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Binding for the flanker

admin wrote 4 days ago: Here is a New Zealand coaching video which shows how the angle of the flanker’s bind. The … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, binding, Flanker, player centred approach, Scrum

Practise scoring tries

admin wrote 5 days ago: When Jacque Fourie went over for the South African’s third try, he exhibited good technique: … more →

Tags: Rugby Coaching, Rugby Skills, good rugby technique, jaque fourie, scoring tries

Great rugby tennis tackle

admin wrote 3 weeks ago: Good body position with the tackler landing on top of the player. In a strong positon to … more →

Tags: Rugby Skills, Roger Federer, rugby tackling, Tennis

Rugby tackle mechanics video

admin wrote 3 weeks ago: Here is an interesting video from the US on tackle mechanics. It is also has a tip on weightlif … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Team Management, rugby defence, rugby tackling, U.S. Rugby, weightlifting for rugby

Mike Cron, the scrum guru

admin wrote 1 month ago: Here is an interesting insight into how Mike Cron, the All Blacks scrum coach, approaches scrum … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Skills

100 Q&A: How can I get the pre match talk just right?

admin wrote 1 month ago: In response to a question on the Better Rugby Coaching forum, The Huddle, here are five top tips on … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Motivation, rugby team talk, here and now, player traits

Simple truths still win rugby games

admin wrote 1 month ago: An international delight of rugby this weekend! I must say the game that caught my imagination was t … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, ELVs, rugby defence, sealing, Super 14, rucks, The Lions, mauling

If you wanted to win the league, who would you coach?

admin wrote 1 month ago: Imagine you had any team or any player to choose from. Money was no object. Your only aim, to win th … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Skills, Selection, training to win, creating better players

Will this be the way the Lions win in 2009?

admin wrote 1 month ago: Here are some of the key points drawn from the statistical analysis of the 2009 Six Nations tourname … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Six Nations, IRB, Kicking, Passing, ruck, Irish Rugby, IRB Statistical Analysis

IRB ELVs in force by 23 May, you must read this

admin wrote 1 month ago: Unless you are currently in competition, the ELV changes that have been ratified will be in force fr … more →

Tags: Rugby Coaching, Rugby news, ELVs

Winning the tackle contest by being "slow"

admin wrote 2 months ago: Here are some excellent videos from the Put me in Coach! blog, written by Lisa Rosen. Lisa … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Skills, women's rugby, Lisa Rosen, Eamonn Hogan, master of disaster, tackle contest coaching, rugby breakdown

Scrummaging square and balanced

admin wrote 2 months ago: Real power and precision in this video. Read about the biomechanics of these scrums from the w … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Skills, Scrum, Doug McClymont, New Zealand All Black, scrum power, scrummaging precision

Why showing off promotes skills

admin wrote 2 months ago: I was up in Pontypridd last night to interview Paul John, the World Cup winning sevens coach for Wal … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Skills, Showing Off, practising core rugby skills, spin passing, sevens coaching

Do former athletes make the best coaches?

admin wrote 2 months ago: Here is an interesting article about whether you need to have played the game to the top level to be … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, rugby players as coaches, coaching at the top level, Katharine Merry, BBC blogs

What is your rugby coaching priority?

admin wrote 2 months ago: Coaching across all the age ranges gives you a good view of how players develop. It is exciting, sca … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, coaching development, ltad, LTPD, rugby coaching aims, Player Development

Turn it into a game1 comment

admin wrote 3 months ago: I have just read an interview with the new Australian skills coach, Richard Graham, who is just fini … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Skills, All Blacks training, coaching core skills, Greenandgoldrugby.com, RFU training, Richard Graham, Robbie Deans

All Blacks' preparation

admin wrote 3 months ago: Here is a little video with the All Blacks preparing for their match against Cardiff in 2008. http:/ … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, All Blacks, All Blacks training, Doug McClymont, Mike Cron, Rugby Coach newsletter

Can you live without tackle pads?2 comments

admin wrote 3 months ago: Tackle pads, bags and tubes all have a place in rugby training. (I am not sponsored by a manufactur … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Skills, Andy Robinson, rfu, rugby contact, tackle pads, Tackling, Training Aids

Rugby tactical difficulties

admin wrote 3 months ago: If I have learnt anything in the last few months, it’s that players only play what they want t … more →

Tags: Dan Cottrell, Rugby Coaching, Rugby Skills, Coaching skills, game sense, Rugby Tactics


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