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L2 Coaching with Ben Herring

Get a head start and follow our new series as ex Sunwolves and Otago coach Ben Herring, with help from other Rugby Site coaches, details aspects which compliment many global L2 coaching qualifications.

Part 1. Principles of Play 5:09 Free video

To start, Ben and Sir Graham Henry cover the Principles of Rugby – Attack and Defence.
Create a recipe of play. Have a philosophy for Attack and Defence. Score tries in Attack and stop scoring in Defence – Simple really. Enjoy!

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Part 2. Coaching Philosophy 10:04 Member content

In this video, Ben and the coaches, explain how your philosophy fits your values, behaviour and beliefs and defines you, and your team. Enjoy!

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Part 3. Reflection   7:11 Member content

In this video, Ben details what Reflection is, why it is important and ways to incorporate it into your day to day coaching experience. Enjoy!

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Part 4. Planning & Delivering a Session 5:31 Member content

Just because you said it, it doesn’t mean it’s been heard. Understand the type of coach you are to enable you to get the best from your trainings and player performance. In this video, Ben returns with another Level 2 coaching module – the key points to Planning and Delivering an Effective Training session. Enjoy!

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Part 5. Skill Analysis & Coaching a Skill 5:17 Member content

In this video, Ben details the key components of Skill Analysis, (the next stage of the L200 coach education content). Why not use the time to focus on Skill Analysis and individual player development. Start Developing your Players Today!

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Part 6. L2 - Game Sense 8:01 Member content

Ben Herring returns with another Coach Education session. This time he details Developing Players’ Game Sense at training. Game Sense is creating situations for players to find solutions to the skill you want to learn. As Ben highlights, the site has a number of videos on coaches developing players Game Sense – Wayne Smith, Rusty Earnshaw, Salty Thompson and Gregor Townsend plus others to view. Enjoy!

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Part 7. Developing Rugby Skills - Communication 6:56 Member content

Ben, with help from Rugby site Founders, Wayne Smith and Brendon Ratcliffe (all reknown communicators), presents various techniques to ensure what you say is heard. Can’t understand why the players can’t understand! This week, Ben Herring is back with another session from his Coach Development series focusing on Effective Communication. Enjoy!

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Part 8. Developing Rugby Skills - The Art of Coaching 4:29 Member content

The Art is about the relationships and the environment – the intangible. The Science deals in the numbers and tactics – the tangible. Balance is the key – like Yin and Yang, as Ben Herring communicates in today’s release, to developing a successful team. Enjoy!

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Course Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8
Duration 52:38
Topics Leadership & Management Coaches Corner
Applicable to Coaches   Others   Supporters and fans  
Languages English

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Course reviews

Great material and insights

Scotland

Thank you all. This helps me get one more step up the ladder to becoming a better coach. Very good content.

USA

THIS SECTION IS VER GOOD AND REALLY PUTS IN GREAT FRAME ESPECIALLY WITH TODAY’S ATHLETE WHO HAVE A SINCE ENTITLEMENT WHICH CAN CAUSE DIFFICUTIES IN COACHING. IN MANY WAYS PARENTS PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THIS BY TALKING ABOUT COACHES IN FRONT OF THEIR CHILDREN. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR GOOD COACHES. THE REALITY IS SOME PLAYERS AND NOT THAT GOOD AND MAY NEVER BE OR THEY ARE UNCOACHABLE BASED ON PARENTS BEHAVIOR.

USA

This session is worth revisiting occasionally. Sometimes people, including me, tend to become a follower of existing ideas and methodologies. This session reminds me of the importance of being creative, flexible and having my own philosophy. The ideas and suggestions in these videos can be applied to other field like business. I enjoyed this session.

Japan

Really powerful philosophy. Links your values, aims and attributes to coaching effectively.

Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Love Wayne’s reference to Pierre Villepreux! I have been mentored by him in his former FIRA role and visited his Summercamp many times to understand more of his approach. He creates games with an unbalance in attack and defence by manipulating starting positions and numbers of players. Exciting stuff to learn!

Netherlands

Excellent detail and thought provoking. The concepts explored will help enormously to steer us to develop into a more creative and effective coach.

England

This is great material. I hope that I can have lesson plans for level 2 to finish my Level 2 WR coaching training?

South Africa

Thank you

New Zealand

Outstanding breakdown of the basics of the Principles of Play. This is absolutely key in getting both rookie and veteran players on the same philosophical page when it comes to why we play.

USA

good quality content! keep them coming!

New Zealand

I appreciate the reminder of what it means to be a coach.

Canada

Hola, estas entrevistas o charlas son muy interesantes por lo que sería bueno estén subtituladas para quellos suscriptores que no dominamos el inglés.

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Comparto lo que dice

Argentina

Simple, concise , direct. Easy to follow and and focuses on main points without overload or confusion. As with Angus I will utilize this in the L2 courses I deliver.

USA

Great stuff esp on Winning. It’s performance and behavioral determines the outcome.l

Arabian Gulf

This is gold dust as it goes to the heart of why we coach and how we should do it. Keeping true to this and being yourself is key. Great insights to some Great coaches

Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Both videos awesome the principles just a different way of delivery.

England

Awesome Ben. Thanks

New Zealand

Principles of play, a great tool to help identify team work ons. Video was clear and concise. Very helpful, thank you.

New Zealand

Well done Rugby Site. I’m delivering a L2 course this weekend and will use this as part of the content. Easy to understand. Too many coaches appear to struggle to comprehend PoPs

USA

Hola, estas entrevistas o charlas son muy interesantes por lo que sería bueno estén subtituladas para quellos suscriptores que no dominamos el inglés.

Argentina

Great review of key principles.

South Africa

Enjoyed that, looking forward to the next segments!

England

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