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Send us Fan MailWe are delighted to host the guys from Eighty Percent Mental to run their own version of the Haunted House, where coaches have to say how they will deal with tough situations.Here are the scenarios the group discussed:A 17-year-old is transitioning into the senior team but the senior team has a strong drinking culture. How do you advise the coaches and teams?A verbally abusive committee member constantly berates the team and staff at training but is friendly with the manager.  This is causing an underperformance and training attendance is dropping.The captain has said that the team must kneel for black lives matter.  Some of the players disagree and refuse too. The players get fined for being fat after returning from offseason. One of the better players refused to pay his and then finally the club gives in. This causes a disturbance in the club. Eighty Percent MentalDr Pete Olusoga host of EightyPercentMental.com podcast has been a Senior Lecturer in Psychology for the past 15 years and worked in sport, consulting with athletes from boxing to table tennis. His research area of expertise is coach burnout, and he has played basketball competitively for most of his life.Hugh Gilmore is an applied performance psychologist and has worked with Olympic and Paralympic Athletics for the past two Olympic games, primarily in athletics and para-powerlifting. He is the co-host of Eightypercentmental.com podcast.GuestsAndrew Wood is a Practioner psychologist, who spends his time based at Manchester Met University, as well as working as the lead psych for the England B1 football team.Ross Shand is a Sport and Exercise Psychologist/PhD student at Leeds Beckett University.Twitter @EPMPodcast@PeteOlusoga@HughJGilmore@woodington89@RossShandTo 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 Kim Oliver.Kim is currently in her fourth season as head coach at Premiership team Bristol Women's team. She won 43 caps for England as a centre, worked as a community coach with Bath and spent two years in Gibraltar as a rugby development officer.In the podcast, they covered the following topics:What have been your biggest lesson you have learnt, transitioning from player to coach?How would you introduce your defence philosophy/structure to your players? As the season progresses how would you measure the success of your philosophy/structure?How would you build confidence in a player around tackle/collision skills?What ideas do you have on structuring your training session, to ensure you cover your attack and defence philosophies? E.g. how you use your coaching team, defence/attack is coached at the same time, games/drills/skill isolation.What does a successful defence look like?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:Nick Jackson, Recreational Expanse Financier with England Rugby and Tom Bowen-Hall, DoR Mad Dog Sport. 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:Creativity: A short and cheerful guide – John CleeseThe LooseHead Podcast – Bernard JackmanWHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDThe Coaching Discourse - Leadership and Culture – with Derek O'Riordan, Laurie MacDonald and Dr Anna StodterThe Winning Mentality – Steve BlackEighty Percent Mental – What is psychology anyway? - Dr Pete Olusoga & Hugh Gilmore talk to Dr Jonathan FaderCOMING UPStripped Back Sport - Kirsty Gallagher and Maro ItojeThe Barcelona Way - Damien Hughes 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 MailIn episode 3, Dr Anna Stodter and Dr Ed Hall, give Jess Bunyard and listeners a tutorial in all things coach development and learning. The group tackle:what effective reflection as a coach looks like, diversity within coach educationwhat the future holds for coach education. Whether you want to discover what it takes to research coach education or how to make your coach learning better for you, this is the pod for you.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:Peter Walton, Gloucester Rugby Academy Manager, Magic Academy founders Russell Earnshaw and John Fletcher. 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:Winners Take Control – Robin Van PersieChampion Minded – Vicky WilliamsonPraise and Affirmation. A deep dive - Professor Stephen RolnickThe High Performance Podcast with Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes - Jonny WilkinsonWHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDFeel Better, Live More – The secret to making new habits stick - BJ Fogg Brain Booster – Karl Morris The Knowledge Project - Learning How to Learn – Barbara OakleyThe Eddie Jones Coaching Podcast – Joe RoffThe Coaching Discourse - Leadership and Culture – with Guy Richardson, Elliott Newell and Dr Simon PhelanThe Sports Psych Show – Helping Players Improve Game Understanding – with Amy Price  The Swan Cast – Rugby Gives you Confidence – Jimmy LowesCOMING UPThe Coaching Discourse - Two Beer Minimum Review of Episode 1 – with Derek O'Riordan, Dr Anna Stodter, Laurie MacDonald, Chris Stott and some bloke called Phil Llewellyn (shameless plus, apologies)If you haven't done so already please assist Dr Anna Stodter with part of her academic research:Research Survey - Analysing the professional development activities of Sports Coaches' during the COVID-19 pandemic – Dr Anna Stodter and Dr Simon PhelanTo 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 Tania Rosser. Tania won more than 50 caps for Ireland, is a level 4 coach, plus played international netball and touch rugby. New Zealand born, she featured in three world cups for Ireland. She currently coaches the Clontarf J1 men's team, balancing that with working as a primary school teacher.Having played and coached representative sport in netball, touch rugby and rugby union, what benefits has this experience across a range of sports provided you with when coaching rugby? How important is it for coaches to keep updated with developments in other sports?Drills v games: the best balance when coaching.Playbooks: what are the pros and cons.How do you manage motivation when working with players?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:Marianne Davies, senior coach developer at UK Coaching, Jenny Coady, coach developer at UK Coaching, , Dr Anna Stodter, Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching and PE at Anglia Ruskin University.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:Talking to Strangers – Malcolm GladwellThe Learning Journeys Podcast – Lesley McKennaThe Magic Academy – Rob TownsendWHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDThe Empty Brain – Robert Epstein The High Performance Podcast – Ben Ainslie UK Coaching, Understanding Your Emotions – Joe MontemurroAdventure Thinking Live – Paul Pritchard  The Magic Academy - Eilidh GibsonA Move Towards Reconceptualising Direct Instruction In Sports Coaching – Ed Cope and Chris CushionEddie Jones Coaching Podcast – Justin Langer COMING UPThe Coaching Discourse – Episode 1 – Derek O'Riordan, Anna Stodter and Lauire MacDonaldPlease assist Anna with part of her academic research:Research Survey - Analysing the professional development activities of Sports Coaches' during the COVID-19 pandemic – Dr Anna Stodter and Dr Simon PhelanTo 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 challenges Nick Wilkinson, Nathan Gosling and Ian Hollingworth around coaching in the current climate.They bounce ideas off each other, share what works and what needs to be adjusted. It's all about practical ways to improve your team, at all levels of the game.Breakdown work: making more effective at Stage DMixing skills zones into game zonesApply the Laws of the game in trainingRefereeing in training and in gamesIs it ever too early to introduce a game plan into trainingSwearing: what is permissible as a coach.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:Mark Bennett, International Coach Developer (PDS Coaching), Stuart Armstrong, Head of Coaching at Sport England and Colin Moran, IRFU Training and Education Manager. 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:How We Think – John DeweyAgainst The Rules – The Coach in Your HeadFreakonomics – Think Like A WinnerWHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDThe Sports Psych Show, Dan Abrahams  – How to Build A Winning Team with Dr Matt Slater The Loose Head – Let's Talk Coaching – Episodes with Pat Lam, Noel McNamara, Andy Friend and Andrew BrowneEighty Percent Mental – Is there such a thing as a winning mindset? With Dave CollinsCOMING UPDesire2Learn Fusion Conference – Taking place 3 times a month throughout October, November and DecemberThe Dot by Peter ReynoldsTo 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 catches up with Nick Elbourne and Tony Wilkinson, who are their club's respective club coaching coordinator and junior chair. With the start of this season creating more than the usual challenges for organisations and their management, we explore some of the main issues they are facing and how they are going to deal with them.Nick is CCC at Wimborne RFC in Dorset, Tony Junior Chair at Scunthorpe RFC in North Lincolnshire.Here are the main areas we discussed:How do you retain coaches and attract coaches to the youngest age groups?How do you support the coaches' development?What are the challenges with training nights and Sunday training under the current Covid-19 regulations?With reduced subs and bar takings, what's got to give in the budget?Where do you go for support now that the RFU has reduced its workforce?What's changed for the better because of lockdown?What must we not forget when we return to training?What are you looking forward to when things are back and up running?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!