Better coaching starting to drip all the way down to grassroots

It is a fascinating time to be involved in the world of coaching sports, and particularly in the GAA. It’s like we’re central to the dawning of a new age, a long drawn out awakening to a better understanding of how to help people learn to coach and play our games.

People argue there was nothing wrong with the way the sport was coached before. They complain that modern GAA coaching is poisoning the game with its over-emphasis on hand-passing and obsession with zonal defending. It’s true that some coaches try to create a perception of themselves as rocket scientists or brain surgeons with some of the jargon they throw out to describe their role within coaching.

A stack of cones and whistle should never be confused with aeronautics or using a scalpel.