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Osprey Coaching Conference Materials by David Clarke

Yesterday I spoke at the Osprey Coaching Conference at Llandarcy Academy Sport just outside Swansea, Wales. It was an excellent day with presentations from some of the current Osprey players (front row), the region’s skills coach, a top Welsh referee on ELVs and finally a brilliant talk by Sean Holley, the new supremo at the Ospreys.

My 40 minute slot was on coach development. It took the focus away from thinking about coaching players and onto developing the person in front of me.

I discussed the continuing desire to improve. One way to improve is to improve our listening skills. In the main this means overcoming barriers to listening.

Another way to improve is to listen to the thoughts of others BEFORE we coach a session. It is a method called “feed forward.”

Finally I introduced a philosophy of a US baseball coach, Gagliardi. He talks about the power of “No”.

The presentation and some notes can be downloaded by following this link to the Rugby Coaching Forum.



Are you worried about the ELVs? The top coaches aren’t by David Clarke

There has been plenty of confusion and misinformation, plus a number of conspiracy theories about the ELVs. The world’s top coaches see the ELVs as here, an opportunity and are working how to deal with them.

 

Here is what the top coaches are saying at the moment.

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How to Survive the ELVs by David Clarke

They are here and whatever your opinion on them, you are going to have to play with them for the next year at least. There are 13 ELVs to consider and I have already passed on my first thoughts in this blog

     

Practically you need to work the ELVs into your training programme, so here are five ways you can approach this.

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Rich Pickings from the Feast by David Clarke

  

A bumper rugby weekend on the international front, with matches in every corner of the world. Full tests in the Southern Hemisphere, an A team tournament, Under 20s World Cup, IRB Nations Cup and the Pacific Nations Cup. Chuck in some women’s sevens and you could easily have sat in front of the television all weekend and not ventured outside.

 

ELVs or not, there was plenty of scintillating rugby on show, and no sign that international games are turgid, or indeed one-sided affairs.

 

But we don’t just watch the games for “our team”. We want to take something away with us, a little titbit to take onto the training ground for next week.

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ELVs – rugby coaching lessons by David Clarke

The ELVs will affect your rugby tactics and you need to decide how you will change your coaching and rugby drills.

Many of us have no firsthand experience of the new laws in action, so it is important to glean as much information from those who have. One way is to look some video footage to understand which rugby techniques you are going to adjust.

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