Mick Bohan: Kicking ability has kept Kerry competitive

Dublin’s 2013 All-Ireland winning skills coach Mick Bohan has described Kerry as the “best kickers” in the game and believes their proficiency in this department has enabled them to keep in touch with Dublin and Mayo.

Bohan, who coached the Clare footballers in 2016 and is taking charge of the Dublin ladies for the 2017 season, says the ease at which Kerry put boot to ball has allowed Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s charges compete with Dublin even though the Kingdom haven’t produced the same level of footballers as the reigning All-Ireland champions during the past decade.

“Kerry, for me, are still, technically, the best kickers of the ball in the game,” Bohan said at the GAA’s Games Development Conference last weekend.