General Resources

Below you'll find various useful coaching resources.

Upcoming Coach Development Courses in West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire Sport's latest brochure of upcoming coach development courses across the county including courses on:

  • Safeguarding and Protecting Children
  • First Aid
  • How to Coach Disabled People in Sport
  • Supporting Coaches
  • Using i-technology in Your Coaching

> View the Brochure (PDF)

Video: Coach Behaviour Analysis

More Videos...

> How coaching can improve quality of life in communities - watch video
> Increasing and sustaining sports participation through coaching - watch video
> Engaging with children through coaching - watch video
> Coaching methods - watch video 
> Observation, analysis and evaluation - watch video
> Planning and organising in coaching - watch video

More videos are available on the sports coach UK YouTube channel.

Coachwise e-bulletin

Coachwise

This monthly e-newsletter features interviews with people in the sport sector, expert blogs and helpful resources. The latest issue features a blog on the challenges of creating digital learning for coaches, an interview with the FA's Jamie Houchen and more.

 

> Sign up to receive the newsletter

Planning Resources

Coaching Matters - Digital Editions

coaching matter

Take a look at the digital editions of Coaching Matters - the official magazine for Rugby League coaches.

 

> Issue 4 Autumn 2012
> Issue 3 Summer 2012
> Issue 2 Spring 2012
> Issue 1 Autumn 2011

Funding Opportunities for Coaching Guide

Funding

Produced by sports coach UK in partnership with the England Coaching Network and SkillsActive, the Guide provides information on funding available in England to support coaching.

 

> Download this resource

Primary Rugby League Rule Book

Primary Rugby

The Primary Rugby League games programme is now firmly established and accepted as the vehicle to introduce children to the great game of Rugby League.

 

> Download this resource (PDF)

Challenging Anti Gay (homophobic) Abuse and Behaviour

Challenging Hom

This guidance document, focusing on challenging anti gay or homophobic abuse and behaviour, is the first of several such documents that the RFL intend to produce.

 

> Download this resource (PDF)

Perceptions & Experiences of Rugby League: Young LGBT people

Perceptions of

This latest report provides a unique insight into the perceptions and experiences of young LGBT people in relation to Rugby League.

 

> Download this resource (PDF)

Perceptions & Experiences of Rugby League: Asian Muslim young people

asian perceptio

This research was undertaken by Rugby League to help better understand the specific perceptions and experiences of Rugby League, the potential barriers to participation and ways forward for the future among specific Asian Communities.

 

> Download this resource (PDF)

Websites and Online Resources/Tools

The following websites and online tools offer services which may help to support you in your coaching. (Please note: by offering these links the RFL are not endorsing/recommending the products or content of these websites.)

  • sports coach UK Resource Bank - searchable library of useful coaching resources
  • teamer - private organisational and social platform to communicate with your team
  • Coach's Eye - coaching tool app which enables you to record and analyse your footage, add annotations/voiceover and share it with others
  • Tacklesport - offers various coaching resources including software, DVDs, apps, etc.
  • CoachTrue Anti-Doping Learning Tool - online anti-doping learning tool
  • OnSport - web service that allows club members and officials to communicate more easily and efficiently
  • Coach Clean - anti-doping e-Learning programme for coaches
  • Sport Session Planner - allows coaches to create 3D session plans easily and can be stored for sharing
  • Dartfish - range of software for sports clubs providing notational analysis

For a list of more coaching web services, apps and software see sports coach UK's "Technology to use in your coaching".