Kevin Mulcahy
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S&C & Practice Design Consulting | Design the Game Project | Gaelic Football Coach | BSc | Constraints Led Approach | Motor Behaviour
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To put some real world examples to the research (and experience based) underpinned approaches I take.
Coaches come from many places psycho-socially and experience wise.
I’m an S&C Coach coaching a long time and from a place that largely plays 2 sports concurrently. Many of the
All important elements of practice design considerations
But intentionality is absolutely key.
If you want something to improve, design to allow it happen.
And have a clear themed session leading towards their opportunities to act
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Beautiful
Just came across this video I took at the end of last summer with my Kilcoo U8 boys. Is there a better skill to be viewed than a player throwing everything into a block?
#bravelads
#conorgormley
@GAAmeCoaching
@GAA__JOE
@TomasORuanaidh
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Arranging amateur club football matches for this Sunday morning on the longest long weekend in living memory, after 2 years of various lockdowns is absolutely peak GAA administrative selfishness.
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Dowling 🤣
He slapped him on the chest, but head high challenges are “part of the game”
SD is an embarrassment
'Someone running from the dugout to hit a player a dig is absolutely disgusting as far as I'm concerned' - The panel assess the flashpoints in Semple Stadium
#SundayGame
#rtegaa
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I really can’t understand how people cannot appreciate this
A thing of beauty
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30 notes that I believe help coaching (particularly sub elite) and build teams from my experience as I head towards 30 years of it.
Based on observations & experience of what not to do as well as what works well. And some learning and a total commitment to making mistakes
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Again. Academies/development squads are bad, end of. They narrow the type of player who can emerge. Picking players, even at club level for an “A team” before they have gone through puberty is a really poor practice. That’s never changing.
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I’m an S&C Coach.
And I have absolutely no idea how Peter O Mahoney is actually gone far beyond his previous expected ceiling of athleticism, well into 30’s.
He is a phenom.
I wonder is it psychological. Enjoying the environment so much
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I don’t get the bizarre issue with players playing one week after another. The games are easily recoverable from. It’s the coaches who load the shit out of training in between are the problem.
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The
@FAIreland
have released a proposal for the future. It’s actually an attack on sport in Ireland and the liberty of kids and putting unbelievable pressure on kids to give up other sports so they can train for soccer 3-4 night a week. This is a disgrace pushed by someone who...
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Germany progresses again. The last change while elite level successful wasn’t sustained at either end.
The ability to self assess and accept change is a strength of very few organisations.
Feedback came from the children in pilots, not the parents or coaches!
- no keepers till
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Just paid the VAT on a grant for a new coaching start up. No turning back now
Stay tuned, gameCOACH is in the future. An App to help coaches organise coaching AND learn more about it as they go
But we will be looking for coaches down the road to test the product.
#designandlearn
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There is a lot of incredibly stupid things around Cork Football over last few years. As much what’s written about them as anything. But this is the most embarrassing thing I have seen.....ever. I feel bad for the good people of Douglas who have their clubs attached to this.
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This is the man robbed by fearful administrators of the most important job in Gaelic Games. We lost an unbelievable opportunity for intelligent, progressive & compassionate leadership.
That decision to go with an accountant haunts GAA.
Excellent piece
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An absolute lesson in club Gaelic football on in Kerry in Crokes v Dingle
The lesson: only solo the ball if you are taking someone on or in dire trouble in a small space.
Virtually nobody over plays it
Just move it on to the fella in front of you.
It’s a cultural concept
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On a 2nd look.
Mick Fitzsimons wasn’t that amazing on Clifford (he was good, not great). Overall Dubs had a very good team defensive plan that worked most significantly.
But D Clifford was at least still “good” and won the battle and any of the under performance was more
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Read it.
There is a dark side to the GAA and Soccer in Ireland, led by ego and insecurity. Where adults live their lives through children or use the sport and coaching as a tool for their own bitter expression that at best leads to drop out, or a lot worse
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Over training.County managers ignoring S&C.
Trn load so high teams at IC/club level are literally running equivalent 3 games in 7 days. And in some cases +2 weight sessions.
The fast end hybrid & fast twitch machines are most vulnerable.
Need 72 hours recovery.
Maths don’t work.
Offaly GAA chairperson Michael Duignan believes that cruciate knee ligament injuries are at a crisis point within the GAA.
