Tom Hicks

🏔️ Climbing Ibn Sina - 7,134m for @dswfwildlife 🎓 Msc Wildlife Conservation 🏉 Harlequins DPP⌚️@ChrisWardLondon Challenger

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Honoured to be a part of the @Try4Matt 7s coaching team

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Always a pleasure to chat rugby with @amrugbypodcast - this time looking at the big debate, Blitz v Drift

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Which is the best defence system in rugby - Drift or Blitz?

I spoke with Tom Hicks (@tomhicksMSc) to find out...

https://t.co/rwpoUbRIXX

#rugby #defence #blitz #drift

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Don’t defend, attack without the ball
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Being defensive implies your under siege, under attack from the opposition
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With or without the ball, we’re the ones attacking
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Good to be back coaching last week with @Sussex_RFU

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Summit push - show me a better feeling

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Winter 2024 - Scotland edition
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Felt good getting some time on crampons, sharpening the ice axe and clipping in for some pretty stunning climbing
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Onto the next one - Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 July 2024
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#expedition #training #mountainexpedition #fitness #mountainfit #expeditionfit #fyp

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Here’s a little more about the expedition I’m taking on this July, Ibn Sina / Lenin Peak - 7,134m In Kyrgyzstan

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Where will your @ChrisWardLondon C60 Anthropocene take you?

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First mountain fit session of the week
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Some off feet conditioning and some disco muscles as well as rehab on my shoulder
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Hope you’re having a good week - get after your goals!

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@amrugbypodcast Thanks mate! Going to be an interesting few months!

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So, here she is - Ibn Sina
Standing at 7,134m above the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
In around 6 months I’ll hopefully be standing at the top looking back down at this view
Between now and then, there’s a lot of work to do
So, better get started!

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Excited to announce the next chapter in my adventures
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Ibn Sina - 7,134m above Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in aid of @DSWFWildlife and @ChrisWardLondon

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Really enjoyed this conversation - thanks for having me @amrugbypodcast

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I spoke with Tom Hicks about unstructured possession, what it means and what we might see from the Quarter-Finalists in this World Cup.

https://t.co/dgCf2OZQza

What do you think? How would you approach unstructured possession?

#rugby #RWC2023 #RugbyWorldCup

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Good luck to anyone travelling @POferries for @rugbyworldcup in France - over 6 hours now combined at ports waiting for “technical difficulties” to be sorted…!

@dfds_uk queue moving smoothly…

#shambles

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@FGoatcher @bpollardPE @SWoolcombe @Sussex_RFU New number, who this?

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@FGoatcher @bpollardPE @SWoolcombe @Sussex_RFU @bpollardPE thanks mate, really enjoyed that one! Looking forward to the next one massively

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Tom Hicks shares how he became passionate about rugby performance.

#rugby #amateurrugby

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Thanks for having me on @amrugbypodcast - such a great conversation and platform for coaches. Get it in your ears!

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New episode!

We talked about Tom's experience under awesome coaches at Clifton, what it means to be a pathway coach and coach development amongst many other things...
https://t.co/re9NXkbKYd

#rugby @tomhicksMSc

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Loved this conversation! A great podcast for coaches - coming out soon!!

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Rugby coach - Tom Hicks is going to be on the pod!

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#rugby #amateurrugby

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@SquidgeRugby @ek_rugby @brettruganalyst @russforbes20 @rpetty80

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Role of a coach in <7 words - “communicating effectively to achieve behaviour change”
What’s yours?

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@ek_rugby @brettruganalyst @russforbes20 @SquidgeRugby @rpetty80 Love your focus on compassion, especially in such a combative sport I think that’s such an important role for us to play

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Does what we say actually impact our team?
Difficult to quantify, but it is something we should think about.
So, what did you say to your team before your last game? And, crucially, did it have the desired impact?