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Month: February 2015

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

How does the Principle of ‘Deliberate Practice’ apply to the coaching of Rugby Union…? Part iv

Posted on February 7, 2015April 8, 2015 by NickHillCoaching
‘Principle of Defence’: ‘Back 3 Pendulum’ Defensive System At the same time the other real challenge then of a coach is to design and plan ‘Deliberate Practices’ that provide playe... Read More

How does the Principle of ‘Deliberate Practice’ apply to the coaching of Rugby Union…? Part iii

Posted on February 7, 2015April 8, 2015 by NickHillCoaching
‘Principle of Attack’: Run ‘Hard and Fast into Space’ “The real challenge then of a coach is to design and plan ‘Conditioned Games’ that provide players to apply their understand... Read More

How does the Principle of ‘Deliberate Practice’ apply to the coaching of Rugby Union..? Part ii

Posted on February 7, 2015April 8, 2015 by NickHillCoaching
Principles of Play: Games Understanding i.e. How you play…? So how can you identify the most important things to practise…? How many coaches really know why tries are scored…? How many c... Read More

How does the Principle of ‘Deliberate Practice’ apply to the coaching of Rugby Union…? Part i

Posted on February 7, 2015April 8, 2015 by NickHillCoaching
So lets look at a definition of ‘Deliberate Practice’: “It is activity designed specifically to improve performance, often with a teacher’s help; it can be repeated a lot; feedback... Read More

Come from behind victories…with 0.1s left on the game clock…

Posted on February 7, 2015February 7, 2015 by NickHillCoaching
What is it that makes teams come back and win a match with the final play…the final drive…of a game…a match…? What environment allows the team to perform to the best of its abi... Read More

Mentors: Real & Virtual

Posted on February 6, 2015 by NickHillCoaching
What is a Mentor…? “an experienced and trusted adviser; an experienced person in a company or educational institution who trains and counsels new employees or students; regular meetings betwee... Read More

Talent Spotting/Talent Identification: Is there a difference…?

Posted on February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 by NickHillCoaching
What is ‘Talent Spotting’…? Talent:- natural aptitude or skill. people possessing natural aptitude or skill. (www.oxforddictionaries.com) Spotting:- see, notice, or recognize (someon... Read More

‘Talent v. Character’: The Crusaders Way…

Posted on February 4, 2015February 6, 2015 by NickHillCoaching
The graph creates 4 quadrants:- Someone with NO Character and NO Talent Someone with NO Character and Talent Someone with Character and NO Talent Someone with Character AND Talent Talent: Natural apti... 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

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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
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