coaching

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

soccer

Big interview: Golden generation nursed from the grassroots

Belgium are currently the number one ranked side in world football, overtaking superpowers like Brazil who they eliminated from last year’s World Cup. Simply put, no country per capita is remotely producing as many top footballers as they are. So what’s their secret?

gaa

Strength in numbers or too many cooks? The backroom conundrum

Persevere and the perception may change. It should change

It’s not just Red Hands who must clean up act

To winter well, coaches must work on their craft

sport

DR ED COUGHLAN: Why do we have such little regard for coach education?

The best GAA coaches realise they can learn from basketball

A dyed in the wool GAA man stopped me on the street during the week and had something he wanted to get off his chest.

Tue, 19 Jun, 2018

Boyd fears long-term effect of New Zealand brain drain

New Zealand rugby bosses should be concerned about the loss of expertise from rugby coaches moving overseas because of limited career opportunities at home, departing Wellington Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd has warned.

Wed, 31 Jan, 2018

Are pushy sideline parents crossing the line?

Why do some people think it’s OK to scream at their offspring during an underage game? Pat Fitzpatrick wants his kids to participate in sport but first he researched some of the methods being used to sideline pushy parents

Wed, 01 Nov, 2017

Mayo's game almost impossible to figure from the outside looking in

What kind of conservative, controlling thinking is killing the creativity that Mayo’s sensational performers have in abundance?

Thu, 03 Aug, 2017

Why it’s not good for a coach to go all Braveheart in the dressing room

Al Pacino’s “Inches” speech in Any Given Sunday may make the hairs stand on the back of your neck, says Dr Ed Coughlan. But does it work? Consistently? And if so, for how long? Or is it just for effect?

Thu, 29 Jun, 2017

The long road back to Cork is only getting started

I feel my career as a coach abroad is just getting started, writes Ronan O’Gara

Fri, 05 May, 2017

When it comes to coaching, the truth will find a way

Listening to JJ Delaney, Tommy Walsh and Aidan Fogarty on Off The Ball last weekend, it was striking if there was one thing they loved more than winning it was simply playing and if there was one thing they hated more than losing it was not playing at all, writes Kieran Shannon. 

Wed, 03 May, 2017