GAA Coach Webinar Series 2020
To help coaches through this difficult period, the GAA, An Cumann Camogaíochta and the LGFA created a series of coach development sessions to take place over the coming weeks. The sessions ran every Tuesday and Thursday at 7.30pm, beginning on Thursday, March 26th 2020.
Since we have now moved to a new phase of the reopening of Gaelic games, the live sessions have been completed.
Over 14 weeks, we have held a total of 27 separate sessions. Some of the sessions were live Questions and Answers sessions with a coach.
Every Thursday we had a live webinar presented by a coach or coach developer.
Over the course of the 14 weeks, we had in excess of 19,000 live participants. Over the same time, we had almost 40,000 views Youtube.
To view any of the previous sessions, please visit the GAA Learning Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/LearningGAA/videos).
Session 1
Topic: Q and A Session with Paudie Butler
Presenter: Paudie Butler
Session 2
Topic: Mentoring and Coaching Our Players - Online
Presenter: Brendan Harpur
Resources: Hurling and Camogie Player Position Specific Information, Hurling Camogie Player Self Reflection Form, Gaelic Football Player Position Specific Information, Gaelic Football Player Self Reflection Form
Session 3
Topic: Putting Together a Sustainable Coaching Programme
Speaker: Niall Corcoran
Resources: Crokes Can Awards, Kilmacud Crokes GAA Skills Booklet, Player Profile Form
Session 4
Topic: Expression & Freedom for Learning & Development – Let Children Be Children
Presenter: Owen Mooney
Session 5
Topic: Transitioning from Defence to Attack
Presenter: Gerard O'Connor
Session 6
Topic: The Coach: Principal or Principled?
Speaker: Stuart Lancaster
Session 7
Topic: The Match-Play Demands of Hurling: 3 years in the making
Presenter: Dr Damien Young
Session 8
Topic: Coaching the Female Player.
Presenter: Cliodhna O'Connor and Orlaith Curran
Session 9
Topic: Empowering your Players: Lessons learned from top managers
Presenter: Shane Keegan
Session 10
Topic: Becoming a Better Coach
Presenter: Prof Wade Gilbert
Session 11
Topic: Performance Analysis - Why is it valuable?
Presenter: Johnny Bradley
Session 12
Topic: Game Centred Approaches to Sport
Presenter: Dr Shane Pill
Session 13
Topic: Nature and Nurture of Coaches
Presenter: Liam Moggan
Session 14
Presenter: Eamon O'Shea
Session 15
Topic: Tactical Periodisation Model for Gaelic football
Presenter: Shane Mangan
Session 16
Topic: Looking after mind & body
Presenter: Des Ryan (Head of Academy Sport Medicine and Sports Science at Arsenal FC)
Session 17
Topic: 'Preparing David to face Goliath- A case study'
Presenter: Ciaran Deely (QPR FC Academy Sport Scientist)
Session 18
Topic: Returning to Gaelic games post COVID - Keeping your squad fit and preventing injury
Presenter: Eamon O'Reilly
Session 19
Topic: TURAS: An Evidence Based Approach to Talent Development in the GAA
Presenters: Dr Áine MacNamara and James Devane
Session 20
Topic: Coaching is a Series of Ephiphanies
Presenter: Dr. Julia Walsh
Session 21
Presenter: Philip Kerr
Session 22
Topic: The GAA Player Development Pathway - A new era of player development
Speakers: Michael Dempsey & Dr. Brian Cuthbert
Session 23
Topic: Recovery to Enhance Performance
Presenter: Barry Horgan
Session 24
Session 26
Presenter: Dr Ciaran Kearney