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We are going to turn the tables and Stu James, is going to ask me the questions.

Stu is a club coaching ordinator and colts coach at Guildford RFC, as well as a coach within the Quins Foundation programme and for Surrey Colts. In addition to these volunteer roles, he has a day job as a business consultant and executive coach.

In the podcast, Stu challenges me on:

• What question do I wish other coaches asked me on courses
• How do I help coaches who haven't got my experience
• How important is a coaching philosophy
• How do I balance taking control and giving control
• How do I know when things are going wrong in training, and how do I fix it
• What has made my coaching philosophy change
• What is the most important lesson learned from my coaching journey

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In this short podcast, Dan speaks to Gary Townsend, head of rugby at Switch Rugby with a focus on deciding when to help players specialise as a 9 or 10.

He is former RFU National Player Development Manager and Bristol Bears Junior Academy manager.

In this episode, they discuss the best age, why it makes sense for this position and how it impacts their future development.

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Welcome to the Coaching Knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Martin Haag, high performance team and executive coach.

Focusing on managing people rugby we are going to cut to the root on the importance of having a coaching philosophy.

Martin played for 14 years at Bath, then coached Bath, Nottingham, Bristol, Bath Academy England U20 World Cup Winning, Rouen, and Scotland, and now work in high-performance teams and executive coaching.

His philosophy is Encourage, Excite and Empower.

You can contact him on LinkedIn.

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