Over the past decade, gym access has increased enormously for players, athletes and keep-fit enthusiasts. It has been a welcome development in the lifestyle of footballer...
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Over the past decade, gym access has increased enormously for players, athletes and keep-fit enthusiasts. It has been a welcome development in the lifestyle of footballer...
Gym Dos & Don'ts
DR liam hennessey gives a quick checklist on how to get the best from time spent in the Gym
DOS
Always follow a plan
Best if this is put together in conjunction with a knowl...
Slow Down To Speed Up
When people talk about footballers and hurlers, pace is often one of the key traits associated with good players. However, the ability to slow down or stop can be just as...
Less is More!
By Dr Liam Hennessey. TAPERING: Reducing training in the run-up to big games
The championship is now upon us and some coaches might have a nagging feeling that they should...
Building a Conditioning Program for field sport
One of the major problems in field sports is that athletes are conditioned in such a way that is counterproductive to what is actually required on the field of play. Wh...
Fitness Testing Guide
This guide is presented as a service to athletes, coaches, parents and exercise physiologists, who wish to evaluate their own or someone else's fitness level, or to gain ...
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GPA TV - Joe Canning
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Sports Psychology
- Forget the highs and lows
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The GAA season is a maze, like no other sport for the average player. Outspoken Australian conditioning expert WILL HEFFERNAN gives his controversial opinion on the peaks and troughs in training and argues that consistency is the key to successful preparation
IN coaching circles, one of the most highly debated topics is how to properly ‘peak’ an athlete and this conversation then extends to bringing teams to a peak.There are several schools of thought on this, ranging from ‘mini-peaking’ athletes and teams throughout the season to ‘mega-peaking’ them for championships only.
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Dream big, work hard. For Clare hurler and charity activist Tony Griffin, the secret to success is no mystery
HELLO, my name is Tony Griffin. I have played senior inter-county hurling with Clare since 2000. In that time, team honours have eluded us. However, I have been fortunate enough to be three times nominated for an All Star, achieving a personal goal when I was awarded the No 15 spot in 2006. But that is not what this about - this about something much more important. - Can you hack it?
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Former Fermanagh player Colm Bradley is a journalist with the Fermanagh Herald. Now on the other side of the fence, he looks at the growing media responsibilities for today’s inter-county player and how best to copeLET’S be honest, most people look at the sports reporter as a bit of a bluffer. We get in free to games, we get to chat to the big names and we get paid to rattle out a few hundred words of a match report or an interview. Hardly rocket science you say. Easy really.
Well, I won’t lie to you, there are harder jobs. In fact, when Scottish journalist, broadcaster and writer, AG MacDonnell said of a colleague, ‘he had no qualifications for any profession so he resolved himself to try his fortune in journalism,’ he could well have been talking about many of today’s press pack, myself included.
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Eoghan McDermott explains how to prove you're right person for the team. You've got a match at the weekend a local derby clash, one you can't lose. Pressure's on. You have to win . . . losing is not an option.For the last couple of weeks, you've been training and preparing like a demon. The shoulder has been to the wheel. If you lose, you won't be able to show your face in the clubhouse. This is serious. You need to succeed. We know just how important good preparation is in sport but a job interview is the same.
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