Category: Bringing LPM to life
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House building from the ground up: LPM UK’s South African blueprint
Reaching a World Cup quarter-final would satisfy most nations. For South Africa Women in 2025, it represented both progress and a prompt for reflection. In the women’s game, the country remains some way behind its global rivals in terms of depth and infrastructure. At school level, rugby for girls often plays second fiddle to hockey,…
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A Week Inside Rugby’s Best-Kept Secret
It’s day two and I’m standing on a pitch in the Cotswolds, genuinely nervous, coaching a group of U11s I met yesterday, using a method I barely understand. I have two rugby balls and I’ve been told to “reward the right decision.” One player charges into a wall of defenders for the third time. But…
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Deconstructing Brilliance: How the LPM Method Explains Ange Capuozzo’s Try Against La Rochelle
When Ange Capuozzo scored for Stade Toulousain against Stade Rochelais, it looked like individual brilliance. But brilliant tries aren’t accidents, they are the product of players executing core principles under pressure. The LPM (Le Plaisir du Mouvement) method gives us a framework to understand exactly how Toulouse created this score and, more importantly, how coaches…