Chapter Summary: When attempting to improve performance or to accelerate rehabilitation, coaches and applied practitioners must make recommendations on which interventions to pursue or reject. Effective decision making requires an openness to new ideas balanced […]
Research Impact: Nacsport was used to code all skill executions during 121 games by both male and female participants (76 male, 45 female), classified as Tier 1 (n=181, 134) and Tier 2 (n=238, 115) high performance, […]
Research Impact: The diversity of motor learning theories can create a confusing picture for the practitioner seeking to be informed by theory and led by evidence. Lindsay & Spittle recently asked: Of the many theories […]
Is early sport specialisation a concern in the Irish context? For teenage athletes, it can be difficult to juggle the demands of multiple sports. Specialisation refers to an athlete selecting a primary sport and investing […]
Research Impact: Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are frequently referred to as the “building blocks” of movement for children and adolescents in their lifelong physical activity journey. This paper explored whether the frequency, intensity, time, and type (FITT) […]
Photograph credit @MarkSmythy Early November saw Ireland’s first Women in Sport Female Coaches Networking Day take place at the Clayton Hotel in Dublin, and gradates of the Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences played […]
Research Impact: Visual exploratory activity (VEA), or scanning, refers to head and/or body movements made by a player prior to receiving the ball with the aim of picking up information to guide future actions – […]
Movement and Skill Acquisition Ireland are hosting a webinar series running from February to April 2022 starting February 10th at 6pm Irish time. The theme for this year’s event is: Applying Skill Acquisition in Different […]
Research Impact Summary: This research has added to the literature by providing an in-depth description of the planning of coaching sessions within a high-performance team sport context. It has revealed planning to be a multifaceted […]
The 5th International ICOACHKIDS Conference will be held online on the 13th and 14th of December with the theme of Future Proofing Youth Sport: Courage and Optimism. I am honored to be presenting some […]
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