Ged Hall coaches across a wide range of ages and abilities. A deep thinker about his coaching, he shares with us practical solutions and thoughts around what a good training session might look like.

Ged is a DPP coach with Sale Sharks, youth development manager with Sandbach RFC and a coach at Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby School.

In this podcast, we delve into:

• What does practice design really look like
• Getting the right balance between planned and unplanned
• What mastery means for different age groups
• Defining purpose
• What does your coaching plan look like on a piece of A4 paper
• How long should run an activity for - getting your timings right
• How to use skills zones at the right time
• Coach interventions: when, how and what should be said
• The detail of coaching the tackle
• Contesting possession: what might a good practice session look like
• What mistakes do you see your players making and how do you help them resolve them
• Creating "shape" even in a chaotic game - why that might work