Tackling
Why one ‘knee equals two feet’ against the high tackle
The solution is to drop body-height quickly and dramatically, and get at least one knee to the ground immediately. Ni...
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Nick Bishop
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About Nick Bishop
Nick has worked as a rugby analyst and advisor to Graham Henry (1999-2002), Mike Ruddock (2004-2006) and latterly Stuart Lancaster (2011-2015). He also worked on the 2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia and produced his first rugby book with Graham Henry at the end of the tour. Since then, three more rugby books have followed, all of which of have either been nominated for, or won national sports book awards. The latest is a biography of Phil Larder, the first top Rugby League coach to successfully transfer over to Union. It is entitled “The Iron Curtain”. Nick has also written or contributed to four other books on literature and psychology.
“He is currently writing articles for The Roar and The Rugby Site, and working as a strategy consultant to Stuart Lancaster and the Leinster coaching staff for their European matches.”
Nick Bishop's latest articles
Attack
Why teams are feeling the need – the need for speed – at the scrum base [part 2]
Nick Bishop highlights how the new law-trial requiring the defending scrum-half to drop back rather than chase up bey...
Attack
How to design and develop a ‘gadget’ move from lineout
Innovation can be the genuine discovery of something completely new, but far more often it represents the improvement...
Set Piece
How to control the opposition exit strategy, and play the game in the right areas of the field
Fine-tuning your own exit strategy, and pressurizing the exit strategy of the opposition is the most reliable way of ...
Set Piece
The short-hand for winning the restart
Rugby fashions, like fashions in other areas of life, often work in cycles without obvious rhyme or reason. Nick Bish...
Breakdown
How to get on the right side of the referee at the breakdown
For defensive players in and around the tackle area, the challenge is to spoil and disrupt effectively while showing ...
Set Piece
The Source and a Solution to Wayne Smith's Frustration
The solution to the problem Wayne Smith needs to begin at source. Nick Bishop identifies a primary cause and solution.
Breakdown
How to make a second effort when all seems lost at ruck-time
Sports coaches are always on the lookout for ways in which a player can make a ‘double action’ or second effort, rein...
Position specific
What are the benefits of a big scrum-half in the ‘boot’?
Nick Bishop looks at some of the reasons which make a bigger unit at number 9 more desirable under the current laws o...
Kicking
Why ‘pocket protection’ is so important under the box-kick
The cross-fertilization of ideas between collision sports is on the increase. American Football Pass Protection desig...
