Silent Sideline, the aftershock!

Apologies for the late post, the site was under maintenance. After experimenting with the first ever-official Silent Sideline in Ireland, including clubs from abroad. The response has been overwhelming positive. Original there were over 100+ clubs and that number has grown dramatically over the weekend with many GAA clubs getting...

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Why A Silent Sideline?

Mar 21, 14 Why A Silent Sideline?

Posted by in Irish Grassroots Football

Maybe the word Silent is not the correct word to use because encouragement with always benefit the players. Especially when you use the Sandwich approach. The focus behind the weekend is to educate coaches and parents about the power of observation. Alex Ferguson once said “The very best coaches are great observers” The...

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Observation

Oct 10, 13 Observation

Posted by in Irish Grassroots Football

My last post was about Match Analysis and the benefits of using notes during the game. With that I received an email from Paul Swenson a coach in the US. He told me about the clubs newsletter and how he had developed some game day observation sheets.  Most of the coaches are parent coaches. Pauls purpose was three fold: To...

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