By Patrick Morrison AS a goalkeeper it is necessary to have a solid set of reasons as to WHY you play the position. With the levels of skill and abilities a goalkeeper needs to have ever increasing and the weight of expectation to reproduce those skills to the highest of standards on a consistent basis, […]
AS all GAA athletes know, a balanced diet, a good training regime and mental preparation are crucial for success in competitions. Yet, the years of daily sports regimes, the hours spent honing your training programme and a considered nutritional intake, count for little if you’re not in the right frame of mind before a big game. […]
Hand in hand with the coaching side of the game is the mental preparation. Mental skills coach Gareth Fox takes a look at some key aspects of the championship arena. Michael McMullan picked his brain… A COMMON theme of the curtain coming down on Premier League football at Goodison Park was the fortress it became. […]
WHENEVER I am coaching, one of the most common questions I am asked is ‘what is the most important aspect of being a goalkeeper?’ My answer is always the same. There is no one aspect that is more significant than any other as mastery of the position needs a competent level of ability in all goalkeeping […]
By Patrick Morrison IN 2015, my first year with the Armagh team, we played a challenge game against Dublin down in the DCU sports complex. This was the first year of their five-in-a-row dominance. We had started with a strong team with a handful of our regular starters rested. Dublin on the other hand, had […]
THE goal of training in general should be to do as much as possible, as often as possible & keep improving. Unfortunately, the reality of training is not so simple. While training does trigger positive adaptations and benefits performance in the long-term, this comes at the price of the breakdown of the body and impaired […]
By Patrick Morrison THE English word ‘storm’ comes from the Proto-Germanic ‘sturmaz’ which means noise or tumult (mayhem/chaos). Whenever we understand the origins of the word we can fully relate to the significance of its meaning. Being true to its name, storms are of course chaotic in nature while also having the ability to create […]
By Patrick Morrison TODAY, Friday, April 18, would have been the 76th birthday of my late father John Morrison. Much has already been told about my father and from the many tributes and stories, that followed his passing, it is easy to see how many people he inspired throughout his lifetime. For me, he was […]
By Patrick Morrison WHAT is Effective Communication? Communication is any form of information that is relayed between two interfacing entities. Whether it be audible, visual, hand signals or even just body language if it sends a message to be received it is deemed as communication. Goalkeepers are in that precarious position of play developing in […]
By Patrick Morrison CHILDREN are curious and insightful individuals who explore and learn through the process of trial and error just as nature intended. Their world is loaded with all kinds of imaginary, games and toys. All a child wants to do is explore their world through the medium of play. And what child has […]
