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Category: ‘TGfU’

Old Wine… New Bottles… DIFFERENT STICKERS ii Learning Theories

Posted on June 8, 2018June 10, 2018 by NickHillCoaching
  “…from its inception, the interpretation of TGfU has been through the prism of discovery learning (Cobb and Yackel 1996; Phillips 1995). It was only in the 1990s that PE pedagogues later as... Read More

Old Wine… New Bottles… DIFFERENT STICKERS…

Posted on May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 by NickHillCoaching
One of the reasons for writing my Blogs is to share some of the research out there and bring it to life. This Blog Article is inspired by this research article by Stephen Harvey, Shane Pill and Len Al... Read More

Player-centred Coaching…

Posted on April 22, 2018April 29, 2018 by NickHillCoaching
“When it doesn’t feel right… Go left…” “The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one ... Read More

Cross the paint mentality…

Posted on August 16, 2017June 10, 2018 by NickHillCoaching
“This is where high level of performance becomes the ‘norm’… Every time you cross the paint… attention to detail is the same whether on the training field or in front of 85,000 people.” Ha... Read More

The $1,000,000 question…

Posted on July 12, 2017June 11, 2018 by NickHillCoaching
Last week I was invited up to Wilmslow High School by Matt Bebbington to carry out some CPD for their rugby coaches. Therefore, I thought I would share with you a few of the things that I asked the co... Read More

The POWER of using ‘Questioning’ during ‘Teaching Games for Understanding’ (‘TGfU’)

Posted on February 21, 2015February 23, 2015 by NickHillCoaching
Setting the Scene During my Coach Education trip to The Greenhouse School, Temuco, Chile back in July 2014 I facilitated how you can use ‘Teaching Games for Understanding’ (‘TGfU’) and ‘Ques... Read More

Why use ‘Teaching Games for Understanding’ (‘TGfU’) in your teaching/coaching…?

Posted on February 3, 2015February 3, 2015 by NickHillCoaching
Key questions to ask yourself:- What are you preparing your players for…?; What are you wishing your players to be able to do in the game that they are preparing for…?; What are the demand... Read More

The POWER of using ‘Teaching Games for Understanding’…

Posted on May 4, 2014February 3, 2015 by NickHillCoaching
Setting the Scene This is the 3rd Basico Group of Old Boys Escaleta…the U9 age group where the boys are 8 and 9 years old. It is the first part of the Escaleta season, March and April, which is ... Read More

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  • Coaching Journey
    • Northamptonshire Grammar School
    • Denstone College
    • Nudgee College, Brisbane
    • Canterbury Crusaders
    • Ulster Rugby
    • Brian Ashton Kukri Academy
    • The Grange School, Santiago, Chile
    • The Greenhouse School, Temuco, Chile
    • GAIN VIII, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
      • GAIN VIII Mission 2015
    • Temuco Rugby Club, Temuco, Chile
    • Old Boys Rugby Club, Santiago, Chile
    • GAIN IX, Rice University, Houston Texas, USA
      • GAIN IX Reading List 2016
    • Brisbane Grammar School
    • Fiji 7s pre-Rio Olympic Games Training Camp, Santiago, Chile
    • England Rugby Training
    • GAIN X
  • Philosophy of Coaching
    • Long-term Player Development
    • The BETTER Performance Pyramid
    • The ‘360 degree’ Rugby Player
    • Player-Centred Coaching
      • Team Culture
      • ‘Teaching Games for Understanding’ (‘TGfU’)
      • Questioning
    • Principles of Play
    • Tactical Periodisation
    • Athletic Development
  • Principles of Coaching
    • Whole-Part-Whole
    • Purposeful Deliberate Training
    • ‘Questioning’
    • Constraints-led Coaching
    • ‘Teaching Games for Understanding’ (‘TGfU’)
    • Implicit Learning
    • Coaching Process
    • Conditioned Games
      • Attack Focus Games
      • Defence Focus Games
      • Counter Attack Focus Games
  • BLOG
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      • Conditioned Games
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