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Something a little different, Coach Lee Moroney is to give us a detailed account of his profile to date, the question is, will you be impressed? Current Club: St Anne’s GAA Club, Dublin and Head Coach @ CoachApproach Ireland Previous Coaching Experience: 14 years coaching young people first as an

Space Invaders

This routine is from Lee Moroney of St Anne’s GAA Club, Dublin and Head Coach of CoachApproach Ireland Aim of the game to throw under arm or over arm to team mate on opposite side of hall they must catch it cleanly (no fumbles or drop) when a team

Movement and Spatial Awareness

This routine is from Lee Moroney of St Anne’s GAA Club, Dublin and Head Coach of CoachApproach Ireland Age Group - 6-13yrs Ideal number - 20-30 children Layout - Hula hoops, cones, whistle, 2 set of coloured bibs, four soft sponge balls, a tennis ball net or something simlair

Modernisation + Realism = Preseason

The basic definition of Pre Season is to prepare the squad for the season ahead, in terms of fitness and tactics. We can complicate these things by adding silly factors of periodization, testing and all the rest of it. This approach is complicated and tiresome. Keep it simple, basic and

Old School Coaches 3L’s

(I’ll apologise now if I lose my temper during this piece) Just in case nobody has heard of the 3L’s, they are: * Lines * Laps * Lectures I’m sure we don’t need examples of these. We’ve all been witness to, or on the end of, a 30

Pumpherston United

Today's link is the fine Pumpherston United who are your traditional edinburgh young team. In constant development as they are a relatively small club, but the web site is jam packed full of information all things west lothian related, along with numerous sponsorship's offering all buisness

Triangular shapes

A wonderful little routine which covers so many aspects of what you are looking for in a exercise, improving concentration, accuracy of pass under pressure, weight and angle of pass. Select Coerver Passing so view it in all its wonder.

Messi Strike

Something that will live long in the memory.

SAQ

Evolution of coaching these days has introduced more and more terminology, a new one is SAQ. Speed agility and quickness. A standardized layout is an ideal option, three channel and split your team into three groups. Use one of the channels for ladders, another of zigzags and last simply quick

Goalkeeper Footwork

Coaching Point - An important factor to a goalkeepers development is his footwork, should be second nature to a goalkeeper to have a stable movement. Set out a row of markers (black) Action - Ensure the GK is always looking towards the players (blue), using the channel space to do