This was a recent presentation delivered to the coaches of Rugby Rovigo Delta in Italy.

1. Text
Rugby Skills & The Coaching Environment
Stuart Lierich, Specialist Kicking Coach

2. The greatest advantage for teams
will be the ability of coaches to
continually improve the quality of
learning environment

4. Coach The Player, Not The
Program....

5. “Smooth seas don't make skilful sailors.”

7. Skill or Game
Awareness?
or both?

8. Instruction &
Feedback
supercharge your communication

9. Coaching With
Analogies
painting pictures

10. Empowerment
Coaching
to develop proactive players

11. Questioning As
A Tool
probing for the right information

13. Skills Session Inclusions
Perception
Context
Cues
Challenge
Variability

14. It's Not All About Mechanics
Pre Performance
Routine
Distraction
Focus of Attention
Visualisation Scripts
Emotional Intelligence

15. Kicking
Mechanics

16. Whole of Body
Movement
not merely a swing of the leg...

17. Contact Quality
between ball & foot

19. Impact Line
path of knee, foot & ball

21. Transfer of
Weight
momentum through impact

24. “Your coaching performance can be
described in patterns of behaviour.
The most effective patterns become
the most effective performances.”