McArdle hails the merits of technology

IT’S fair to say few players analyse Gaelic football as much as Monaghan corner-back Dermot McArdle.

Two years ago, the 30-year-old helped establish the Gaelic-performance camp at Gormanstown in Meath, the first ever GAA residential summer camp that catered for over 450 children from 22 counties.

An IT expert, McArdle sat down 14 months ago and started developing a 3D coaching software programme — again the first of its kind — which will allow coaches to create and share drills and game plans through their PCs and all in 3D animation.