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I'm not downvoting because I agree that this was a bigger upset. But it wasn't a miracle. Uruguay has been working extremely well. It is the best case example of World Rugby and Agustín Pichot plans for Tier 2/3 nations.

They have a nice stadium they manage, a high performance center, players centrally contracted and not reliant on foreign clubs (OK, some have gone to MLR but waiting for South American franchise league to start), a packed international calendar... Of course World Rugby has supported this financially but because URU proved to be a reliable and trustworthy partner, something unfortunately very few non-Tier 1 unions are.

I have found infuriating how some media takes have been that Uruguay's win proves World Rugby doesn't give enough support to Pacific Islands. Come on, Uruguay is what their bottom performance would be if their governance was half as good as theirs.

I know not so many are fluent in Spanish, but there is an amazing book on URU efforts from 2010 til now by Ignacio Chans that is well worth the money and explains for example how Uruguay chairmen instead of celebrating 2015 RWC presence and make the most out of hotels and catering, they decided to embbed themselves in Argentina's delegation so to knit future ties. This is the result...

As a college coach, I prefer to see club matches/video as opposed to high school level matches/video. Why? If you're a junior and playing against another varsity HS team that is all freshman, you're probably going to look better than you actually are because the other team is inexperienced. Club, on the other hand, goes by age groups and while you can play up (ie. a 16 year old on an 18s team), you can't play down. Additionally, there are different brackets in club (open, club, patriot, etc.) and to see an athlete competing against similar skill-level athletes is a much better way to gauge their overall skill.

If you want to get recruited, you've gotta play club, especially in the men's game simply because there are so comparatively few men's teams in the US. I wrote a book on how to get recruited for college volleyball so please reach out to me if you have any questions :)

Hey there buddy. I have been coaching for 8 years and recently spent more focus on goalie coaching to help out our program. I will give a brief overview of some things. If you know a bunch of the theory just skip down to the bottom for some links

First off here is a great book to get you started. The editor needs to be banned for how horrible the layout and language is but there is no denying the plethora of knowledge contained in these pages.

Fitness: The goalie should be your best athlete. Loads of fast twitch muscle fiber makes for quick reactions. However we all know, as coaches, how often things that should be actually become a reality.

Stance: The Goalie should have his stick vertical (or close to) with his arms away from his body and knees bent. here is a goalie in a ready position. In my opinion he is a little low in his stance but I believe he is doing this purposely because of the incoming underhand shot.

Your feet should be pointed towards the shooter, and you should try to be on the appropriate part of your arc to take up as much space from the shooter's angle as possible.

Hands: Like I said they should be off of your body. The top hand should be up by the neck of the stick and the bottom hand should be about forearm length below that. The closer your hands are together, the quicker you can rotate your stick, however, too close together and you will sacrifice the range of your save (harder to reach those balls on pipe).

Saves: There seem to be 2 methodologies to teaching how to save. 1. Attack with your Feet, 2. Attack with your Hands. The reality is you need to do both. You should be stepping, usually at a 45 degree, towards the ball with whichever foot is closer to the shot. Your back foot should follow up bringing you back into a ready stance with your body in front of the ball.

At the same time you should be punching your top hand to the ball. Propelling with both your hands and feet will allow your keeper to cover as much of the cage as possible and being aggressive towards the shot will increase their save %.

Clearing: With any drill you run you can and should often have someone break out as an outlet for the Goalie. This gets the goalie acclimated to automatically looking upfield to start the offense after a save is made.

Drills: Here are a couple links for drills you can run,

From Mind the Crease

From Inside Lacrosse Forums

US Lacrosse Mobile Coach (A great app for all coaches!)

Frame a picture of Joe Launchbury’s man of the match award against Australia at RWC 2015

Or if you don’t want to crush his soul: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ART-COARSE-RUGBY-Michael-Green/dp/1861050011

The Art of Coarse Rugby is one of the funniest books ever written.

Rala

I suppose you could try to learn on your own by reading a book like The Mechanics of Sprinting and Hurdling (a very good book, by the way), but even so, you would at least have to be able to film yourself, which is harder than when lifting for the obvious reason that you are not stationary. You could get a training partner to operate the camera, but then you are no longer really learning to sprint on your own, are you?

Edit: This book is also quite good, and arguably more practical, though less thorough.

