The 2v2 in rugby, a special tactical concept!
About coaching
Training kids: mix or select?
Do we mix-up the children with different abilities or select and split?
Collecting the Front Row Tax
Hey Backs! The Front Row wins the ball (you spill), now they come and collect their tax.
The Rugby Empowerer
Train to Win (T2W) The Rugby Empowerer deals with players that are adults and representative players. Goal is develop a winning combination. The principles of adult learning together with the characteristics of champion athletes imply that coaches must release rather than restrict the potential of the players and other coaching staff, otherwise the potential for…
Overtraining – how to prevent this?
Yes, you can do too much! rugby is all about hard work, what happens when we work too hard?
In the car – podcasting!
Daily commute – don’t rush it, listen to podcasts!
Three Nines!
A small town club in Scotland celebrates their three Nines.
Training preparation form for Rugby
Wesley contacted me regarding the training preparation form
I love Rugby Sevens
Sevens is a lovely game
Rugby to the Rescue of American Football
Tackling in the USA Continue reading
France – New Zealand autumn 2018
We drove all the way to Toulon and Grenoble to watch these two Autumn Internationals.
Teambuilding basics
Teambuilding is an elementary part of your work as a coach.
The role of the Clubcoordinator
With all the different phases in development to organise, you will need a Clubco!
Six measures to improve fun and play (in hockey)
Measures to improve fun?
Eddie Jones!
Eddie is visiting his friend Desmond Tuiavii – IN THE NETHERLANDS!
Train ugly
A tiger that says “maybe hunting is not my thing”.
Feedback: what?????
Feedback: coach Barakat is leading a ruck and maul session
Rugby Teacher
Learning to train (L2T) The Rugby Teacher deals with players in this category that are approximately 12-14, or even younger. Goal is developing the fundamental rugby skills. The emphasis is now on refinement and maintenance of the athlete’s physical capacities, fundamental movement skills and the acquisition of rugby specific skills. This is allied to the…
Number 8
The Number 8 is one of three Back Row Players are also called Loose Forwards or Third Row Players.
Peeling down the onion, Age grade rugby rules
Can we create players who seem to be understand the game, and seem to think and act automatically? How to develop these type of players? Researchers now believe it has a relation with how we play our game at a young age. Future Players Another on going discussion: rugby is a very unstructured game in…