We had Paudie Butler in at the weekend doing a session to “coach the coaches”. I have no idea how much he cost but I thought he was very good tbh.
In terms of communicating the basic tenets of coaching itself and what the focus of the coach should be, he was excellent. This was aimed at Bord na nÓg coaches, the vast majority of whom are parents of children who may not have had exposure to high-level coaching themselves so, from that point-of-view, it was invaluable. And, to be honest, most of the points are principles that some higher-level coaches could probably do well to remember and take on board too.
Now, I’m not sure what Kev would have made of it, he was extolling the virtues of a child going down to the ballwall on their own.
Based on last weekend, even if it had cost a bit, it’d be well worth it for clubs even once a year to make sure that their underage coaches have some sort of tips.
We all know that not all great players make great coaches. But similarly, not every great coach is necessarily able to explain the very basics of why they are a good coach to others.
Think they were 18. One of the mentors is an army ranger apparently so they ended up doong it. We’d a good laugh about it on my morning cycle yesterday which included 2 lads from the higher echelons of the NMGAABT
That army ranger chap seemed like an awful dickhead. His whole persona really irked me and I didn’t enjoy my sandcastle building as much as usual. Maybe I’m wrong, the players might remember that jumped up cock standing over them and abusing them and draw upon their reservoir of resilience to win loads of tight games this season.
How do the Coaching Aficionado’s on TFK encourage/convince/cajole young lads into playing in goals? What is the right age to pick and stick with someone? Under 9’s maybe you give everyone a few minutes in there.
A lot of young children and their parents prefer to have them sitting on the sideline, than playing in goals. Traditionally, you would play one of your best U13’s in goals for the U 16’s, best U15’s in goal for the minors and they just got on with it, but nowadays, if a child doesn’t want to do it, there’s not much that can be done.
Very little you do with kids isn’t still relevant to the average club player.
IMO to age 12 or 13 is skills
13 to 18 you need to add fitness conditioning and an understanding of strategy
At adult most of focus should revert to skills with some emphasis on the gameplan… Many coaches default to fitness for a lot of sessions though as it is easy