"Why are so many people getting injured, especially cruciates? It seems to be out of control with GAA players. Whether it is to do with the training load or
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Some excellent proposals here. I would get rid of all competitions with trophies etc to u13. Some Cup competitions at u9/10/11/12 have become pseudo championships and coaches are excluding kids to try and win them. It’s a real GAA issue
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Principles of sport, play & your team.
Short 🧵
One of the significant elements missing in modern sport is basic understanding of the principles of the games, indeed of sport in general. We could call this “game IQ”
Some sports or regions do a better job than others.
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The most delightful Gaelic footballer I ever saw.
Nobody still has come near his movement and agility.
His ability to decelerate was remarkable
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Dear God
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I don’t get the knickers twisting over Kerry Clubs being successful.
The culture is huge, they play more football than most all the way up. Their knowledge of the game is extensive.
They learn in the game, while everyone else is complain about playing every week.
It’s fair game
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To be honest, the media commentary of Shane Walsh is turning into bullying and harassment.
Absolutely no logic or balance to it.
The bitterness towards his transfer is quite something.
He did not play as good as he could.
He’s hardly the first guy. Give it a fucking break ffs
🗣"He missed a lot of the year playing with the club."
🗣"They won the All-Ireland. He got to celebrate it with strangers."
🗣"Then he went off to Australia."
Did the move to Kilmacud Crokes lead to Shane Walsh's poor performances for Galway?
@AIB_GAA
#TheToughest
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Garda Vetting in Ireland is incredibly poorly done. Having to do it multiple times is just stone fucking mad. I doubt it actually stops anything worth stopping tbh. Crazy over the top bureaucracy. It must turn some people away from coaching and other volunteering
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If you are coaching kids/youths from 8 to say 17, and winning trophies is front of your mind in any way, change your thinking or stop coaching.
It’s about you. Not the young people
And you will be biased and make poor decisions continually if that’s your mindset.
Change the
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Kids sport is not about you adults winning something.
It’s about making friends, staying healthy, having fun, learning skills and learning about failure in a psychologically safe place.
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If you want to know what’s wrong with coaching , coach education and general common sense & basic knowledge of what works for children in Gaelic Games. Read the responses to this below.
The Gaa decision is 100% right, I’d go older. But will they follow up with the sanctions?
The GAA is clamping down and will sanction those involved in competitive games for players under the age of 12. Particular impact on blitzes. No keeping scores at games, no semi-finals or finals, no cups allowed. Full story below 🔽
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This is a multi sport 15 year wide study.
Early results mean very little - I’ve always anecdotally believed avoid winning at all costs in team sports till after 15/16 or post puberty.
Earlier the selection, the worse the retention - don’t specialise too early. It’s neither
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This is world class kids coaching
🧸 READY TEDDY GO 🧸
Endless possibilities when kids bring their fav🐻 to practice 😊
👌High catching
👌Shielding in possession
👌Get used to tackling with 1 hand
👌Catching at full pace
We noticed 👀
-Less grabbing tackles
-More bursting forward with ball
-FAMILIES HAVING FUN
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What a place. We could easily have places like this in every town in Ireland
09:45 ⏱Prachtige beelden van een veelzijdige sportdag in de
#SkillsGarden
in
@almere
🤗💯
#DesignedbyASM
#Schijfvan10
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The GAA (Croke Park) is run by the same people/sect of Irish society as those putting people on the streets now in government. People utterly disconnected from modern life.
Everything Joe wrote there is true.
Why are we surprised by any of this?
The day they choose Tom Ryan
Impossible to disagree with
@JoeBrolly1993
on this. Poor decision that should be reversed.
@officialgaa
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There is a particular skill in coaching 5-9 year olds.
And it has very little to do with have you played the game or not. Of course people with technical and playing experience should be part of the process. But character and personality and an ability to reach these kids is a
📣 U6 hurling sessions now being added to the site/app 📣
Games, warm ups, session plans and coaching videos galore
#GAA
📱App available on IOS & android 📱
🏎️👀 Top Gear 👀🏎️
#BeginYourGameBasedJourney
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These journalists and ex players won’t be happy until they ruin the club game again
As if a Sunday Indo poll is an indicator of anything, it’s naturally attracts the most negative.
