Should all children receive equal playing time in sport? – phil kearney.

PESS staff member Dr Phil Kearney recently had an article published on RTÉ Brainstorm: Should all children receive equal playing time in sport?

Phil discussed three considerations for sports coaches:

🏐 Base your decisions on the realities of athlete development
🏉 Learn from aircraft pilots by having a Quick Reference Handbook
🏀 Support coaches with the challenges any policy brings

You can read Phil’s article here.

RTÉ Brainstorm is an unique partnership between RTÉ and Irish third level institutions helping the public to reflect on what’s happening in the world around us and communicate fresh thinking on a broad range of issues.

You can see more contributions from UL academics to RTÉ Brainstorm here.

Dr. Phil Kearney is the Course Leader for the MSc Applied Sports Coaching at the University of Limerick. A Fellow of the Higher Education Authority, his teaching and research centres on the domain of skill acquisition, particularly as it relates to youth sport. A regular contributor to RTÉ Brainstorm, Phil is a member of the Gaelic Athletic Association’s Player & Coach Development Advisory Group, an Associate Editor for Perceptual and Motor Skills and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Motor Learning and Development. Phil is a co-founder of Movement and Skill Acquisition Ireland.