Colin Cooper

Coaching Categories

  • Specialist Coaches
  • Staff Coaches

Areas of Expertise

  • Aerial possession
  • Analysing the opposition
  • Back Defence
  • Back Row Defence
  • Coach Philosophy
  • Communication and Man Management
  • Contact and the Breakdown
  • Contact to Continuity
  • Continuity and Support Play
  • Counter Attack
  • Creating a Successful Team Environment
  • Defence
  • Developing a Comprehensive Coaching Programme
  • Developing a Season Game Plan and Patterns of Play
  • Developing a Team Profile
  • Lineouts
  • Phase Play Defence
  • Planning a Season Campaign
  • Planning a Weekly Programme
  • Position Specific No 8
  • Principles of Play
  • Restarts
  • Selection
  • Set Piece Defence
  • Tackle Defence
  • Tackle Technique
  • Team Strategy
  • The Game Plan Model
  • The Review Process
  • Turnover Ball

Background

  • IRANZ Specialist Tutor
  • Junior All Blacks Co-coach 2005-2007
  • Hurricanes Head Coach 2003-2007
  • Crusaders Assistant Coach 2002
  • NZ Colts Head Coach 2001
  • Taranaki NPC Head Coach 1999-2002
  • Taranaki NPC Assistant Coach 1995, 1997-98
  • Junior All Black 1982
  • NZ Maori 1982-83
  • Taranaki NPC 1979-87

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