Continuous Coach Development
The WRU Coach Development Department devise an annual calendar of Continuous Coach Development events that cater for every coaching ability and stage of delivery.
Continuous Coach Development events offer the coach extended support and development beyond courses and allow for an open knowledge sharing that is aimed at benefitting the whole coaching environment.
Continuous Coach Development events also vary from a holistic focus such as creating a positive environment, to areas of the game that provide clear understanding of the technical and tactical aspects of coaching.
Whether you’re a noice coach and looking for ideas or an experienced coach looking to stretch your knowledge there will be something to attend to aid your development.
Coaching How Skills
The coaching How Skills are a structured and collaborative approach used by coaches to help individuals or groups achieve specific goals, improve their performance, and develop their skills.
Have a watch of the video below on how our WRU Educators deliver them.
Coaches Corner
The Welsh Rugby Union’s Community Department is excited to introduce you to its initiative to support and develop coaches.
Coaches Corner has been established as a way of connecting a group of people who “share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly”.
Often referred to as Communities of practice (COP) the art of people engaging in collective learning has been around for a long time, but as we are growing more into a technological era, we have been able to become far more connected.
The structural characteristics of a coaches corner are defined to a domain of knowledge, a notion of community and a practice:
Domain: A domain of knowledge creates common ground, inspires those who attend to participate, guides their learning, and gives meaning to their actions.
Community: The notion of a community creates the social fabric for that learning. A strong community fosters interactions and encourages a willingness to share ideas.
Practice: While the domain provides the general area of interest for the community, the practice is the specific focus around which the community develops, shares, and maintains its core of knowledge.
At the WRU we are seeking ways to focus learning through reflection of practice and are offering high valued learning environments, where peer to peer learning activities are offered as a complementary alternative alongside the more traditional course offerings.
These offerings will be specified by domains that you practise in, and our offerings will include such domains as female coaching, and those who are coaching at a specific age group amongst many others and are intrinsically linked to our coaching framework.