The IC scene finished just before competitions with EPL among other
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I may regret this, but for now, David Clifford is still a bit over rated and judged still by Minor exploits.
He is an amazing player, and could be a great. But to be calling him best player ever now is mad talk.
He has been shut down numerous times in last 2 years.
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Usual guff about work rate, hooks, blocks etc.
Fact is Limerick are tactically way smarter than everyone and know how to change up the game.
Their positioning wins the games
They a good look at what you are doing and change up based on principles of overloads and space.
Not
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You might as well ask the guy down the pub does he understand your kickout strategy as ask a player “for understanding”. It’s a pointless exercise.
We might be wasting a lot of time in meetings presenting strategies or phases of play. Run them at training first and then discuss.
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Hurling Puck Outs Practice.
Useful concepts for any re-starts, using puck outs (PO) for hurling here. The re-start in the Irish national game of Hurling.
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This kinda rubbish from u12 coaches does nobody any good. It's u12, it's a league. There wS a photo with it of a load of 12 years looking like they had lost their grand dad. It's just mental. Young lads see this and feel it from coaches. Who is it all about is real question?!?!
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You’re the manager ya idiot.
Don’t pick them. You couldn’t make this nonsense up.
Colm O'Rourke: “The GAA talk about player welfare, well this is the ultimate in player abuse.”
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Nothing will ever do more to show the painful banality and inappropriateness of drills and kids standing in ques .
No research tops a child giving it the two fingers
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It’s looking like the Dublin Footballers might be relegated based on present form and the games to come.
A Rome like collapse.
Maybe now people will start to see money has f-all to do with it. Great coaching and a freakish bunch of players coming together we’re key.
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This is amazing the Ignorance of other sports and “levels”
Most of those players would struggle to do that at Munster/Leinster Senior League level.
Scholes amazing player but I could name a dozen Gaelic footballers who could pass like this given the same time and space . 🤷🏼♂️
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Ya that basketball stuff is ruining Gaelic football 😳
Magic, schools football should be our template. It’s brilliant in its talent/level, but perfect in its freedom.
For some reason after this we constraint players to be less creative
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This is an absolutely outstanding article on COD. This along w/work of
@DocSoph
and others tells us we need to work on COD and other Biomechanics in a structured way in tandem with broader agility and movement approaches and practice
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Thread: Developing Hurling Skills & Conditioning concurrently. This will be very long. But some practical animated games included near the end too. If you are a hurling fundamentalist wedged into doing things the way you always did them - jump out now and we can’t fall out😉...
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The one thing I would love to see in Ireland in time is “sporting clubs” like they have in Portugal and Spain. Team Cork having Hurling/football/Soccer/handball/hockey/rugby teams - male and female, young and adult, all working out of the same venue u set the one banner
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Latest article with the Echo.
Around moving away from some of the less useful old ways, some solutions and staring some cold realities of our practices which may not be helping
Sport is too focused on the 'way we always did it' instead of moving forward
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Just bought a ticket to go see Benfica and Sporting on saturday for 2.50. TWO FUCKING FIFTY. It's more expensive to go see Junior A Championship that refs turn up late to. About 4 tines that price in fact. Wow we are getting ridden
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This is what 5KM looks like when you break it down for more specific training for field sport.5k runs are ok for a release every now and then but for many any kinda distance training can lead to injury or soreness.We need to train more specifically to combat added sedentary lives
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A myth that needs busting.
Hard work doesn’t always beat lazy talent.
It just doesn’t.
Sometimes genetics wins, just because.
Let’s stop selling “hard work” as a solve all. In sport it leads to people doing an endless list of stupid stuff that’s only wasting time, and money
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Brilliant to see so many GAA players playing for Munster Rugby now. Players playing multi sport as old as 19 and still end up playing the highest level of club professional rugby is a wonderful advertisement for staying as multi sport as you can for as long as you can
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As we head towards championship at local levels, remember this.
Because the high level coaches talk players through games doesn’t mean it’s of any use.
Short lines/1-words cues related to principles (embedded &worked on) may help a message, but that’s about it.
Watch the game
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Training short and intense the night/day before competition, even big finals, is far more effective than moderate, safe & unopposed training 48-72 hours before a game.
Too many teams/coaches clam up and get over protective before games.
