The Magic Academy

Apr 01 2025 242 ep. 57 mins 145

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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 8 Sam Leeming (Finding peace)

Apr 01 2025 57 mins

Ex-professional rugby player, diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 23 , retired due to concussion at 25 and now helping others find flow... an incredible story with so many great lessons... enjoy!

Season 11 Episode 17 Danny and Fletch (Coaching chat and the book)

Dec 30 2024 67 mins

Fletch and Danny (Newcombe) chat coaching with Rusty... coaching cohesion, pre-mortem, anticipation, tactical vs emotional, flow and feel, coaching skills, the book... enjoy!

Season 11 Episode 16 - Christian Penny

Dec 17 2024 55 mins

Having bumped into each other in Wellington, Rusty catches up with Christian to chat all things 'bro culture', listening and thinking, finding meaning, helping people be braver, fluidity, working out who the teachers are and putting the who before the task... enjoy!

Season 11 Episode 15 - Greg Feek (Finding Strong)

Nov 18 2024 49 mins

Greg Feek, current Blues scrum coach, former All Black player and Leinster, Ireland and NZ rugby coach joins Rusty to chat all things scrums, San Fran, the Front Row Union and making them squeal... enjoy!

Season 11 Episode 14 Davie Gray (A coach with a different lens)

Oct 26 2024 43 mins

Davie and Rusty catch up to chat all things mindset, soft boundaries, designing your own job, secret missions, intent/effort/focus, connecting the dots and pulling the trigger... enjoy!

Season 11 Episode 13 - Gerard Jones (Inspire-Involve-Inform)

Oct 13 2024 60 mins

Gerard joins from the US via York, Hull, Rochdale, Bristol. Morocco and many more chapters as a coach to chat magic moments, imposter syndrome, feedback from Fletch, his square squad and variable rewards... enjoy!

Season 11 Episode 12 - Craig Morris (the Olympic journey)

Sep 09 2024 48 mins

Craig and Rusty chat all things Olympics... being present, the most important of the non-important things, a 1st person perspective, prepared not planned, reinventing yourself and so much more... enjoy!

Season 11 Episode 11 Will Webster (player to coach)

Aug 26 2024 44 mins

Will Webster... lifelong learner, international rugby coach, MLR winner x 2, player whose dreams outgrew his ability, older brother who is under pressure to get married, all round good bloke. Will and Rusty chat all things becoming a great coach without the blue tick!

Season 11 Episode 10 Aaron Takel (if Carlsberg did coach development...)

Aug 22 2024 52 mins

Taks and Rusty come together to share their top 10 moments from the recent Gainline Sports Coaching x Magic Academy coach and player hangout on Vancouver Island... rethinking coach development, 33 seconds the story of SQUEEZE, cooks and chefs, wishing you were 30 years younger, the Allenby Coffee Bar, player coaches, running a game tag and what is fun? ENJOY!

Season 11 Episode 9 Jack Hanratty (The Olympic journey)

Aug 17 2024 53 mins

Jack and Rusty chat all things Canada 7's, fake citings, the 'slog', learning from 7's, problem-solving, low points and so much more... enjoy!