Building a Coaching Playbook That Actually Changes Clubs, with Charlie Farrell

About this episode

Dan Cottrell interviews Charlie Farrell about creating a Coaches Playbook to unify player development in rugby clubs.

Send us Fan Mail What does it really take to align dozens of volunteer coaches, hundreds of players, and a whole club around one clear development pathway? In this episode of the Rugby Coach Weekly podcast, Dan Cottrell is joined by Charlie Farrell, Age Grade Rugby Director at Banbridge RFC, to unpack the thinking behind the club’s new Coaches Playbook. Designed to guide player development from first contact to First XV, the Playbook goes far beyond drills and session plans. Charlie explains ...

People in this episode

Host: Dan Cottrell

Guest: Charlie Farrell

Topics covered

• coaching
• player development
• club alignment
• volunteer management
• rugby

Keywords

• Coaches Playbook
• development pathway
• Banbridge RFC
• volunteer coaches
• player development

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Coaches Playbook, Playbook

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