Dave Ellis

Coaching Categories

  • Specialist Coaches
  • Staff Coaches

Areas of Expertise

  • Attacking Framework
  • Back Attack
  • Back Defence
  • Back Row Defence
  • Blind Side Attack
  • Contact and the Breakdown
  • Contact to Continuity
  • Continuity and Support Play
  • Counter Attack
  • Counter Ruck
  • Creation and Exploitation of Space
  • Defence
  • Dynamism in a Game
  • Kicking skills
  • Passing Skills
  • Phase Play Defence
  • Position Specific Halfback
  • Role of Core skills in team play
  • Runner Calls and Team Patterns
  • Sequence Plays
  • Set Piece Defence
  • Skill Acquisition
  • Skill Development with Players
  • Tackle Defence
  • Tackle Technique
  • Team Attack
  • Transformational Coaching
  • Transition Rugby
  • Turnover Ball
  • Vision, Handling and Decision making

Background

  • IRANZ Skills Coach/Technical Adviser since 2002
  • Black Ferns Skills Coach and Video Analyst 2005
  • Director of Breakthru Technologies Ltd – produced the NZRFU Skills and Drills Coaching CD
  • Consultant coach to the NZRU
  • Developed progressive skills system suitable from novice to advanced
  • Coached at club level in Canada, USA and Australia
  • Captain Northern Territory, Australia, 1987 to 1994
  • Former Waikato age group rep from primary through to U21 level

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