Rhys Davies is an Academy Coach Development Officer at London Irish, as well as head coach with HAC mens team in London and Berkshire Ladies. He has taken social media by storm with his great resources around being more effective as a coach when using different games. In this podcast, we develop his themes around challenges, effective coaching and how to manage training to give players a fantastic game experience. Here are the main areas we coveredHow do you challenge coaches positivelyCommon threads/areas that need to be challengedWhat are you challenging in the way they are coaching though their types of practiceWhat is the balance between games and other activities in trainingDrills – why this is still okay to use as a wordPreparing questions before training to help guide a planHow to react to a session which goes off in a different directionUsing constraints to change ways to succeed Why innovation shouldn’t always be a surprise to youGood ways to create problem-solving situationsDo all players want to play games in training, all the timeHow drill videos online are relatable to playersWhat makes games in training more powerfulWhat’s the most efficient way to introduce a gameWhat’s missing because we concentrate on winningHow do we intervene effectively during a gameGiving players more autonomy in training – practically, so all players can be access the opportunitiesThe benefits of using balls from other sports and the right balance What are the measures of success in a gameHow do we create differentiated questions, because not all the players need them same challengesTo get in touch with Rhys to find out more:@rugbyrhys9Rhys.davies@london-irish.com