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Why we should harness individual creativity. For hundreds of years, children played games. These games were never structured, apart from a few rules that were inserted as the games went on. Away from the prying eyes of adults “who knew better”, children harnessed skills that allowed them to prosper at their chosen game. As weContinueContinue reading “Natural Learning”

Note: This is a worksheet for a Hurling Ball Wall Workshop The Hurling/Football wall is an excellent piece of infrastructure to assist clubs and mentors in essentially having the ability to train year round. Traditionally, the Hurling Wall has been used as a Drill heavy area where many repetitive exercises are done. There are lotsContinueContinue reading “Ball Wall and using the area”

One of the greatest challenges for club coaches is to coach the kick from the non dominant foot. It is a skill that each player needs in their arsenal to ensure they can play to their full potential. Becoming a competent kicker from both feet will double a players options on the field of play.ContinueContinue reading “Coaching the Kick from the non dominant foot”

Coaching the GAAme firmly believe that learning and development as a coach is an on-going process and should never end, with opportunities for formal, non-formal and informal learning year round. However, at the end of each season, Coaches are prone to putting all the gear and equipment into the shed and closing the book onContinueContinue reading “As the year ends, the learning continues”

The Club Nursery, along with Primary School Coaching are the Foundation on which every GAA Club is built. The stronger and better those two are, then the stronger base the GAA Club will have. Reasons for having a Club Nursery are many and we will outline a few here: A place where there is aContinueContinue reading “The Club Nursery (4-7 year olds)”