Ramping up your nervous system is king
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Why so many top players struggle with coaching, they believe this nonsense. Nostalgic notions of a “better” game or type of player in “our day”
This is a fascinating point from Sean Quigley, I wonder do people agree?
If you’re travelling to any of the games over the weekend-maybe you stick on the GAA Social in the car.
🏐Fermanagh v Derry BBC2, 4.45
🏐Tyrone v Monaghan BBC2, 1.45
🎙️Podcast here
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Szoboszlai is an animal
1200m runs at 8/10/12/14/16/18 & 20 kpm
A little reminder of what elite actually means
Group 2 ft Gakpo, Diaz, Trent AA, MacAllister, Szoboszlai, Jota.
But what was the highest score?
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In the “How Coaches can develop better decision makers” mini course we will discuss and explain how task simplification and attachment to simple principles can help players learn in a contextual fashion, at their own pace from very young ages.
The ideas here in the animations
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What are we working on here coaches?
What may emerge from this practice?
*please share for those who may be interested
Gaelic football but concepts transferable anywhere.
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This is a rotating team game. It’s a Kickout Game with a bit more. Every
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When you are starting out in a new season, don’t waste weeks. Just doing 6 weeks running is loosing 12-18 training sessions that could be helping towards developing your strategy, game plan, game model or whatever.
It’s crazy still that teams separate conditioning from strategy.
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Examples for off-feet training for maintenance/developing an athletes system when injured, or an older athlete who doesn’t need the full menu of on field training.
Also useful for fit athletes to close personal conditioning gaps when training heavy
non exhaustive list obviously
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Derry are gone.
Crocked.
Maybe over trained, maybe just end of the cycle.
But the injuries and drop in discipline is a real sign of a fatigued team or worse a demotivated side.
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Training Tip: Do Hill sprints .
Brilliant for power, general strength, conditioning, ankle & hip mobility. One of the safest conditioning tools there is
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What early season no ball GPP (General Physical Prep) looks like
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Kilmacud Crokes are the most cynical club team I’ve seen at top level, ever.
Good players and good high delay (which allows set up) but they are getting away with incessant fouling in every single game especially between the 45’s.
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This is from O Gara in relation to elite sport, tbh I think it’s the same at every level. Always 3 groups. Uber involved & committee, disruptive & selfish and a middle tier. Winning the middle tier is key
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Maybe not all at their peak at the same time, but is this the “most gifted” Cork football team ever?
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Dublin footballer who benefitted from massive advantage of always playing at home, even for “neutral” games, in a shocking defence of Dublin maintaining a clear advantage over teams they play.🙄
I really like the Dublin of last 15 years, but this is and always has been an
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I’m often asked about practicing puckouts or Kickouts in Gaelic Games.
There is general and specific training and there is a small game/big game approach. What you use will vary depending on the needs of the team, the level and time of the season.
Think about theming your …
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This alone is a major challenge coaching in Gaelic Games as players have not been coached to have a high Game IQ.
So much of the game only starts when the ball comes to them. Ideas like “rest attack” and “rest defence” can really help your team be a full, total football/hurling
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Inter County Hurling is goosed because of coaching, or lack of. There is a serious lack of depth to the coaching of the game.
Limerick have a principled based strategic approach. We would call this the 80:20 idea. 80% of what you do is principle based and always stick to it.
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The arrogance of some Inter County GAA managers/teams is staggering sometimes.
Wtf thought it was a good idea to do collective training?
12 month suspensions all round
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I’ve been on 2 pitches today already that had games cancelled that are completely playable. The day is now, granted windy, but dry and bright.
GAA in particular has got lazy and is allowing over zealous groundsmen far too much control.
We are soft. Our generation.
Not the
@Coachdiary
Just back from the sons soccer match in Navan ....all go in the MDL up there ....choc-a-block and great to see it
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It’s mad that this needs saying.
The idea that you can lose fitness or skill in a week is everywhere.
Repetition is seen as a keep safe, and it’s nonsense.
I’ve seen “good hurlers” come back after 5-10 years and play a game. Within 15 mins they more or less have their “touch”
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People often miss the nuance or take personally comments I make on coaching. So I think I need to be clear on this one.
If you are forcing 15 year olds up to adults to run 3-4 5k’s a week and testing them or giving spurious targets.
You are an asshole.
