THE club championships are in full flow now & most counties are entering the knockout stages. Preparing for the ‘big game’ can be a very stressful time for both players and management. Firstly, it is completely normal for the anxiety to intensify especially on the day before the event. Below I have outlined some mental and […]
THE Olympics ended a few weeks back and one of the common trends coming from a lot of athletes who were successful was about the importance sleep had on their performance. A number of years ago in professional soccer, news broke about Real Madrid having built and installed 81 five star bedrooms at the club’s […]
By Patrick Morrison AS a goalkeeper, it is important that you are mentally the strongest person on the pitch. It can sometimes feel like a very lonely and daunting place at times, such is the nature of the game of goalkeeping. The majority of decisions and actions that a goalkeeper executes during a game usually […]
IN Gaelic football, speed is a critical factor that can often be the difference between winning and losing. The greatest gains in speed performance come from high-quality training that emphasizes technical precision, high-intensity efforts, and long recovery periods. Essentially, speed training must be focused on quality over quantity. When it comes to sprinting, a player’s […]
THE club seasons are in full swing across the country as championships have all commenced or they are just about to start, as is the case in Down from tonight when the first senior game takes place between Castlewellan and Mayobridge in Burren. Down clubs will play round one and two games on consecutive weekends […]
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 front of them […]
PREPARATION in the week leading up to a championship plays a crucial role in determining team performance on game day. Competitive teams invest countless hours in training with the goal of peaking at the right time for championship, which is the business end of the season. From a physiological standpoint, players can typically achieve two […]
IN American sports, they split their competitions into two parts with the first part being called the regular season and the second part called the post-season, more affectionately known as the Playoffs. Every team in each sport (baseball, basketball or gridiron) will have realistic and attainable goals for their franchise. The better teams, as well […]
By Patrick Morrison IT was back in the early nineties that I first experienced the game of basketball. As a tall primary six student I was afforded a place on the school basketball team. We were coached by Jimmy McKee (Pearse Ógs) in the Christian Brothers PS and competed in a few competitions throughout the […]
By Declan McCoy THERE’S only one place to start this week’s article and that is to say a massive well done to Armagh on reaching the All-Ireland final. Whilst we haven’t yet got over the line, we sometimes take for granted the brilliant days out Geezer and the players have given us over the last […]
