If you read this blog, then you already know that I applied for a Premiership Rugby coaching development scholarship last year. The application is straightforward: submit a ninety-second video along with your contact info. When I first considered applying, I was unsure if I was qualified and did not know what I to put in […]
Day six of the Premiership Rugby Coaching Development Scholarship began with a trip to Woollams Playing Fields, home to Old Albanians RFC and the full-time training facility for Saracens. The Saracens run a “clarity day” on Fridays to prepare for the Saturday match. Practice began with non-rugby games like soccer followed by ultimate rugby. It […]
Day 4 of the Premiership Coaching Development Scholarship was busy and exhausting, but the break in curriculum delivery cleared our minds for a full day of learning on Day 5. We started off with a trip to the Hazelwood Centre, the training and administrative location for London Irish. Here we received the Key Factor Analysis […]
After three days of curriculum, Day 4 of the Premiership Coaching Development Scholarship concentrated on cultural events. We spent most of the day taking in the sights and sounds of London. We started with a tour of Twickenham Stadium — the mecca for rugby in England. As you can see in the video above, we […]
The entire third day of the Premiership Coaching Development Scholarship was spent with the Harlequins men’s and women’s teams at their practice sessions at Surrey Sports Park. It was both massively challenging and greatly rewarding. The pace, organization, and simplicity of the practice was impressive. The sheer amount of productivity at the 90-minute men’s practice […]
After getting some much-needed rest to shake off the jet lag from Day 1, we headed into the second day of the Premiership Rugby Coaching Development Scholarship with enthusiasm. The day began with a class focused on the role of the coach. The facilitator for this session was Gareth Hatherley-Hurford, the skills coach at London […]
The Premiership Coaching Development Scholarship began today with the arrival of 30 American coaches in London, England. Most of the scholarship winners arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport by 11 AM. Soon thereafter we were on our way to Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre (our base of operations) to drop off our bags and collect the […]
Back in January I was honored to be selected to join the 2019 spring class of the Premiership Rugby coaching development scholarship. Myself and the other scholarship recipients are starting to make our way from the USA to London, England for a 6-day rugby experience unlike any other. At the end of the trip, the […]
Over the years I’ve attended numerous rugby training sessions for everything from coaching to refereeing to administration. But the USA Rugby coaching clinic I attended last weekend at Taft High School in Chicago, IL was hands-down the best clinic I have ever attended.
Last week I received an email from USA Rugby about a unique coaching opportunity that seemed too good to be true. It in invited me to apply for an all expenses paid, level 300 rugby coaching certification course in England. To my delight, the offer was genuine. But my first thought was of self doubt: […]
