcoach.pages.ontraport.net/tempoMladen Jovanovic's Strength Training Manual - The Agile Periodisation Approach - https://complementarytraining.net/store/Jordan Peterson's University Lecture Series "Personality & its Transformations" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL22J3VaeABQAOhH1CLMNnMl2R-O1abW1TTo find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach WeeklyTo find out more about our Partner Club offerCLICK HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us Fan MailHost Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guests:Tristan Mayglothling, professional rowing coach and PhD student at the University of Essex, Peter Prickett, football coach and author and Ian Johns, Paralympic head coach for GB Judo. The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.This week's content:Technique is the basis of everything – Pepijn Lijnders (Liverpool Football Club Assistant Manager)Athlete A – Netflix The Impact Code: Live the Life You Deserve – Nigel RisnerSUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDBelieved – Athlete A Podcast follow up 'Only by speaking out can we create lasting change': What can we learn from the Dr Larry Nassar tragedy? - Mountjoy, (2018) – Free research paper following up Athlete AConsilience with Hugh Gilmore –  Shannon BeerMotivational Interviewing and Beyond – Stephen RollnickA Boy in the Water – Tom GregoryWho Moved My Cheese: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life – Spencer JohnsonTurn the Ship Around!: A true story of Building Leaders by Breaking the Rules – David Marquet To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach WeeklyTo find out more about our Partner Club offerCLICK HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us Fan MailLiza “Bird” Burgess and LJ Lewis discuss a round of questions about the practicalities of the game. In this episode, they are with Sophie Bennett, the Bath team manager.Sophie, having played and coached rugby herself,  she was the WRU National Programme Co-ordinator. This role included team management of Wales U16s boys, Wales Women (XVs and 7s) and Cardiff Blues age groups. She was also team manager of Great Britain 7s.Here are the questions posed to Sophie:Can you give us a little detail on how you moved from coaching into the WRU Women’s Manager role?What led to you getting the team manager role with Bath Rugby?What would you say is the most challenging part of your role as team manager?If you could go back in time, what advice would you give your younger self? (When you were coaching?)Did you think you would make a career in men’s professional rugby? Have you faced any obstacles? How do you manage family life with your full-time career as team manager for Bath Rugby?What advice would you give to young females wanting to pursue either a playing, coaching or managerial role in rugby?To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach WeeklyTo find out more about our Partner Club offerCLICK HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us Fan MailHost Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guests:Pat Metcalf-Jones, Oxford University co-head coach, Oxford Brooke's women's head coach and Oxford Harlequins women head coach, Clarissa Murphy, RFU Coach Developer and Sheffield Ladies RUFC head coach, Benedicte Williams, head of women's development at Worcester Rugby and women's lead at Worcester RFC.  The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.This week's content:The Rugby Dungeon - with Rob BaxterEmpathy by Simon Sinek The Sports Psych Show – with Amy Price SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDHow to improve the learning environment through modelling - The Learner LabCommunication skills for coaches with Hugh Gilmore – Shannon Beer podcastThe Essence of Leadership with Randall Stutman – The Knowledge Project Great Leadership in Female Sport with Anson Dorrance – UK CoachingTo find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach WeeklyTo find out more about our Partner Club offerCLICK HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

Send us Fan MailAndy Stevens and David Sharkey join Jess Bunyard on Breaking The Pane to discuss themes and storytelling. With each person at a different stage exploring themes, the group travel through their own experiences offering a guide to anyone wishing to add theming to their coaching toolbox. The trio also discusses whether there are any differences in storytelling within men's and women's teams and at what age can a team be introduced to theming.David Sharkey is currently teaching English at Hampton School alongside coaching at the Honorable Artillery Company. He combined his love of rugby and a fascination with stories through his work as an English teacher into using theming and storytelling as a tool within coaching. He runs a website thegreatwhitesharkey.wordpress.com exploring the use of storytelling within rugby.Andy Stevens is a coach with Ellingham and Ringwood RFC, taking the lead with U12 boys and U15s girls, as well as assisting with the other girl's teams. Stevens also coaches within the RFU All Schools program and his own coaching company Cobra Sports Academy.To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach WeeklyTo find out more about our Partner Club offerCLICK HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!