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Building Confidence, Improving Performance

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Rugby Growth Academy helps young players (ages 10–17) build confidence, improve skills, and develop their understanding of the game through high-quality 1:1 and small group coaching. Each session is tailored to the individual, focusing on key areas like passing, tackling, and game awareness to help players perform better and reach their full potential.

Development Pathways

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Player Growth Pathway
 

Our flagship programme provides a structured individual 1:1 pathway to develop core skills, and confidence season after season.

Team Bootcamps

Intensive team sessions designed to raise standards across your whole squad.

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1:1 Coaching

Personalised one-to-one sessions focused on your specific position, goals and game clips.

Train with a Friend

Train with a teammate or friend in focused, high-rep small-group sessions.

Rugby Camps

High-energy camps during holidays to sharpen skills, fitness and team play.

S&C

Coming Soon

PERFORMANCE

Tailored Technical Skills

Our bespoke coaching plans focus on individual skill gaps, ensuring players refine their passing, tackling, and tactical awareness with precision and consistency through every training session.

CONFIDENCE

Mental Resilience Training

Confidence is forged under pressure. We integrate psychological resilience into our physical drills, teaching young players how to remain composed and effective during critical match situations.

DEVELOPMENT

Holistic Athlete Growth

We nurture better people as well as better players. By focusing on professionalism, discipline, and game IQ, we prepare young athletes for high-performance careers both on and off the field.

performance • confidence • development

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“Jason has been an incredible coach for my son both on an individual level and at team level.  Jason’s professionalism, brilliant rugby coaching experience translates to kids, youths and adults in an infectious, but technically clear manner that just breeds confidence and enjoyment.”

 

I’ve seen my son grow both as a player and as a person under Jason’s coaching - his Aussie spirit shines through.”

— Parent of U14 SECOND Row Player

Success Stories

Real progress from real players and families.

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“Five years with Jason and the difference speaks for itself. My son has grown not just as a player but as a young man - more confident, a clearer understanding of the game, and better in himself on and off the pitch. Jason’s focus on effort, attitude and values is what sets him apart.”

— PARENT OF U15 SCRUM-Half

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Jason is what everyone wants in the game of rugby – a safe pair of hands!

Jason is so much more than a top coach. He gets the most out of each boy according to their skills and experience both in training and in a match. He’s a role model for sportsmanship, discipline and for being a truly empathetic person.

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You might say he’s too good because other teams keep stealing the players he has developed.

— Parent of U14 WINGER

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Meet the Founder

Coaching driven by experience, standards and care.

Rugby has shaped my life, bringing lifelong friendships through my time playing in Australia and Scotland. While I value the game as a vital physical outlet, its true power lies in what it teaches us about ourselves and the strength we find in others.

We often learn more from our setbacks than our victories. We learn to depend on one another and to embrace the growth that only comes through meeting genuine challenges with resilience.

Throughout my coaching career, I have found profound satisfaction in watching young players develop - not just as athletes, but as individuals. Witnessing their confidence take root and their understanding of the game deepen is exactly what inspires me daily.

That commitment to development is the very foundation Rugby Growth Academy is built on.

Every player’s journey is personal — the coaching should be too.

Enquire About Coaching

Direct Inquiries

jason@rugbygrowthacademy.com

Our Location

West & Central Scotland, UK

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