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Welcome to Better Rugby Coaching2 comments

admin wrote 3 months ago: Hi, my name is Dan Cottrell and I want to welcome you to the Better Rugby Coaching Blog. I have bee … more »

Tags: Rugby Coaching, Rugby Fitness, Rugby news, Rugby Refereeing, Rugby Skills, Rugby Team Management, Rugby Training, Better Rugby Coaching, rugby debate

Why a Rugby Coach is Like a Film Star

admin wrote 2 days ago:   I have just spent the last three days filming a DVD on rugby coaching. It was hard work but I tho … more »

Tags: Rugby Coaching, Rugby Team Management, Rugby Training, being a film star, rugby tips

Spot the coach

admin wrote 1 week ago: Year 11 Rugby Team and Coach, originally uploaded by Arrow Vale High School. The coach is part of t … more »

Tags: coaches in action pictures, Rugby Coaching, being part of the team, coaching, Youth Teams

Are you worried about the ELVs? The top coaches aren’t

admin wrote 1 week ago: There has been plenty of confusion and misinformation, plus a number of conspiracy theories about t … more »

Tags: Rugby Coaching, Rugby Training, ELVs, Frank Hadden, Lineouts, 22m, South Africa, Wales, Warren Gatland

J’Accuse YOU6 comments

admin wrote 1 week ago: Let me start with some good news in rugby coaching.   With all the appointments for the new season … more »

Tags: Rugby Coaching, Ospreys, coaching development, wru?, winston churchill

A Tough Rugby Week Ahead for Some1 comment

admin wrote 2 weeks ago:   It is going to be tough time for 40 boys in the Osprey region (Wales) next week. The Under 16 and … more »

Tags: Rugby Coaching, Rugby Fitness, Rugby Team Management, Ospreys, Selection, being dropped, Managing Expectations, regional rugby

Coaches in action (3)

admin wrote 2 weeks ago: Rugby coach, originally uploaded by Charl Durand. A novel way of holding the ball whilst expressing … more »

Tags: coaches in action pictures, Rugby Coaching, rugby team talks, talking to the team

How to Survive the ELVs

admin wrote 2 weeks ago: They are here and whatever your opinion on them, you are going to have to play with them for the nex … more »

Tags: Rugby Refereeing, Rugby Training, ELVs, Lineouts, scrums, mauls, pulling down maul, Training programme

A good rugby coach can be a lazy coach

admin wrote 3 weeks ago:   I am tired. But I am also excited. It has been a busy few days pulling together some thrilling pr … more »

Tags: Rugby Coaching, Rugby Team Management, Rugby Training, rugby sessions, rugby management

The Seven Most Well Meant But Least Helpful Words in Rugby Coaching1 comment

admin wrote 3 weeks ago:   I have just heard three of the most annoying words in rugby.   Last night I went to the Liberty … more »

Tags: Rugby Coaching, Rugby Skills, Rugby Training, All Blacks, England, IRB, Junior Rugby World Cup, JWC, South Africa

Rugby Tactics - Post Match

admin wrote 4 weeks ago: The Rugby Coach catalogue of DVDs is out today. Here is one that slipped through though.      … more »

Tags: Rugby Team Management, Rugby Training, hale and paice, post match tactics, pre match talk, rugby comedy, Rugby Tactics, rugby teachers, warm down

Coaches in Action (2)

admin wrote 1 month ago: Rugby training in the snow, originally uploaded by bowbrick. Rugby coaching goes on, no matter what … more »

Tags: coaches in action pictures, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Training, tabard rfc, all weather training

A Sad Loss

admin wrote 1 month ago: I was very sad to hear this week that Neath scrum half Gareth Jones lost his battle to survive a hor … more »

Tags: Rugby Team Management, neath, collision rugby, players welfare

Rich Pickings from the Feast

admin wrote 1 month ago:    A bumper rugby weekend on the international front, with matches in every corner of the world. F … more »

Tags: Rugby Coaching, Rugby news, Rugby Training, Ospreys, ELVs, All Blacks, International rugby, rugby decision-making, England

What Everyone Ought to Know about a Bad Drill

admin wrote 1 month ago:   I watched three different rugby sessions today.   And I cheated.   All the sessions were all o … more »

Tags: Rugby Skills, Rugby Training, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Drills, Ospreys, Alun Wyn Jones, rugby sessions, rugby environment, coaching kids

ELVs - rugby coaching lessons1 comment

admin wrote 1 month ago: The ELVs will affect your rugby tactics and you need to decide how you will change your coaching and … more »

Tags: Rugby Skills, Rugby Team Management, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Drills, Rugby Tactics, rugby techniques, ELV, ELVs, Lineouts

Turning defence into attack

admin wrote 1 month ago: Here is an exercise I use to get rugby players to think quickly about changing roles, from defending … more »

Tags: Rugby Skills, Rugby Training, rugby attack, rugby defence, Rugby Drills, rugby turnover, turnover ball

A Rugby Judo Throw2 comments

admin wrote 1 month ago: Here is a Judo throw which you might be able to use in your rugby training. REMEMBER: safety first. … more »

Tags: Rugby Fitness, Rugby Skills, coaching technique, contact rugby, judo, rugby safety, tackle situation

Mumbles U8 Presentation Evening

admin wrote 1 month ago: Here is the video I put together for my U8 rugby team presentation evening. Duncan Jones, the Wales … more »

Tags: Rugby Team Management, Duncan Jones, loosehead prop, Ospreys, presentation evenings, rugby video, tag rugby, u8


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