UKSCA Coach Considerations

From rock bottom to champions: The power of disciplined thinking in building high-performance systems

Episode Summary

At UKSCA 2025, Cillian Reardon (formerly Head of Athletic Performance at Glasgow Warriors, now at Gloucester) shared how the Warriors’ 2024 URC win came not through magic, but through disciplined thinking: building systems, standardising operations, aligning goals, and treating performance as goal achievement. He challenged us: are we firefighting or building the engine?