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 […]

A FEW weeks back I did a podcast for the ‘Coaching Bubble’, a sports coaching podcast exploring all sporting and coaching concepts from participation to performance. The podcast, due to be aired in August or September, focused on all things coaching, but particularly items such as your philosophy and the challenges facing a coach. One […]

Teams like Tyrone and Dublin have had the most effective benches in recent seasons, and that has been clear in results.

THIS week, the Down u-17 management team delivered a Zoom session to all club minor managers within the county regarding the return to play. The call offered advice and guidance on injury prevention and about basing their training around a games-based approach. It really made me reflect on the type of games we use to […]

OVER the past few weeks we have been inundated with articles, session templates and more advice than a president would get on the return to play within the GAA. I have my own thoughts on it, and over the past few months I have done a lot of reflecting on how I coach, what my […]

THIS week we heard the news that my former coaching colleague and good friend Turlough O’Brien had stepped down as Carlow senior manager after six great years managing his beloved county. It was clear to see the high regard that the man was held in throughout his own county and beyond with the volume of […]

IN what we now recognise as being the new norm, we have become accustomed to the world of Zoom and webinars as our form of interaction with our sporting teams and coaching colleagues. Over the last few weeks I have participated in, facilitated, and taken part in a number of public and private webinars and […]

LAST week I was involved in the delivery of a couple of very enjoyable and informative webinars, the first from Fermanagh GAA on ‘Planning A Better Session’ and the second being endorsed by our very own Gaelic Life on ‘Getting The Most Out Of Half-time.’ Such was the interest it will be shown again next […]

HOW many games can you recall where a team has struggled in the first half and then after a half-time interval have come out a completely different side? You wonder to yourself ‘what went on in that changing room.’ We have all heard of famous inspirational half-times in the past where medals and heads have […]