The Magic Academy

Apr 23 2024 140
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Supporting coaching wizards! Rusty and Fletch love to hang with rockstars from the coaching world and get them sharing through some pretty cool questions

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Season 11 Episode 5 - Paul Chequer (Practicing challenging conversations)

Apr 23 2024 40 mins  
Rusty spends even more time with the man he has spent most of the last month with helping coaches navigate challenging conversations in football (shout out to Danny Newcombe!)... forum theatre, status, noticing skills, statement of intent and 'can I take this back?' Enjoy!

Series 11 Episode 4 - Tom Farrow (Solving Problems)

Apr 01 2024 51 mins  
Tom Farrow... performance coach, owner at Arete and the best wrestler I know chats all things solving performance problems. On the way, we chat connected conversations, why tackles are missed, 2 leg takedowns and lessons from football... enjoy! Tom can be found at http://www.arete-performance.com/

Series 11 Episode 3 - Sean Graham (Developing yourself and others)

Feb 04 2024 52 mins  
Sean and Rusty chat all things from the U13F's, being excited to come to training, reflecting in the moment, Laurie Fisher as Bruce Springsteen, re-imagining a coaching skills carousel, saving bullets, Ben Ryan in 2009 and John Quinn's grenades... enjoy!

Season 11 Episode 2 - Mike Porteous (Confidence)

Jan 24 2024 55 mins  
Mike and Rusty chat all things confidence... What gives you a buzz? When is it hard for you? How does it feel? What milestones might we pass on the way? How can we be mischievous? Who owns the right way? Who do you want to be? Enjoy...

Season 11 - Episode 1 Mike Orchin-McKeever (Energy)

Jan 04 2024 35 mins  
Mike is (just) a PE teacher and rugby coach and chats all things creative coaching, coaching across different environments and growing the game... enjoy!

Series 10 - Episode 20 Fletch and Rusty (the App)

Aug 20 2023 24 mins  
Fletch and Rusty chat skill, levels, connecting player-parent-coach, coaching contact, coach development and being more like Finn... enjoy!

Series 10 - Episode 19 Dave Sharkey (the three-peat)

Jul 30 2023 45 mins  
Sharks returns to chat all things theming, lifting the lid on La Rochelle in Europe, totems, experiments and making them wait... enjoy!

Series 10 - Episode 18 Andy Abraham (Concepts)

Jul 01 2023 90 mins  
Andy returns to the pod having coached community rugby for the past 11 years alongside his role as Head of Subject at Leeds Beckett... he shares the 11 concepts that helped him the most with his coaching... from simplifying to scaffolding to SOL to planning to athlete engagement... enjoy!

Season 10 - Episode 17 Caspar Berry (Decision-making)

Jun 19 2023 46 mins  
Ex-poker player and Cambridge Economist Caspar and Rusty chat all things decision-making... knowing your opponent, missing bets, data and emotions, neutral reviews, interdependence and the J-curve... enjoy!

Series 10 - Episode 16 Kieran Hallett (Super Rugby)

Jun 05 2023 44 mins  
Kieran and Rusty chat all things Super Rugby after his sabbatical from Leinster to the Rebels... coaching, co-coaching, pathways, what he's learned... enjoy!