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Dan chats to Kris Stafford, Rugby Development Officer at Leeds Beckett, MSc in Sports Coaching, U.K Coaching award winner, and host of the @bigbreakdownhq podcast.

In the podcast, they discuss:

• Making sure the players are valued and integrated into the coaching process
• How to genuinely engage with the players outside their sport
• How to have entire team conversations
• What a positive and supportive learning environment looks like
• Ways to design a practice to make purposeful
• Using the STEP model to develop practices
• What is meant by the MOTs of the ABCs
• Where to use a self-directed learning approach, where players spend time exploring and practicing key skills both with and without coach guidance
• Where players need guidance and where they can take control
• Using all the coaches in the session to run an effective game
• How to make player huddles more impactful

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In this short podcast, Dan speaks to Gary Townsend, head of rugby at Switch Rugby with a focus on developing young players, coaches and clubs.

He is former RFU National Player Development Manager and Bristol Bears Junior Academy manager.

They discuss how you make a U12 player more skilful and what that might look like in training.

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Welcome to the coaching knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Callum Adam, Currie RFC Senior Mens Assistant Coach and Edinburgh University Women’s 2nd XV Head Coach.

Focusing on defence we are going to cut to the root on what comes first, tackling or defence

As well as coaching with Currie Mens and the Edinburgh Uni women, Callum has coached with the Scottish Rugby Union with their age grade development teams, plus a stint at Dundee RFC.

His philosophy: To make a difference in people's lives on/off the pitch.

You can contact him on: LinkedIn Callum Adam

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