I think this is an interesting question because most of the admin around a team does not feel particularly big. Check availability. Update the calendar. Find an old session. Message someone who has not responded. Confirm a fixture. Work out what needs doing next. Ten minutes here. Fifteen minutes there. Then suddenly a big part of the week has gone. The issue for me is not simply the time.It is what that admin takes away from. Good coaching depends on being present enough to notice things. Who looks low on confidence? Who is not understanding the activity? Who needs a conversation? What is beginning to change in the group? That is part of the thinking behind CoachCraft. The calendar, generated sessions, availability and team management tools are not there just to organise information. They are there to reduce the amount of attention coaches spend managing the system around the team. The system should carry the admin so the coach can carry the coaching. I would be interested to hear from other coaches: What is the one admin job you would happily never do again? Give the free trial a go. All portals and functionalities at no cost for 14 days. https://rugbycraft.com/

What do you ask your players to do with match footage? This is me preparing our Spakenburg post-match review in CoachCraft: adding clips, connecting them to our training goals and including questions to guide reflection. The questions give players something specific to look for and give us a starting point for discussion at training. For me, this is an important part of helping players take ownership. I want them to explain what they see and consider what they could do differently. CoachCraft brings those clips and questions together, with options to assign them to the squad, groups or individuals. How do you get your players actively involved in the review process?

Half-time chats. What do you see? I’ll provide some context once we have between 5-10 responses ↗️

Before you coach the rugby, how well do you know the person? I think pre-season gives us a really important choice as coaches. We can start with the programme, or we can start with the people who are going to live inside that programme. Testing, conditioning and standards all matter. But I increasingly think the first session should also include something much simpler: conversations. What do you want from this season? What happened last season? What are you worried about? What do you need from me? Those conversations give you a picture of your squad that a Bronco score or testing spreadsheet never will. The content plan for this week puts it simply: players commit to coaches who see them. For me, that is also where CoachCraft should add value. Not by replacing the relationship, but by helping us remember what matters afterwards. Goals, notes, wellbeing, feedback and follow-up can keep those conversations alive once the season gets busy. The rugby will come. The relationship has to come first. I’d be interested to hear from other coaches: what is the first question you ask a player when they join your environment?

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