Helping coaches and athletes create environments where people engage, explore and learn through the game.

Coaching is Teaching

Trusted by athletes, coaches and organisations for over 30 years.

Rugby players, performing crawling exercises on a grassy field during outdoor training, with Craig Gunn rugby performance coach leading. Green trees are in the background.

Many coaching sessions look organised but produce very little learning.

Players stand in lines.
They wait their turn.
They repeat drills.

Craig’s sessions look different.

Athletes are constantly:

• moving
• interacting
• solving problems
• discovering solutions

What some once called “Gunny madness” is actually carefully designed learning environments where athletes stay engaged and thinking.

Young children participating in a rugby practice, functional movement and gameplay on a grassy field, with Craig Gunn rugby performance coach leading and adults overseeing the activities.

Why Craig’s Coaching Feels Different

The Coaching Question

Craig often asks athletes a simple question:

“What do you notice?”

Instead of being told what to do, athletes begin to recognise:

• space
• pressure
• timing
• opportunity

They learn to read the game for themselves.

Start here if you’re new to Craig’s coaching:

The Three Non-negotiables

Work hard

Have fun

Main Focus

A group of young athletes, fron a rugby team, kneeling on a grassy field in a circle, with Craig Gunn rugby performance coach leading and facilitating teamwork and communication.
‘It depends’ is the guiding principle of all coaching. Great coaching adapts to the athletes, the environment and the learning objective.
— Craig Gunn (2017)

It Depends

Learn Craig’s Coaching Model

If you want to improve how you coach, teach or design training environments: