2026 Thinking
✦ June
Announcing the Rugbyology Coach Network
It has been a few weeks since my last email.
That is mostly because I have been working behind the
Thinking
2026 Thinking
✦ May
Cognitians, Not Technicians
Why rugby players need to solve before they execute
2026 Thinking
✦ May
Inverted Depth: What Rugby Gets Wrong About Coaching Structures
A note from the author: The patterns described in this piece are not theoretical. They are drawn from two decades
2026 Thinking
✦ May
What Is the Player Actually Solving?
Drills or games. Technical or tactical. Skill or conditioning. Opposed or unopposed. Contact or non-contact. Game-based. Decision-making.
2026 Thinking
✦ April
Rugby's Surface Complexity Is a Coaching Trap
Add bodies, movement, defenders, contact, and a ball, and an activity quickly starts to feel like the game. It looks
2026 Thinking
✦ March
Why Classification Systems Matter in Coaching
The Rugbyology Activity Classification System appears to be relatively unique in the sports coaching world. But the bigger point is
2026 Thinking
✦ March
Thoughts on "Unstructured" Attack
The term unstructured attack in rugby is often overstated, because it implies an absence of structure where, in reality, structure
2026 Thinking
✦ March
The Mountains We’ve Seen
In his seminal work, Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb introduces the concept he calls "The Lucretius Problem." This problem