Burnout: Time for talking is over

Last year, the GAA’s Minor Review Work Group made the startling revelation a quarter of young players either trained or played seven days a week.

In a survey that sampled the views of 300 young players the task-force also revealed more than half of respondents were out six days a week.

Most alarmingly of all, however, the report found 81% of respondents were “placed under pressure by managers not to participate with another unit of the association”, and also showed 62% had played games while injured.