Rama Chand - Developing players at all levels

The Journey of a Grassroots Rugby Coach (More Tracksuits less Business Suits)

This week’s guest is Rama Chand Rama is originally from Fiji and grow up in Auckland and has played rugby in many countries around the world. He transitioned into coaching while overseas. He moved to Australia where he work for Queensland RU for about 4 years and Rugby Australia for 3 years as a Coach Training and Education Advisor. He was recently the first XV Assistant Coach at State High in Brisbane. Since recording this Rama has been appointed the Director of Development at Georgian Rugby. During our chat we spoke about picking players on belief that they will achieve, developing core skills in players while knowing the game your players are playing. We discussed allowing players to make errors during training as that is part of learning and decision making. We also spoke about learning the softer skills of coaching and giving feedback and using it as a tool for progression.