The 8th Coaching and Games Development Conference targets coaches who are working within education. It embraces coaching across all age
groups and has been scheduled in consultation with Cumman na mBunscol, Ulster Vocational and Colleges and Further and Higher Education. The Conference praises the excellent work being done within education to promote our games. It recognises the increasing pressures within education and how we can face up to new challenges.
Education and Club Links in Gaelic Games
8.59 am Welcome: Oliver Galligan
9.05am Opening Address Aogan O’Fearghail, President Ulster GAA
9.15 am Sponsor Address
9.20 am Ministerial Address: Mr. John O’Dowd, Minister for Education
9.40 am Keynote 1 Current Education Policies and Structures – it impact on delivering Gaelic Games Sean McElhatton, former Tyrone Player and Belfast Education and Library Board
10.05 am Workshops A (70 minutes)
11.30 am Keynote 2: Managing Player Development in GAA – Research Suggests? Dr Phil Glasgow, Sports Institute Northern Ireland (35 minutes) TBC
12.15 pm Lunch
1.00 pm Welcome back: Gerard Bradley – Chairman: Provincial Coaching and Games Development
1.10 pm Guest Speaker: Jimmy Smyth, BBC Commentator, Former Ulster and Armagh Footballer
1.45 pm Workshops B (60 minutes)
2.50 pm Keynote 3: Co-operation, Communication and a Player Centred Approach Sean Dempsey, Former Laois County Minor Manager and Master Tutor with Leinster GAA
3.10pm GAA and Education Links – New Programmes and Initiatives Eugene Young, Director of Coaching and Games Development
3.45 pm Close: Gerard Bradley Chairman of the Ulster Coaching and Games Development Committee
WORKSHOP A
10.15 – 11.30
WORSHOP A (REPEATED)
10.00 -11.30
1. Integration with the Curriculum -School Based Applications (Case Study) Clonavaddy (80)
(Gary Mallon and Ryan Mellon, Aileen Cummins Ulster GAA, Pupils from Schools, and Teachers)
“This session deals with how Ulster GAA has engaged with Secondary Schools to provide opportunities for young people to develop the expertise and the skills to deliver sports science and video analysis applications to performance” Facilitator:
2. Managers’ Heart Rate in Competition – Your Mental Approach to Games Ballinderry (50) (Kevin McGuigan Sports Scientist Ulster GAA and Des Jennings Sports Institute NI)
“The team manager is under tremendous pressure to win. This research in this study tracked the heart rate of managers during the McKenna Cup, National Leagues and Championship campaign in 2010. The key to staying focused is staying calm – even at schools level?
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3. The effect of Structured Play time on Activity levels of Primary School Children Drum (40) (Terence McWilliams and Owen Mooney)
“Ulster GAA at present deliver a comprehensive programme to Key Stage 1 pupils. This session explores the impact on activity levels of smart planning and structured activity in the playground using GPS and heart rate technologies” – Facilitator:
4. Conditioning for Secondary School Players – off, pre and in season Tyrone Suite (40) (Paul Rouse University of Ulster and Kevin Kelly Ulster GAA) “This will address the key function of core stability and the need to establish this as a building block for future development. This session will be full of practical examples of why, what and HOW to do it. It will also explore the output from 12 to 18 and what we have created in terms of strength and conditioning” – Facilitator:
5. County Programmes within the Education Sector Gymnasium (Chris Collins, GDM Derry and Ryan Feeney, Ulster GAA)
“This sessions explores the work that counties are doing within the education sector and the support from Ulster GAA in developing opportunities for playing Gaelic Games for non traditional GAA schools. It presents the challenges in terms of investment and looks for solutions moving forward.
WORKSHOP B
1.45pm
6. Sports Technologies – Integrating Theory with Practice Clonavaddy (80) (Dan Turley Performa Sport, Jonny Bradley Sports Institute NI, Diarmaid Marsden Ulster GAA)
“In reality we observe, analyse and feedback in our coaching practice. Technologies can assist with this and the use of the visual is a powerful tool. Integrating the latest technologies into team preparation has been a successfully piloted project for GAA in Ulster. The latest technologies take this analysis to a new level live on the pitch side”
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7. Mapping the classroom activity into the gym Ballinderry (50)
(Terence McWilliams Provincial Games Manager and Teachers from Primary Schools in the Programme)
“This session looks at how innovative thinking in the Primary Schools can integrate the key elements of the curriculum into good practice in the gymnasium.”
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8. Functional Movement Assessment and its role in athletic development Drum (40) and injury prevention in maturing athletes. (Kevin Kelly and Gary Mallon, Ulster GAA)
“This session will look at the basic functional movement exercises that the coach can do to assess the player and it will address from a coaching perspective what needs to happen before a player can move onto basic weight training.
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9. One Wall Handball – Olympics 2016 Gynmasium (50)
(Ryan Daly and Austin McKenna Ulster Handball)
“One wall handball is now in a number of schools across the Province. This session outlines the concept, the game, the future for one wall and the potential to have one of your pupils in the future participating in the Olympic Games” Facilitator:
10. The Relative Age Theory and Player Selection Tyrone Suite 100 (Roger Keenan, Sheena Kelly, Tony Scullion, Ulster GAA)
There has been much debate around GAA age groups and the school age groups and the implications for player selection and participation. Research would show that in other sports players at the start of the year are picked into squads. What do we do in the GAA in terms of accommodating particular birthdays and what are the discrepancies and challenges between the six counties and the three? In addition does the route that students follow (academic or vocational) have a bearing on their opportunity to become a successful inter-county player? What are the implications for the future”
2012 Conference is scheduled for Saturday 28th January and will focus on Gaelic Games in Education – teachers, coaches and educationalists are encouraged to participate.
Deadline for teacher applications is Friday 16th December 2011 –
Places will then open up to Club and County Coaches on Monday 19th December 2011
By michael Fri 13th Jan
