Relative Age Effect In Irish Elite Youth Football – By Laura Finnegan

Jun 29, 17 Relative Age Effect In Irish Elite Youth Football  – By Laura Finnegan

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Laura is Lecturer in Sport Management and Talent Development in Waterford I.T, MA in Sport Psychology and currently undertaking a PhD on organisational structure and practice in Irish football (with Liverpool John Moores University). Laura has done this study in partnership with Liverpool John Moore University with Dave...

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New Season, New Level…Rejection or Selection??

Jul 06, 15 New Season, New Level…Rejection or Selection??

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So the season has only just ended for most and now it’s time to switch off from football before another season begins. Wait now….. it’s starting again!! As just as another season ends along come July 1st (open season). Which for people reading this outside of Ireland this is when players can trial for other clubs...

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SFAI Finals 17th & 18th May, 2014

May 15, 14 SFAI Finals 17th & 18th May, 2014

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SFAI finals on this weekend and nothing about it on their website. No information about any of the finalists, the clubs, the history. Nothing about the fixtures, the times, the location, not one thing! How can the Football Association of Ireland allow these people run the schoolboy game. I know there are some great people working...

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DDSL SSG Changes are very Positive..

Jun 19, 13 DDSL SSG Changes are very Positive..

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After several weeks of much discussion, meetings of various clubs around Dublin, the SSG working Group along with the DDSL have come with the following changes starting this summer with immediate effect. They stressed that the main focus remained to introduce a more soccer friendly and non-competition environment. The focus is...

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Non Competition is the way to Success

Just got back from pilot exercise put on by Jason Carey, Director of Coaching at Peamount United FC on behalf of the DDSL. It seems that after all these years of getting it so wrong, the DDSL have now turned to the Grassroots Coaches of some of Dublins biggest community clubs, to come up with a pathway that will enhance...

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Can we expect a new ERA or will it be much of the same?

Less then a week after I attended the DDSL’new beginning for a New Era’ and not even a thank on the DDSL website. I was expecting a message from the powers at the DDSL, maybe some feedback from the night, but nothing. They haven’t even added Alistair Grays email from Renaissance, the Company doing the audit on...

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New Beginning for a New Era

Mar 11, 13 New Beginning for a New Era

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Finally the DDSL are making moves towards change.  Taken from their website…. You may be aware that the DDSL has commissioned a stretegic plan which will be named “New Beginning for a New Era”.    It is intended that the strategy will look at all aspects of the League. In order for this to work, it has been...

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