About this episode

The episode discusses the transformative experience of the Elite Coaches Tour of Japan for rugby coaches.

Japan has a way of exposing your coaching habits in seconds. The standards feel sharper, the respect is unmistakable, and the smallest details suddenly matter more than your favorite playbook. We’re joined by Matt Cobain to unpack why the Elite Coaches Tour of Japan is built to accelerate rugby coaching development through immersion, not theory. We dig into what coaches actually gain from stepping into Japan rugby culture: learning to lead in a different context, seeing how relationships get...

People in this episode

Host: Ben Herring

Guest: Matt Cobain

Topics covered

• rugby coaching
• coaching development
• cultural immersion
• leadership
• Japan rugby culture

Keywords

• rugby
• coaching
• Japan
• elite coaches tour
• cultural immersion
• leadership
• development

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Places: Japan

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