http://1rugbycoachblog.com Rugby Coaching Drills, Techniques & Tactics Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:02:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quite a few questions are coming in regarding kicking and as this is a very important part of coaching a rugby team, I thought I'd share one of them with you. Obviously being an ex front row forward, kicking is not one of my specialities which is why I put the ... http://1rugbycoachblog.com/rugby-coaching-kicking-question-answered/ The aim of the following article is to outline the basic aims and objectives of kick strategy. The kick strategy should result in only positive outcomes for the team. It should end any speculation of what the team is trying to achieve when boot hits ball. When reading the information ... http://1rugbycoachblog.com/aim-objectives-of-kick-strategy/ In response to several questions over the last week regarding defence, such as; Q. Do you have a drill to help my team move up quicker in defence as I get three or four moving up quick while most of the line waits for the attacker to come to them? Q. ... http://1rugbycoachblog.com/rugby-coaching-defensive-drills-video/ Following a recent email to a few hundred amateur rugby coaches, I asked what their two burning questions about coaching a rugby team were and I was overwhelmed by the response. There were several questions centering around coaching a sliding defence and here's one of them, Q. "What is the best ... http://1rugbycoachblog.com/rugby-coaching-sliding-defence/ I caught up with Harvey in Australia earlier this year and asked him a few tips for amateur rugby coaches. Harvey is the coaching development manager for West Tigers in the ARL and explains fitness/skills conditioning and periodisation training. 1RugbyCoach will be giving templates on the information mentioned during the interview ... http://1rugbycoachblog.com/harvey-howard-interview-on-amateur-rugby-coaching/ This is a quick testimonial from Leo Hardberngruber after our recent training camp for the German National rugby team. (The German version). You definately have to check out his perfect English testimonial (I thought he was English when I met him). [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aimOmEeVU] 1RugbyCoach http://1rugbycoachblog.com/testimonial-from-the-german-rugby-captain-leo-hardberngruber-german/ This is the English version of Leo's testimonial...........Awesome English old boy:) [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdyS1bT8nz8] 1RugbyCoach.com http://1rugbycoachblog.com/testimonial-from-the-german-rugby-captain-leo-hardberngruber/ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh-FIHllklI] http://1rugbycoachblog.com/1rugbycoach.com-in-germany/ I have been aware of magnetic therapy for about 20 years now and have experienced it's effects through treatments during a 19 year professional rugby career. I want to give a quick review of a new product that's taking the professional sports world by storm. The product is a magnetic ... http://1rugbycoachblog.com/create-a-boost-in-your-bodys-magnetic-field-and-embrace-its-natural-aura/ Most of the top coaches in any sport will agree that one of their first jobs as a head coach is to achieve a “Team Culture” amongst the squad. Basically this means you want the team to have a tribal nature where there has to be a sense of pride ... http://1rugbycoachblog.com/team-culture/