The Magic Academy

Rusty explores the journey Whitey has taken from serial trophy winner at Leicester, Wasps, Wales and the Lions to the search to love yourself and find joy in life. A must listen! Find him at www.menwithoutmasks.com and craigwhitementoring.com

The man the legend behind Rugby Vacancies joins Rusty to chat all things culture and shares his 3 key principles for developing it in teams and how that might be relevant to the teams you coach. Oh... and chasing pigs in PNG. 

Rusty chats with Mark author of 'The Best: How Elite Athletes are Made' chatting all things effective practice, instruction, science and how it can be used, coaching craft and luck. Enjoy!

Ollie and Rusty chat all things learning touching on pressure training, coaching scanning and anticipation, transfer, curriculum design and the well-being of coaches. Ollie can be found at @oliverrunswick and https://runswickperformance.com  Enjoy!  

DC and Rusty chat all things becoming more skilful as a player and a team, exploring training, coach behaviours and packing your ski goggles... enjoy! 

Will and Rusty chat all things the Pyramid of Purpose, Mr Music, player transitions, Project 11 and the Peacock family... enjoy!

Richie and Rusty chat all things practice design, confidence, movement skills,  touch and training aids. Enjoy! https://passport.world.rugby/injury-prevention-and-risk-management/tackle-ready/

Biggsy and Rusty share stories of the reality of professional rugby, putting a few in room 101 including meetings, senior player groups, away days, coach feedback and selection...

Phil turns host and Duffs turns up late to chat all things RockIt Rugby app... 1. What's the benefits for coach, player and parent? 2. How can more kids know more of their times tables? Enjoy!

Having played together and worked together with England, Rusty and Vicks explore: The benefits of 7's, 10's and touch rugby  All things coaching, leadership and people...  Never meet your hero! Enjoy!

Rusty and Joe chat all things winning: Developing as a coach Working out how to win Structure and shapes Special plays and experiments Props kicking Enjoy!

Dave Sharkey (real name) returns to chat through his work with ROG at La Rochelle as he and Rusty discuss: Types of theming What he's learnt from theming remotely in a foreign language! Limitations What next? Enjoy!

Rusty is joined by Martin and Sunday morning coach Fletcher who has some mental skills to work on for him, the players and their parents. A discussion on how he can think more clearly under pressure, zoom in and zoom out, use his current coaching skills to support the development of the mental skills and how he could individualised this.... enjoy!

Rob is back with an update on some of his work with coaches  in the AFL and with WAIS and his new job working in Mental Health... enjoy! See Rob's work at www.masonlearning.com

Dr Vic chats all things leadership and coaching with Rusty. The 1st head teacher to hug Rusty and TED talker, Dr Vic shares some of the tactics that have helped her turn a school around... being fierce, championing the underdog, visible leadership, training and accountability and, of course, love... enjoy!

Soaks and Rusty chat all things Kubota Spears and the Top League in Japan...  the impact of Malcom Marx and Ryan Crotty, environment, leadership, your best man, alignment, being a great bolt, language and mastery on the battleship... enjoy!

Rusty and Percy chat all things reinventing rugby after James's article in the Rugby Paper.... life in France, loving his time at Quins, the impact of coaches on him (good and bad) and advice for young players... enjoy!

Rusty chats to former England U20 (World Cup winning) coach and now Anderlecht 1st team coach Aaron Danks... it's coming home! 

Nick and Rusty explore coaching teams and the language of coaching.  From the echo of effectiveness to the language locker of a team to intentional trial and error and painting the walls of the house different colours.... enjoy!

Mark chats all things hostage negotiation with Rusty... the importance of language, the subconscious mind, belonging and CS gas...

Rusty and Dave chat all things on being the parent that is finally persuaded to coach and the effect it has had on his parenting and work skills. From the 1st session to the 1st CPD to discovering podcasts to his wife receiving feedback at work and so much more... enjoy!

Rusty and Dom chat all things being head of Community and using his car salesman techniques to change lives including computers for kids, the prison project and taking rugby to places where it currently does not exist ... enjoy!

Doug and Rusty plan an imaginary campaign for the mighty Cognitive Wanderers FC... enjoy!

Ross, Fletch and Rusty catch up on Ross's career... enjoy the ride!

Aaron Walsh is back one year on and the most-improved man on Linkedin has become the king of Linkedin! Rusty and Walshy v2.0 chew the fat on all things mental skills with the Chiefs, in schools and beyond. washy even offers Rusty a bit of marriage counselling... enjoy!