www.uibhfhaili.com

Just on that, Dublin GAA Games Development run some excellent courses over the winter on stuff like that

http://www.dublingaagamesdevelopment.ie ... al-fitness

as well as football/hurling specific courses/demos

http://www.dublingaagamesdevelopment.ie/workshops

Kids will generally go where the parents feel all the kids are respected, looked after well and gets lots of games. If any club look after them in the schools in terms of extra coaching for the kids and help for the teachers, then the kids will usually end up in the GAA field. You need a basic plan ...

Surely at this stage most clubs have yearly and 3 year coaching plans in place with skills targets for each age group, short term and long term plans, upskilling of coaches etc.

the County Board will save a fortune into the future if they put together a proper training programme for aspiring managers, coaches and other support staff needed for teams. eg statistics and using IT, basic management courses - organisational and people, proper coaching courses that have a specifi...

the talent is always there in every area. you have to go out and find them, nurture them, develop them and look after them (most importantly). I think enough clubs don't do that they'd rather spend money on an outside trainer for their seniors than invest resources (people and money) in the future o...

In most successful and well run voluntary organisations, the committees who come up with ideas and suggestions usually have a full time person to implement those ideas - finance, promotion, budgeting etc

this position is basically a glorified secretary. that is not what is needed in the county They should minimally have graphic design and web design skills. What about giving the administrator a success based contract based on growing the county board's revenue? from advertising, match ticket sales, ...

He was in the Hyde yesterday.
Must love being on Sky

Put a plan together and submit it to Leinster Council and Central Council.

If funding is refused, then you can talk about the haves and have nots.

More full time coaching staff means you are firstly able to support the work going on in clubs - running more blitzes, coaching demos, training courses and general upskilling of everything done at underage and adult level. Get more coaching hours into schools both primary and secondary. This is a hu...

Just on this general topic

I know that informal talks have been held with a very capable S&C coach and a facility with a view to winter training for county adult squads and also upskilling coaches with some S&C skills.
Good to see things being moved in the correct direction

all it would take is a column in the local papers or website.
with underage news and developments highlighted

I may be wrong

they did have a draw for people who signed up, which kind of negates the whole point of it if you ask me.

I think you'll find clubs in Roscommon were given a number to aim for, depending on the membership size of the club. anything above that they then got money back to the club Tyrone have a serious fundraising arm - Club Tyrone. If anyone ever wants to be wowed by a GAA facility, go up and visit their...

I looked on with utter disbelief when I read in the paper that Birr GAA club are fundraising again with their " Monster Draw" to raise funds for the continued development of St. Brendan's Park. Are these people stupid? Birr hurling is much similar to Offaly hurling nearly dead and buried ...