Data & Performance Analyst, Dublin (2003-18) Tipperary (2019) 12 All Ireland Football Finals . All Ireland Hurling Final 2019. Kilkenny Senior Hurling 2025
Dublin City, Ireland
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Standards: they have to be standards of excellence - from the Top.
âIf training is to start at 7pm, I see it as my duty to be there, ready to go at 6pmâ
âDonât say you will be the Best you can Be, that sets limits, it is about the constant journey of always trying to be betterâ
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Thereâs brave and thereâs BRAVE
đĽ @RTEsport
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I criticised Argentina players reaction to the final penalty
after watching this
I personally can say I understand why now.
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Anxiety, is it old fashioned worry?
Two clips
Two of the greatest players in the World at their respective sports
Two top Cork lads.
My gran would say to me âRay the world needs worriers, because they get the job doneâ
(my grans philosophy may not sit well in todayâs thinking)
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If the US Navy Seals were a football team it would be made up of players
Medium ability with high trust
over high ability with low trust
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A kickout is a pass
A puckout is a pass
A sideline is a pass ...
Tom Brady at practice,
passing not to the player but where the player is going to be
#nothingfancyđ a cart & cone
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Gaelic Football is one of the greatest âinvasions gamesâ in the world.
One of the greatest skills in Invasion is evasion (evade tackle, evade oppositionâŚ)
here is an example of evasion
#CoachEvasion
To Invade, Evade
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âEveryone is a genius when youâre not doing well - they donât see we are out there doing our bestâ
#Believe
Ryder Cup Europe
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This is the story every player will benefit from hearing
If you have 2 minutes please đ have a listen.
#resilience #perseverance
#ForTheLoveofTheGame
NBA on ESPN
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This is a challenge on a Top Class Forward bearing down on goal.
1) get close
2) get goal side
3) near hand to stay in the game
4) timing the âhand inâ
5) stay standing âaliveâ
6) self between forward and goal
7) recover ball
MF Calmly making the complex look simple consistently
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Everything matters to great players
Disappointed with his pass, his reaction is brilliant, âstill in the game, chase, pressâ
Great forward workrate
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There are people who inspire us
(inspire : to fill someone with confidence, hope, belief and desire to do something)
and this guy @RafaelNadal is one đ
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The importance of building an unbreakable Spirit #resilience
Ego - the biggest enemy
âDrive it onâ
Continuous Improvement
And when you hand it on, make sure it is in a better place.
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Power Pace Skill Agility Vision Determination Bravery Honesty âŚ. where do you stop đ¤ˇđź you donât
#JustGettingBetter
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If you only get to the pitch when practice starts and leave immediately after it finishes, you don't understand what it takes to be great.
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Thatâs not just a tackle â thatâs attitude, effort, will.
Not every moment screams skill â some whisper it in effort.
A chase. A reach. A flick.
Not for glory â but for the team.
Thatâs what wanting it more looks like.
It takes something deeper to dig in, to chase back, to get that flick.
Itâs workrate. Itâs will. Itâs a mindset.
And itâs everything.
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Your 2 points down, your a top class free taker, you miss the free to make it a 1 point game - what do you do?
Your Job
Hunt the Puck out, set up a goal
Work in FB line come out with ball
Score the winning point
Catch ball in your defence
Denise Gaule incredible player
#Character
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This from Danny Sutcliffe 3 minutes into 4 of Injury Time, one point in it.
Everything you want from a player, giving everything for the Team
no right to get across for this block but sheer Honesty, Heart, Bravery got him there
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County Final
Your team goes 9 points down
The clock is running down
Your Team are looking to you
Youâre missing frees
You miss a Penalty âŚ
How do you react?
Like Ronan Hayes.. a leader .. you get back up and go again and again and again #character #resilience #WINNER
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Great insight for young players -
The very best players
- get nervous
- have bad performanceâs
- always learn from their experience
- move forward
- get better
- welcome the situations that make them uncomfortable
#Growth is #Coachable
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Have you 3 minutes? Are you interested in coaching? If yes, some great insight from Steve Kerr. - As a player, Steve won 5 NBA championships, and has been the head coach for 4 NBA titles (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022)
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If you have a couple of minutes, this I can safely say is worth your time âare you doing whatâs best for the team? Or are you doing whatâs best for you? 90% of people are doing whatâs best for them, that is human natureâ Ronan O'Gara'
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Roy âyouâve gone after one, youâve gone after all of usâ then and now, the tunnel explained
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as a âperformance analystâ with a team
if you donât have a short clip at the end of the match review where you âcatchâ a player displaying a great attitude youâre missing an opportunity to let the coaches recognise positive role modelling of team culture
a 1%er
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âAttitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you.
Choose wiselyâ
Roy T. Bennett
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Heâs got no real pace, sheâs not fast enough,
You canât play inter-county if you are not quick.
