Alexander Gray​

Teaching is something I fell into in my last term of university. Having played rugby at Loughborough and enjoyed the coaching, teaching seemed like a natural progression.

Teaching and rugby have taken me all over the world allowing me to play alongside internationals and learn from high performing coaches. The idea of “skills before drills” is something I constantly look to embed in my teaching with students asked to think rather than just regurgitate.

I have been in Dubai since 2015 and joined DBS as the Head of Science in 2019. I am an avid Audible fan, with my library mostly filled with books on coaching and psychology. Aside from continuing to play touch rugby and the occasional Vet’s appearance in the Dubai 7s, I love photography and videography #teamcanon.

Best Moment in Teaching

I have been fortunate enough to experience a lot of highs in teaching. I have toured South Africa, worked with a rugby 1st XV all the way through the Daily Mail Final at Twickenham. Got all 15 medical applicants onto medicine in one year; one at Cambridge! but my best moment is seeing the influence we have firsthand, when a student declares that they want to teach because of me. It’s amazing to know we inspire and that someone wants to follow my path. I can still remember my inspirational teacher at school and to know I have been that for someone else is without doubt my best moment in teaching.