Programme Streams

There are 3 streams covered in the Be Ready to Play programme - Youth, Adult and Advanced.

Follow the link for more details on the Be Ready to Play programme https://learning.gaa.ie/bereadytoplay and details of how to register

Programme Structure 

The Be Ready to Play programme is to be delivered in 2 week blocks beginning with the live webinar on Tuesday 2nd March 2021.  On Wednesday the 3rd of March the athletic development programmes for weeks 1 & 2 for each stream will be published into the relevant zone.  Subsequent webinars and athletic development programme content will be delivered every 2nd Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.  A schedule for the biweekly webinars topics and presenters will follow shortly.

The Programme will include:

• Athletic Development Programmes updated fortnightly via the 3 courses linked above (Instructional Video & Live Sessions)
• Monthly Coach education webinars (GAA Coaching Experts & Guests)
• Monthly Sports Science support webinars (Every Sports Science Discipline covered)

Areas covered in the webinars will include – Coaching, Athletic Development, Psychology and Wellbeing, Nutrition, Performance Analysis, Skill Acquisition & Biomechanics, Physiotherapy and Injury Prevention.

Sports Science Webinar:

Topic: Preparing to train and play - How to decrease your injury risk

Speaker: Helen McElroy

Date: 16/03/21

Coaching Webinar:

Topic: Technical Coaching for Hurling, Camogie & Football

Panel discussion with: Fiona McHale, John Doyle, Niall Corcoran & Eileen Gleeson

Date: 30/03/21