Health and wellbeing within the GAA is well established and one area which sits within health and wellbeing is the GAA Social Initiative. Established some years ago the idea behind the programme is for GAA clubs to be doing more for the older people in their communities. In a world where we can instantly link […]
Patrick Morrison: It’s good to talk (to your manager)
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July 21, 2020
Patrick Morrison explains how to have good communication between managers and players.
Gareth Fox: Is sport really a matter of life and death?
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July 21, 2020
Gareth Fox explains why Tribes are the key to understanding performance anxiety.
Steven Poacher: Turnovers win games
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July 20, 2020
DURING lockdown, I really used the time to reflect and refocus my approach to coaching. I don’t think any coach likes to stagnate or not try to evolve, because the game continually evolves and if you don’t as a coach you will get left behind. If we had to search deeply for positives during our […]
PGthePT: Your Game Day 1 checklist
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July 18, 2020
There was a point earlier in the year we thought this weekend would never come. The return of competitive football in 2020! After the initial spate of tight hamstrings, calves and groins the injury pile up seems to have calmed down a little, and just in time for what has the potential to be one […]
Cumann Chat: Season still under threat, McKenna treatment and Big Jack
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July 17, 2020
No more breaks WHO benefits from a long lay off? In the English Premier League they are playing out the remaining games of the season presumably to stave off the boredom that may have affected the millionaire players as they sit in their mansions. Yet we could perhaps use the Premier League to gauge how […]
Fermanagh official downs whistle due to Covid concerns
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July 17, 2020
EXPERIENCED Ederney official Eugene McDonagh has been a referee for 15 years. But this week he walked away from the game he loves so much because of his concerns around Covid-19 and the way it is being dealt with by the GAA. “It is really a sad day for me,” he said. “My intention was […]
Red Hand boost with Donnelly set for return
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July 17, 2020
By Paddy Hunter TYRONE captain Matthew Donnelly is expected to return to competitive football before the start of this year’s club championship, Trillick manager Nigel Seaney has confirmed. Donnelly, a talisman for his club side last year as they secured the O’Neill Cup, sustained a nasty injury in the Ulster Club Championship last November when […]
Game On – We preview the province’s big club games
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July 17, 2020
ANTRIM Antrim ACFL Division One Group One Cargin v St John’s Sunday, Cargin 2pm Advertisement DAMIAN Cassidy is in his fourth season in charge of Cargin, and the county champions’ league campaign begins against John Kelly’s St John’s team. St John’s are a dual club, and will be battling on both fronts in this year’s […]
Club Focus: Donegal side de-Termoned to take it to next level
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July 16, 2020
Donegal club Termon are on their way to building an exciting new facility which they need for their growing number.