I hope that’s really clear.
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I can’t get this quote out of my head. This is the greatest simplification of what coaching should revolve around I think I have ever read.
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So this is from someone who proposes to want to “save” or “grow” hurling. And is very loud about it.
This is kill hurling 1.01. Or kill any sport for that matter. It’s narcissistic control.
Absolute lunacy.
Sport is supposed to be about challenge, fun, friendship, community,
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A great game that transfers to many sports, have used in hurling, hockey, Gaelic football, soccer and Aussie rules. This has 2 main tenants- using the width v. overload/underload and use of space and possession. Use wingers well and doesn’t matter that you are 3v5
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In fairness, James Owens should be taken off the list for the rest of the year after this.
Handed the game to Tipp
How in the name of all that is holy is that a penalty and a sin binning?
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Your Game Model is basically the way you want to attack and defend.
At a very basic level that’s it.
I believe in a hierarchy of principles. Unfortunately the higher level principles of movement, invasion sport, making space and the individual principles of games are lost and
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Coaches this is the exact same reasons when at training.
“Difficult kids” might be having a difficult time.
Un-coachable needs to be struck off the vernacular of coaching
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The media campaign to row back the hugely successful split season continues.
They supported reversal of the sensible underage rules about playing up. An anti science reversal
And continue to promote Managers who make reckless decisions around young players.
Why are they not
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Wonderful news.
This would not have happened without derelict activism by
@frank_oconnor
and
@judesherry
Breaking news this morning.
#Cork
city council has been cleared to acquire four adjoining derelict buildings on North Main St
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Damien Delaney wants Damien Duff to take over the Irish team in the interim 🤣🤣🤣
Ireland has changed tact and tried to make pro’s out of 13 year olds. And has cut off 1000’s of other potential players from multi sport backgrounds and then all late developers from multi sport
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Season of Mondays - Coach to Coach Learning for Gaelic Games.
Course Announcement 📢
I have designed a course for Club Coaches in Gaelic Games. With the Split, more defined season it was clear to me we have an opportunity to bring the games to new levels.
👇
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Some doodling done this morning. Anyone got anything to add/take away?
@francisosull
@BarryMullane1
@darrybunne
@Jamwall7
@markstkhlm
@Mike_Quirke
@Coachdiary
@CoachSullyST
@StrengthGaa
@CiDeely
@gregben10
@c_gunny73
@GAAmeCoaching
@rebeldineen
@fhsperformance
@Stevie_Poacher
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In memory of my father I fully intend keeping the sayings “couldn’t give a continental fuck” and “that latichico” alive for ever more 😂
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...is clearly unqualified to be making such decisions as they contravene accepted health and activity approaches. Just because England gets academy players at 6 doesn’t make it right. This is also an attack on irish culture where playing 2-3 spirts to the age of 18 is quite...
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Amazing story for
@BallincolligB
Just so privileged to have been brought into it by
@francisosull
Such bravery from club members at so many junctures, especially
@ciaransully
and
@Colligsulli14
to sticking to their principles and Ciaran sticking with constraints led approach
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An excellent description of Constraints Led Approach from (Corkman) researcher and coach
@markstkhlm
detailing their approach at AIK Stockholm.
Well worth your 6 mins if you coach at any level
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This is a No Equipment program for field sport, suitable for anyone really above 16. This is for coaches,parents and players and we will update every day untill such time as we are back on the fields. This is a evidence based program and will maintain all athletic elements....
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This week, for the first time ever, a GP sent someone to me (not specifically me, any S&C/PT) saying strength training would help them mentally and physically
#progress
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The military-Industrial complex being glorified.
I’ve encountered so much of “10,000 hours” (expertise learning skills)” “500 shots” (basketball)“10,000 hits a week” (tennis) “20 mins a day on the wall” (hurling)
And it’s pretty much all nonsense.
It’s not nonsense to
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One of the most challenging things of coaching/management in team sport is waking up the next morning and the first thing that comes to mind is the move that would have changed the game you lost yesterday.
It’s eats at you with irritating punctuality about every 10 minutes!!!
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Intense Open Drill to encourage athletic qualities of speed, change of direction and recovery. A variation of the commonly used version in a box. Primary focus to score/defend a goal, secondary is winning dirty ball and using support, 3rd is build game specific Alactic Power.
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