Are You Maximising the Coaches Around You? The Art of Co-Coaching with Coach Developer Harry Jones

How do great coaching teams work together?

Most coaches spend hours planning sessions, analysing games, and developing players. But how often do we think about developing the coaches around us?

In this episode of The Rugby Institute Podcast, Gloucester Rugby Coach Development Manager Harry Jones delivers a masterclass on co-coaching. We explore how coaching teams can improve communication, stay aligned, challenge ideas effectively, and create better learning environments for players.

Harry shares practical insights on coaching roles, session design, coach development, feedback, disagreement, alignment, reflection, and maximising the value of every coach at training.

Whether you're coaching at a school, club, academy, pathway, or performance level, this conversation will help you get more from your coaching team and improve the quality of your training sessions.

Topics covered:
🏉 Co-coaching principles
🏉 Building better coaching teams
🏉 Coach development
🏉 Session design and planning
🏉 Communication and alignment
🏉 Constructive disagreement
🏉 Developing assistant coaches
🏉 Training session effectiveness
🏉 Reflection and continuous improvement

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