I recently read a book called "Peak When it Counts" by William Freeman. It's a bit of a dense and long read, but it teaches about periodization and how to set up a program that will set up a peak when you want it to happen. Obviously it isn't magic and you won't see the results immediately, but I used it to create my program for the decathlon and all of my events have improved vastly over the past year.

I highly suggest it, and it's only like 20 bucks.
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I got this book as a gift from colleagues not long ago, All in a Day's Cricket, which is a really nice collection of essays and articles from across different eras.

Aside from that, there are some current writer whose prose I really enjoy reading; Kamran Abbasi, Saad Shafqat, Osman Samiuddin (someone posted this article just the other day, as just one example of his excellent writing) & Rob Steen.

Here's a favourite of mine: Wings of Gold, Feet of Clay, posted not too long ago here

Beginner to Bubka book should be your bible honestly. Comes with a video CD too I think. I know several coaches who carry one around and reference it regularly. It goes through everything you'd need to know in fairly simple drills and explanations.

Not only do you need to know technique but how to plan a season for the kids. I'd also recommend if you have free time to do the drills yourself. It's much easier to explain if you have done it, even poorly, before.

That and youtube and you should easily cover the basics. If need more help just PM me, I have a PR over 16' and I've been coaching PV for the last 4 years at the HS level.

I assume from this book where some English journalist researched into illegal betting in cricket.

http://www.amazon.in/Bookie-Gambler-Fixer-Spy-Underworld/dp/1408169967

There's this book I've been wanting to check out, but i haven't yet. I've only heard good things about it.

http://www.amazon.com/How-Race-Mile-Learning-Effective/dp/1508718210

There is a book called: "El Clásico" written by Richard Fitzpatrick. I picked that book up and it's some really interesting stuff about Barcelona and Real Madrids rivalry. http://www.amazon.com/El-Clasico-Barcelona-Footballs-Greatest/dp/1408158809

also one of my friends had this a while back. it was pretty funny http://www.amazon.com/The-Bluffers-Guide-Rugby-Bluff/dp/1902825969

UK. Like £3. Think it's the right thing?

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1845132580/ref=dp_olp_used_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=used

Keep in mind these were made by a great coach for top athletes at a top track university.

These are examples in the sense that a training plan can be highly individualistic.

Repeating the training block aimlessly might yield some results but it can only do so much for you unless apart of a larger plan.

This is not to discourage you. This is a good place to start. Read and understand what Hart is trying to teach through his presentation. I recommend reading Peak When It Counts to further your knowledge in periodization if you so desire to create your own plan of training.

Depends on what your goals are and when you want to peak. Your body cycles, so reps and sets count. William Freeman wrote a good book on periodization that sums up the work load of a training athlete week to week. but i think if you google periodization that could help some too. Sounds like you're off to a good start.

http://www.amazon.com/Bowling-Through-India-Travel-Justin-ebook/dp/B00DU5SMU2

Bowling Through India, the best book I've read on cricket

this book

This book is excellent.

Gentlemen and Sledgers. It's not bad, good holiday reading.
Gentlemen and Sledgers: A History of the Ashes in 100 Quotations https://www.amazon.com/dp/1784080802/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_CWyFwbPEQ2AZN

I'm not an expert, but this one seems pretty competent.

http://www.amazon.in/AB-Autobiography/dp/1509842764/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1471513296&sr=1-1&keywords=ab+the+autobiography

I ordered the paperback.

Shawn is a great guy and I highly recommend his vlog, but I'm not sure he's the best place to start from scratch. If you're looking to learn how to coach pole vault, I recommend this book. It's a more systematic approach to developing the vault.

It's actually someone quoting BOD, who was quoting Rala.

I typically dont even respond to yankee trash just because you guys are the most classless fanbase in all of mlb but
Since you asked...
Do a little research buddy luhnow inherited a shitty team that was mismanaged for years. Tank no...start here Astroball https://www.amazon.com/dp/1909430366/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_rBYzDb5TPXR60

Tank NO.
Jose Altuve not from draft
Micheal brantley not from draft
Yuli gurriel not from draft
Josh Reddick not from draft
Yordan Alvarez soon to be ROY not from draft
OUR ENTIRE FUCKING STARTING PITCHING ROTATION. NOT FROM DRAFTING.
BOOM....NOW GO BACK TO BOOING YOUR OWN PLAYERS YANKEE TRASH