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Send us Fan Mail Dan Cottrell speaks to Ryan Martin about his journey to attack coach with Super Rugby team, the Melbourne Rebels. Ryan started out with Otago U10s, working his way up through the pro-game, including coaching with the New England Freejacks in the US pro-league. In the podcast, they discuss the following: Ryan's journey, what's changed and what's stayed the same. The...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guests: Sam Jarman, player and coach developer in golf, rugby, cricket and football, Andy Morrison, pro golf mental performance coach and Simon Mundie, broadcaster in radio and TV, host of the Don't Tell Me The Score and Life Lessons from...

Send us Fan Mail Dan Cottrell catches up with one of the leading researchers on using games in training, Shane Pill. Shane is Associate Professor in Physical Education and Sport at Flinders University, Australia, a practising coach, coach developer and author of many papers around sports coaching. A list of some of his most recent work is below this post. The discussion in the podcast explores the...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guests: Mike Rogers, Waikato Women's head coach, former Bay of Plenty senior and U19 coach and host Inside Running coach learning series and Jay Carter, Golf New Zealand National Coach and host Talking Performance podcast.   The team pick...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guests: Andy Plimer host Rugby Coaches Corner podcast, PE teacher and Concordia University Women's coach and Luke Gromer, host of The Coaches Club podcast, English teacher and basketball coach.   The team pick out the key takeaways from ea...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guests: James Hamilton Director of Rugby at Nottingham High School and Andy Drummond Head of Athletic Development at Nottingham High School The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and discuss how it can be applied t...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guests: Cal Jones, Judo Coach and Anthony Hill, Director of Rugby at Nailsea and Backwell RFC, Bristol Bears DPP coach  The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and discuss how it can be applied to coaching. This wee...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guests: Michael Wright, Southampton FC Academy Coach and The Sports Initiative Podcast Host and David Kilcoyne, PE Teacher and Head of Rugby at Desborough College. The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and discuss...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guests: Tim Jones, director of The Developer Tribe, Stirling Ladies University Football Club, PhD student at Stirling University and Chris Jones, private tutor with Core Learning Tutoring in Jersey, former primary school teacher and mental heal...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guests: Nick Davey, Director of Hockey at Sedbergh School and England Hockey performance centre head coach, Beckie Middleton former England and Great Britain hockey international, Guildford Men's 1st team head coach and coach educator and...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guests: Nic Evans, Course lead for Physical Education and Youth Development at St Mary's University, Level 4 Rugby Coach and Joe Harwood, Bristol Bears Community Foundation Community Coach, Level 3 Coach. The team pick out the key takeaway...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guest: Jess Bunyard, Editor Women's Rugby Coaching magazine, Head of women's and girls rugby and assistant academy coach at Huddersfield RUFC.   The team pick discuss their experiences of pre-season so far, how the return from Covid h...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guest: Dan Cox, Lecturer at SGS Filton, Phd Student at Edinburgh University, Old Redcliffians RFC Head Coach, Bristol Bears Pathway Coach and Somerset RFU Senior Men's Head Coach. Dan and Phil discuss their experiences of pre-season so far,...

Send us Fan Mail Dave Collins is a Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and director at Grey Matters Performance Ltd. As an academic, Dave has over 350 peer review publications and 70 books/chapters. As a practitioner, he has worked with over 80 World or Olympic medallists plus professional teams and performers. He has coached to national level in three sports, is a 5th Dan Karate, D...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn in a departure from the Rodeo, reflects on what he's learned from coaching during a week on Sedbergh Courses. This week's guests: Jason Duffy, Sedbergh Courses Manager and Adam Gallagher, Rugby Coach at Trent College and Sedbergh Courses. To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner C...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guests: Ian Ridge, Community Football Coach and Sports Coaching Masters Student at Worcester University and Tom Reid, Head Coach Stourbridge Ladies Football Club and Sports Coaching Masters Student at Worcester University. The team pick out the...

Send us Fan Mail Dan Cottrell speaks to awarding winning coaches Dan Lycett and Ross Williams about their approach to coaching. Dan is head of PE and Sport and Ross is head of Athletic Development at St David's College, in North Wales. They've won the Independent Schools Association award for outstanding sport (small school) and been nominated for the Independent Schools Association awar...

Send us Fan Mail Dan speaks to RFU national panel referee Adam Wookey about age grade tackle height changes, ball carrier height laws plus the new 50:22 and drop outs instead of 5m scrums being trialled at international rugby. They discuss: How to referee the tackle height What does the ball carrier height into contact mean What do both look like  Why a community referee has one shot, so best ways...

Send us Fan Mail Dan speaks to Bristol Bears defence coach, Omar Mouneimne. Omar has coached with the Springbok 7s, the Sharks and Stomers Super Rugby teams, the Italian national team, Stade Francais, Edinburgh, Worcester Warriors as well as plenty of consultancy work. He set up his coaching website, Whistle-2-Whistle during lockdown, which provides lots of defence coaching resources, plus support...

Send us Fan Mail Dan speaks to coaches Mike Pope and Rhys Williams about how they've used what they've learned from reading Doug Lemov's book: A Coach's Guide to Teaching. Here are some of Doug's thoughts after listening to the podcast (more notes on the Rugby Coach Weekly website): Until it comes unprompted when we aren’t reminded to think about it, we probably haven’t le...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guests: Ian Hollingworth, Andy Stevens and Nick Wilkinson all of whom are preparing for the Rugby Advanced Coaching Award.   The team discuss their thoughts and preparation for the up coming England RACA course and this is the first in a four-p...

Send us Fan Mail Nick Scott is director of rugby at Rugby Colorno. He previously spent 20 years helping to build a world respected coaching department at England Rugby, with 9 years as National Coach Development Manager. We chatted about: Why Nick isn't a reflective coach When not to use questions Speaking a different language in a different country Building better relationships with people,...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guests: Cody Royle, former Head Coach for Canada Men's AFL, author and coach mentor, Doug Lemov, author and educator and Darren Lewis, former performance analyst and founder of Codex Analysis.   The team pick out the key takeaways from eac...

Send us Fan Mail Bird and LJ talk to Aileen Richards, who was the first women on the board of directors of Welsh Rugby Union. Here are the questions posed to Aileen: Growing up what were thoughts on a career - did any female role models influence you on your journey? Why rugby? What is the most memorable event in your career? How did you progress to the role of senior exec at Mars? What life exper...

Send us Fan Mail Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.  This week's guests: Caz Morgan, Senior Analyst with England Rugby, Dan Cooper, Senior Analyst with Bath Rugby and Jack Lawrenson, Senior Analyst with Welsh Rugby Union Women's national team  The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great...