Sir Clive Woodward is the World Cup winning Head Coach who led England’s rugby players to World Cup glory in Australia in 2003. A former England International and British & Irish Lion himself, during Clive’s tenure as Head Coach, England moved from 6th in the World to being the number one ranked team, winning every trophy an England team can win. He also held the role of Team GB Director of Sport from 2006 to 2012 including London 2012.
In 2013 Clive became a Founding Partner and Chairman of Captured, a software tool & synchronised app. based on his coaching philosophy. Developed in partnership with Blenheim Chalcot and Google, the app. draws upon the importance Clive places on capturing and sharing knowledge in order to achieve high performing individuals and teams. While the app enables any coach or athlete to adopt the method Clive initially developed with England Rugby, international sporting bodies such as The FA and The PGA are also utilising tool – the IOC recently made the software available to every athlete and coach at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Future aspirations for the software also lie in the education and corporate sectors.
Clive continues to support the development of athletes and coaches through his position on the IOC’s Entourage Committee. He is also in the process of creating an online diploma in partnership with the IOC utilising the Captured software and MOOC [Massive Online Open Courses] technologies.
As Clive continues to explore the art and science behind developing talent and creating Champions he has initiated a bespoke scholarship programme with support from investors in the corporate world. Specifically Clive is looking to illustrate that with the correct approach, focused around effectively capturing knowledge the route from being a talented individual to Champion can be shortened. Most notably Clive is working with Scottish golfer Noni Stephen who has reached a handicap of 1 having taken up the game only two years ago.
In recent times, Clive has developed his reputation as a popular and respected commentator for both BBC Sport and SKY Sport’s rugby coverage and as a journalist within The Daily Mail’s award winning sports team. More recently BBC Radio 5 Live launched the ‘Sir Clive Woodward Meets’ interview series where he discusses performance and leadership with sport’s most influential figures including Christian Horner, Jonny Wilkinson and Joey Barton. Sir Clive Woodward will also be providing extensive coverage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France with ITV.
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