Coaching kids encourages a lasting love of sport

Siobain Peters says the beauty of coaching kids is that, while you may have to tie 35 pairs of shoelaces, you are encouraging a love of sport that will hopefully last a lifetime

I BELIEVE sport is a vital part of how we express ourselves as human beings and so I think our attitude as coaches should be to teach our kids to take risks on the field and not to let the fear of failure or getting beaten hold back our creativity or willingness to take a chance and just go for it!’

A quote taken from a fancy coaching manual? Try again. Copied and pasted from some “inspirational quote” website? Not a chance. These wise words are not from some top-level coaching guru. they are from the heart of a normal, hard-working dad, who just happens to coach under-6 hurling for his local GAA club in Ahane, Co Limerick.