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Podcast from our YouTube channel for Coaches:https://www.youtube.com/@therugbyinstituteThe Rugby Coaching Podcast is your ultimate resource for all things rugby coaching.
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Why Most Rugby Coaches Train the Wrong Things | Kyle McLean (opens the original)
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Are your training sessions actually preparing players for what happens on Saturday?In this episode of The Rugby Institute Podcast, coach developer Kyle McLean explains why many rugby coaches spend too much time training only a small part of the game. Drawing on research, coach development work, and real-world examples, Kyle shares how game-based training can improve player learning, increase engagement, and create better transfer from training to performance.We discuss:🏉 Why training should repl
What Rugby Coaches Can Learn from Football's Best Coach Developers - Paul Barry (opens the original)
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What can rugby coaches learn from one of football's leading coach developers?In this episode of The Rugby Institute Podcast, I sit down with Paul Barry, former Head of Coaching at Crystal Palace FC and coach developer with experience at Arsenal, Watford, The FA and Football DNA.We explore how coaches learn, how players learn, and why great coaching is often less about giving answers and more about asking better questions.Topics include:🏉 Creating thinkers, not followers🧠 The 3P Learning Model: P
Are You Maximising the Coaches Around You? The Art of Co-Coaching with Coach Developer Harry Jones (opens the original)
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How do great coaching teams work together?Most coaches spend hours planning sessions, analysing games, and developing players. But how often do we think about developing the coaches around us?In this episode of The Rugby Institute Podcast, Gloucester Rugby Coach Development Manager Harry Jones delivers a masterclass on co-coaching. We explore how coaching teams can improve communication, stay aligned, challenge ideas effectively, and create better learning environments for players.Harry shares p
How a Mafia Theme Created a Winning Team - Todd Dammers on Rugby Coaching, Defence and Theming (opens the original)
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In this episode, Chicago Hounds Forwards & Defence Coach Todd Dammers shares one of the most creative examples of team theming I've ever come across. From "The Chicago Way" and "Made Men" to building a season-long culture that players genuinely bought into, Todd explains how great theming can create clarity, connection and performance.We also dive into:🏉 Coaching modern players🏉 Building defensive systems that fit your team🏉 Tackle development and defensive connection🏉 Role clarity and player ow
What the Springboks, Fiji & the NFL Learnt from Richie Gray About Contact (opens the original)
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What can coaching the Springboks, Fiji Rugby, the Miami Dolphins, and some of Europe's biggest clubs teach us about contact and collision?In this episode of The Rugby Institute Podcast, I sit down with Richie Gray, founder of GSI Performance and one of the world's leading contact and collision coaches.Over the last 25 years, Richie has helped shape how players and coaches approach tackling, breakdowns, ruck contests, and collision skills. We discuss his Five Fights framework, the evolution of co
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