Brendan Maher appointed Tipp captain for 2014. Noel McGrath named as vice captain. Shane McGrath never seemed entirely comfortable as captain, it was probably a burden in the end for him.
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Congrats to Brendan Maher who has been appointed Captain of the Tipp SH team for 2014 and to Noel McGrath who will be Vice Captain.
Brendan Maher is a good choice
The former Irish sprinter Gary Ryan is a good choice as Tipp’s new S&C coach.
Very very good.
move from S&C coaches with a rugby background to those with an athletics based background seems to be a trend - Matthews with Cork hurlers and Cahill with Meath footballers - as the game is evolving again into a game based on speed where if you don’t have speed you are struggling. Dublin and Mayo in football this year, Cork and Clare in hurling - teams based to a large extent on pace with and without the ball.
Same thing happened with soccer over a decade ago where it became almost impossible to make it at an elite level without pace.
Wonder who will be the first GAA coach to introduce set piece plays like in other sports where there is a shot set up at a stage in the game or a defence set up for a specific passage of play. If I was Cork and had a weapon like Nash I would at the right stage in the game take him up the field and set up a situation for him to have a crack at goal from open play. Game has to evolve that way as other sports have done it.
[quote=“TheUlteriorMotive, post: 853168, member: 2272”]move from S&C coaches with a rugby background to those with an athletics based background seems to be a trend - Matthews with Cork hurlers and Cahill with Meath footballers - as the game is evolving again into a game based on speed where if you don’t have speed you are struggling. Dublin and Mayo in football this year, Cork and Clare in hurling - teams based to a large extent on pace with and without the ball.
Same thing happened with soccer over a decade ago where it became almost impossible to make it at an elite level without pace.
Wonder who will be the first GAA coach to introduce set piece plays like in other sports where there is a shot set up at a stage in the game or a defence set up for a specific passage of play. If I was Cork and had a weapon like Nash I would at the right stage in the game take him up the field and set up a situation for him to have a crack at goal from open play. Game has to evolve that way as other sports have done it.[/quote]
I agree, however I think Matthews miscalculated it somewhat. A sprint coach will know more than a middle distance that "No Strength, No Speed/Power. So many coaches still misinterpret what gym work is all about.
By naming Noel McGarth as vice captain Tipperary have effectively told him he’ll be on the team next year which I find incredible.
He hasn’t broken sweat let alone attempted a tackle in at least three years from what I have seen.
It’s about perving on hot chicks with tight asses.
a lot of speed in ball games is about drills and being always ready to move, anticipation etc. power has a place of course but it is also ability to repeat that over a game and to translate that power into covering the ground
great video on youtube showing ronaldo versus some french sprinter and how they had completely different running styles so the sprinter destroyed ronaldo in a straight line but slaloming between poles ronalod was much faster
linked here
[quote=“Special Olympiakos, post: 853194, member: 366”]By naming Noel McGarth as vice captain Tipperary have effectively told him he’ll be on the team next year which I find incredible.
He hasn’t broken sweat let alone attempted a tackle in at least three years from what I have seen.[/quote]
He was phenomenal in the last two club games, head and shoulders the best player on the pitch in both matches. Maybe the confidence boost will help him bring that to tipp?
[quote=“TheUlteriorMotive, post: 853168, member: 2272”]move from S&C coaches with a rugby background to those with an athletics based background seems to be a trend - Matthews with Cork hurlers and Cahill with Meath footballers - as the game is evolving again into a game based on speed where if you don’t have speed you are struggling. Dublin and Mayo in football this year, Cork and Clare in hurling - teams based to a large extent on pace with and without the ball.
Same thing happened with soccer over a decade ago where it became almost impossible to make it at an elite level without pace.
Wonder who will be the first GAA coach to introduce set piece plays like in other sports where there is a shot set up at a stage in the game or a defence set up for a specific passage of play. If I was Cork and had a weapon like Nash I would at the right stage in the game take him up the field and set up a situation for him to have a crack at goal from open play. Game has to evolve that way as other sports have done it.[/quote]
The ball is too small and the game moves too fast to implement these ideas imo.
[quote=“TheUlteriorMotive, post: 853168, member: 2272”]move from S&C coaches with a rugby background to those with an athletics based background seems to be a trend - Matthews with Cork hurlers and Cahill with Meath footballers - as the game is evolving again into a game based on speed where if you don’t have speed you are struggling. Dublin and Mayo in football this year, Cork and Clare in hurling - teams based to a large extent on pace with and without the ball.
