50:22 Coaching Belief, Not Just Skill

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of belief in coaching and player performance.

Send us Fan Mail What if the biggest thing holding your players back is not skill but belief? In this episode, Dan Cottrell, head coach at Rugby Coach Weekly and Stuart James, coach developer at Guildford RFC, unpack one of the most overlooked areas in coaching. While most sessions are built around skills and rules, belief is often left untouched, yet it may be the very thing that unlocks performance. They explore why belief is not just mindset or empty praise, but a player’s identity, ...

People in this episode

Host: Dan Cottrell

Guest: Stuart James

Topics covered

• coaching
• belief
• player performance
• identity
• mindset

Keywords

• coaching
• belief
• performance
• mindset
• rugby

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rugby Coach Weekly, Guildford RFC

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