John Plumtree

Coaching Categories

  • Specialist Coaches

Areas of Expertise

  • Aerial possession
  • Analysing the opposition
  • Back Row Defence
  • Coach Philosophy
  • Contact and the Breakdown
  • Contact to Continuity
  • Continuity and Support Play
  • Counter Ruck
  • 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
  • Maul
  • Phase Play Defence
  • Planning a Season Campaign
  • Planning a Weekly Programme
  • Position Specific Blind side Flanker
  • Position Specific No 8
  • Principles of Play
  • Restarts
  • Role of Core skills in team play
  • Role of the Coach
  • Selection
  • Set Piece Defence
  • Tackle Defence
  • Tackle Technique
  • Team Profile, Strategy and Selection
  • Team Strategy
  • The Game Plan Model
  • The Review Process
  • Turnover Ball

Background

  • IRANZ Position Specific Coach – Loose Forward
  • Current Head Coach Wellington Lions 2003
  • Head Coach Swansea Wales 1997 – 2002
  • Springbok 7s 1994 – 1995 2 tournaments Hong Kong
  • Hawkes Bay 1992 - 12 games
  • Natal Sharks 1989- 1997 90 games
  • Taranaki from 1986 – 1989 40 games

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