RuggaMatrix America Podcasts
Sports psychologist Steve Durant has won a national club rugby championship, lost his eye in a rugby game, and was the USA National Team sports psychologist before moving on to the Boston Bruins and Boston Red Sox.
He sits down with Bruce McLane to talk about understanding players, and understanding adversity. This is Part 1.
Legendary coach Graham Smith sits down with Bruce McLane to talk about coaching coaches, how player-centric and player-focused are different, and how you're still required to be a coach, and he touches on how he helped build England into a world champion.
Former USA 7s and 15s player Tui Osborne discuses culture, preparation, and leadership with Bruce McLane.
Osborne was a national champion in 7s and also an Eagle, before helping coach Life University to a national collegiate title. He is now Head Coach at St. Bonaventure.
Mike Tolkin goes into great detail about player roles, plans, and the process when finding ways to attack in rugby.
Tolkin sits down for a second session with Bruce McLane.
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Mike Tolkin, who coached the USA, RUNY, and Xavier HS, sits down with Bruce McLane to talk in detail about coaching philosophy and some specific nuts and bolts (and Xs and Os) about playing the game.
Attack philosophy, defensive components, getting out of trouble, and some psychological stuff all gets touched on in this can't-miss coaching podcast.