Same thing happened with soccer over a decade ago where it became almost impossible to make it at an elite level without pace.
Wonder who will be the first GAA coach to introduce set piece plays like in other sports where there is a shot set up at a stage in the game or a defence set up for a specific passage of play. If I was Cork and had a weapon like Nash I would at the right stage in the game take him up the field and set up a situation for him to have a crack at goal from open play. Game has to evolve that way as other sports have done it.[/quote]
The ball is too small and the game moves too fast for this to happen imo.
I think we’re already seeing set plays, or at least teams patterns of play developing. It’s more about how players act in certain situations, if X receives the ball here then Y should be running to there etc.
On getting Nash up the field to shoot at goal from play though, that will never happen, the risk of a goal at the other end if the play breaks down is far higher than the chance of success. Also, Nash could be completely useless in open play, having to strike on the run without a big wind up in a congested area -most likely he’d simply be blocked down.
Yes he has been outstanding as a kind of roving wing forward. Getting stuck in aswell which is a good thing
Na P manager even mentioned him being back as far as corner back defending. I think he’s the heir apparent to Lar and Tipp should stick him back at centre forward.
[quote=“TheUlteriorMotive, post: 853168, member: 2272”]move from S&C coaches with a rugby background to those with an athletics based background seems to be a trend - Matthews with Cork hurlers and Cahill with Meath footballers - as the game is evolving again into a game based on speed where if you don’t have speed you are struggling. Dublin and Mayo in football this year, Cork and Clare in hurling - teams based to a large extent on pace with and without the ball.
Same thing happened with soccer over a decade ago where it became almost impossible to make it at an elite level without pace.
Wonder who will be the first GAA coach to introduce set piece plays like in other sports where there is a shot set up at a stage in the game or a defence set up for a specific passage of play. If I was Cork and had a weapon like Nash I would at the right stage in the game take him up the field and set up a situation for him to have a crack at goal from open play. Game has to evolve that way as other sports have done it.[/quote]
nonsense
[quote=“TheUlteriorMotive, post: 853168, member: 2272”]move from S&C coaches with a rugby background to those with an athletics based background seems to be a trend - Matthews with Cork hurlers and Cahill with Meath footballers - as the game is evolving again into a game based on speed where if you don’t have speed you are struggling. Dublin and Mayo in football this year, Cork and Clare in hurling - teams based to a large extent on pace with and without the ball.
Same thing happened with soccer over a decade ago where it became almost impossible to make it at an elite level without pace.
Wonder who will be the first GAA coach to introduce set piece plays like in other sports where there is a shot set up at a stage in the game or a defence set up for a specific passage of play. If I was Cork and had a weapon like Nash I would at the right stage in the game take him up the field and set up a situation for him to have a crack at goal from open play. Game has to evolve that way as other sports have done it.[/quote]
not necessarily true about football and that it has become impossible to play at an “elite” level w/o pace, it depends on the position you play and what role you have, off the top of my head look at the CL final last year, Lewandowski, Mario Gomez and Mandzukic were involved, all players who do not possess frightening pace but are very effective at what they do, Andre Pirlo, look at him, that man saunters about the gaff.
From watching too much British football it is easy to confuse playing at 100 miles per hour to playing good football, one of my favourite players Steve Davis from Southampton bucks this trend, he uses intelligence and can pass and shoot well , he is becoming a fantastic player.
[quote=“glasagusban, post: 853218, member: 1533”]I think we’re already seeing set plays, or at least teams patterns of play developing. It’s more about how players act in certain situations, if X receives the ball here then Y should be running to there etc.
On getting Nash up the field to shoot at goal from play though, that will never happen, the risk of a goal at the other end if the play breaks down is far higher than the chance of success. Also, Nash could be completely useless in open play, having to strike on the run without a big wind up in a congested area -most likely he’d simply be blocked down.[/quote]
Not saying I think the tactic will work, but Nash is an above average outfield player. He was a very goo footballer as well, don’t know if he stil plays.
At the risk of sending you into a melt down could you tell me when was the last tine he played out field. He is ferociously one sided. In fact he earned me a few bob from a corkman similar to kev a while back who took a bet that nash wouldn’t hit the ball off his right in the game regardless of pressure on him