Spent a while working with Development Squad/Academy team and couldnât believe the number of players aged 13 that were excluded because of âlacking paceâ
Iâm with Brian on this one
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Honesty and Vulnerability from one of the greatest ever in Irish sports.
How valuable is this to young players who feel that anxious feelings are unique to them đđťđđťđđť
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Seanie O'Shea ⌠will be remembered for this great free
What I see is a guy who doesnât celebrate the score, itâs Next Job,
get set for the Kickout
top class
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Jay Hughes is his name, he was a Louth senior this year, club is Dreadnots
last kick of the game in a relegation play off, just missed one from this spot before, kick to draw the game
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What is the most important part of your job JĂźrgen?
âTo be so close to the players that I can understand both internal and external factors that are effecting them, to make the players better as individuals and as a team sure, and to careâ
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Dublin defensive coach Stephen âSkiâ Wadeâs words come to mind âBlocks Win Gamesâ
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If you ever wondered what the Club Championship and Club Teammates means to one of the greatest players to ever play the game
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"You're entitled to absolutely nothing in this game.
If you want it, you've got to work for it"
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Why is he so good?
Practice? Yes, heâs incredible technically
Athleticism? Yes, heâs a superb athlete.
For me though itâs his humility, attitude and the disciplined choices he makes.
Named player of the year he shows up 2 days later for his club and
Does His Job
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Brilliant insight to managing your Bench and the next line of players coming through.
So easy to forget (or think they âshould be happy to be a part of itâ) But you need them to drive the âstartersâ to be the best they can be. You need everyone driving forward aggressively
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âwrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it, and right is right even if no one is doing itâ
It takes just one to change a teams culture for the better.
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What an inspired decision to add this lad to the Dublin Senior Football Leadership Team 2023
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When you âline the ball carrier up for the hitâ
and realise âyouâve been lined upâ it has to be Neil McGee
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âJust play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.â â Michael Jordan
đĽ @SportTG4
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Aristotle said: âWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.â
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Great defence isnât luckâitâs hours of unseen work, paying off in a single moment of perfect precision
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âWin The Moment In Front Of Your Faceâ
A tip for all athletes from Paul O'Connell at The Pendulum Summit
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âAs a coach your job is to find the greatness in players and help them realize that greatnessâ
âremember in Clutch Moments a team will go back to the level of training they haveâ
âA vision without action is just a dream, action without a vision is a nightmareâ
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at the risk of getting attacked
The only consistent application of the steps rule is itâs non application
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I love this Kickout
The half back run to clear space
Ball to space for corner back to attach
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"Great leaders are not the best at everything. They find people who are
best at different things and get them all on the same team!"
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âThat is why itâs important to set a Good Exampleâ
Rhasidat Adeleke
the very meaning of Role Model. A brilliant, focused Irish âď¸ Role Model, how lucky we are.
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Great movement on the kickout
Decoy run to create the space for the kickout receiver to come onto at pace
Low trajectory Kickout #TheToughest
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Standards
The importance of standards⌠standards of excellence
Championship is a test of standards..
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Clifford: The Day He Chose Greatness Differently
David Clifford scored 0-9 in an All-Ireland Final, and somehow thatâs not the headline.
Because what defined him yesterday wasnât just what he did on the ball, it was what he chose not to do.
He stayed wide. He stayed high. He stayed out of the chaos, often drifting where he wouldnât see possession for minutes at a time, not because he wasnât needed, but because he understood what the team needed more.
Space. Structure. Stretch. Options.
Every great forward wants the ball. On All-Ireland Final day, every fibre of him must have craved it. But Cliffordâs greatness wasnât in demanding the moment it was in elevating the players around him, in choosing to create rather than consume.
He let Gavin White own the early tempo.
He let Joe OâConnor storm the middle third.
He let Paudie conduct the attack.
And still he scored nine.
Thatâs not just leadership. Thatâs clarity, humility, and trust on the grandest stage.
For me, thatâs what sets him apart.
Not the points tally. Not the two-pointers.
But the quiet discipline of a player who could have made it all about himself and didnât.
Thatâs why for me heâs the best weâve ever seen.
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I just love how Matt Connor âcelebratedâ scoring
#humility
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I see a lot of âcoachesâ rule a young player out because of a perceived âlack of paceâ only to see the player return a couple years later with an ability to be in the right place at the right time and get on great ball.
When I study them, they are always moving, always thinking
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If you get a chance to listen
One of the Games Great Players and Great Coaches
This helps me understand why
âMy job on the football field is to make everyone of my teammates look betterâ
đ @GAApics
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another look at the decoy run by the left half back
A top class kickout into the space left behind
Corner back moving at pace to receive the KO
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If you were looking to describe Matt Connor words like 'legend', 'icon', 'pioneer' are all good options. But perhaps 'visionary' would be the one that best illustrates the career of one of the greatest minds ever to grace the sport of GAA
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Just a couple of lads, a couple of hurls and a ball in the Car Park at Parnell Park.
Thanks for the memories Joe
#Genius
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