Based on a completely unrelated meeting regarding one of my coaching environments, and a new introduction to a fellow coach, Ian Sherwin, I was briefly introduced to the MSc in Applied Sports Coaching. Having piqued […]
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Encouraging Athletes to Engage in More Balanced Self-Evaluation – david royle
Course Director Phil Kearney: The first cohort of coaches on the MSc Applied Sports Coaching at UL completed their studies in August and I am very much looking forward to the graduation ceremony in January. […]
Researching Sports Coaching: Dr. Phil Kearney
Recently, coaches from the first cohort of the Masters in Applied Sports Coaching submitted and defended their research projects. These coaches work in a variety of contexts from grassroots to high performance sport across a […]
Training Load Monitoring in Swimming – Lorna Barry.
Training Load (TL) Monitoring in Swimming The majority (81%) of Olympic swimming events are contested in under two minutes and twenty seconds. Despite this relatively short time frame, traditional training practices of competitive swimmers […]
RECRUITMENT: senior lecturer in human performance and innovtion.
applications invited for: senior lecturer in human performance and innovation, university of limerick Senior Lecturer in Human Performance and Innovation – Multiannual. Salary Scale: €77,159 – €101.702 p.a. Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences […]
recruitment: lecturer below the bar in Exercise and health fitness management
applications invited for: Lecturer below the bar in Exercise and health fitness management, university of limerick Lecturer below the bar in Exercise and Health Fitness Management – 5 Year Fixed Term Contract. Salary Scale: €40,599 […]
Open for Applications: MSc Sports Performance at the University of Limerick-dr catherine norton.
The MSc in Sports Performance, offered by the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick, is a full-time one-year or part-time two-year postgraduate programme. Our programme, established in 2012, was […]
Teaching Physical Education through a screen! – ursula freyne.
I know Joe Wicks became a household name teaching “PE” to the nation during lockdown and bar a broken bone he made it look easy! Remember, Joe Wicks had ample space to work in and […]
Getting schools active, one CSPAP step at a time – my experience as full-time teacher, part-time postgraduate researcher – Alan finnegan
Late February / early March 2020, as I scrolled through my Twitter feed and read that Dr. Elaine Murtagh was joining the PESS team, along with another PESS tweet with a call for applications for […]
Learning from other contexts provides an essential boost for sports coaches – dr Phil Kearney
Suggesting possible reasons for Ronan O’Gara and La Rochelle’s recent success in their Champions Cup semi-final win over Leinster, the Irish Examiner’s Kieran Shannon focused on O’Gara’s taking the time to learn how to coach; […]
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