Research Impact: Game-Based Approach (GBA) pedagogy has been promoted within the research literature and coach education programmes. Despite such advocacy, evidence is lacking regarding the uptake of such methods by coaches. This study investigated inter-county […]
June 13th and 14th saw the iCoachKids conference hosted by Sport Ireland Coaching at the University of Limerick and attended by over 300 delegates. Co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the EU, iCoachKids is an […]
Research Impact: The study of adventure sports coaching as a sub-discipline of sports coaching has been the subject of increasing research interest over the last decade. In this paper, we describe how the adventure environment […]
Back in late July of last year (2018), I presented qualitative findings of a study conducted with 12 senior inter-county Gaelic football coaches at the AIESEP World Congress in Edinburgh. The study was conducted to […]
‘I think my acceleration is very good. That’s the key for me’ – Usain Bolt Usain Bolt wasn’t wrong. Numerous biomechanical analyses of Bolt’s World Record of 9.58 s from the 2009 World Championships have […]
From the beginning of my PhD, I have always been keen to gain as much practical experience as possible, in my case as a coach and practitioner within a sporting organisation. My motivation was financial […]
Research Impact: Visual exploratory activity (VEA) refers to movements of the head made to detect information relevant to future actions. Evidence suggests that frequent VEA is a distinguishing characteristic of high-level footballers. Analysis of responses […]
Teaching and coaching are sometimes viewed as distinct professions with distinct goals. This distinction is most obvious in sports coaching settings where coaches are always referred to as “the coach” and never “a teacher,” even […]
Research Impact: In this paper, we synthesize the research conducted on Game-Based Approaches (GBAs) within competitive team sport settings and discuss the implications of these findings for sports coaching researchers and practitioners. The review supports the […]
Sarah Keane, President of the Olympic Council of Ireland and CEO of Swim Ireland to present the 2018 Pat Duffy Lecture in Coaching and Leadership in Sport 28th February, 7.30 pm University of Limerick […]
