RFU CPD

The Rugby Football Union is the national governing body for grassroots and elite rugby in England.

Its purpose is to encourage rugby, and its values, to flourish across England

Rugby’s core values are:

• Teamwork

• Respect

• Enjoyment

• Discipline

• Sportsmanshi

Herts County Initiatives

During lockdown Hertfordshire County Rugby put on series of Zoom sessions for coaches with a focus on how top best return to rugby coaching post lockdown. Moving into the season we are now looking at being able to deliver face to face events/coach development sessions to enhance coaches ability to 'coach'. Please click more info to learn how Herts county is looking to support coach development this year.

The Coach-Parent or just Parent

Being a parent who coaches can be a challenging task and so can just being a parent of a youth rugby player. We recognise that parent and coach behaviour at matches, training and away from the pitch has a huge impact on our players enjoyment. Within this section we look at how to best be a parent and parent-coach

Coaching the coaches

However experienced you are as a coach there is always something to learn as the game adapts to new laws, players change physically and mentally and the science of coaching is better understood.

Games based learning

Lets share good practice......a section which solely focuses on games that we can play across all age groups

Podcasts, Books, Journal Articles and more.....

Recommended podcasts, books, journal articles and research papers focusing on developing your coaching skills