Brian Lavery

All views my own.

[Brian Lavery @brianlav79]

@Niall_Gartland Now a precedent has been set for redrawing fixtures surely common sense will prevail & the proposed schedule for remaining minor league & cship will be redrawn. Minor football potentially over as early as 10 May for some clubs is madness with 17 yr olds potentially idle to 2027.

[Brian Lavery @brianlav79]

Peter Harte is some footbaler.
Club and county.
He never fails to deliver.

[Brian Lavery @brianlav79]

@TonyBambrick @Nacsport Thank you. Keep up the great work.

[Brian Lavery @brianlav79]

Lot of good debate following the first weekend of the new rules with the goalkeeper creating the 12v11 creating the most controversy so far.
What about a very small tweak as is at the gift of the FRC?
Perhaps only allowing a forward pass to the goalkeeper in the attacking half?

[Brian Lavery @brianlav79]

Brian Kennedy.
What a warrior.

[Wayne Goldsmith @waynegoldcoach]

What "story" would you like to tell about your child's sporting career?

"He was a star in the under 11s. Scored a record number of points that year. He could literally dance through the defense of opposition teams. Everyone told us he would play professionally one day. A couple of years later, he wasn't so dominant, he lost interest and now at 15 we can't get him off the internet or the couch".
or
"He was playing at 11. Loved turning up and just enjoying playing the game with his mates. He was also playing a lot of other sports and enjoyed just being fit and active. Had a couple of ok years and improved steadily. Then at 15 he met a great coach - a #coach who really cared about him and the game and who believed in our son. That ignited a passion for the game within him and now he's working hard to be all he can be".

My friends...we've all seen this haven't we?

The 8 year old who was going to play #GAA professionally.
The 7 year old destined to play #football for Barcelona.
The 10 year old who we all KNEW would be an All Black or a Patriot or a Laker....we all know this early champion thing is a pile of bull dust.

THE FOUR GOLDEN RULES OF EARLY TALENT:

Early rise - early fall.
Early physical talent is a poor indicator of long term success.
Early physical talent is over-rated.
Early physical talent is like a purple elephant - harder to hide than it is to find and mostly useless.

Make it fun.
Believe in them.
They keep coming.
That's it.

PHOTO COURTESY RUGBY NZ - THANK YOU.

[Brian Lavery @brianlav79]

@Mr_Tennis_Coach CLA

[Brian Lavery @brianlav79]

@PlayerGaelic Different senior club teams in Tyrone doing this at different times in games for a few years now Philip

[Brian Lavery @brianlav79]

In a world full of adversity we must dare to dream.

https://t.co/vAqAC4t0ki

[Stevie Kane @steviekane1906]

I’m looking forward to running this Goalkeeping Clinic, which promises to be a great morning of learning for all GAA/LGFA Coaches in attendance.

@justinemcg2 @PrecisionGk @officialdowngaa @KilcooGAC
@UlsterGAA @DownLGFA @UlsterLadies

[Brian Lavery @brianlav79]

@GAAtrackerAPP @ConanDoherty Of course lots of coaches would do that. Playing devils advocate further though, any coach worth their salt would also recognise the opportunities it would create to really pressurise the opposition for example on a kick out.

[Brian Lavery @brianlav79]

@ConanDoherty @GAAtrackerAPP I’d agree with this and even go as far as to apply that rule to each line (14, 21, own 45 etc) up to and including the opposition 65. Pitch therefore becomes progressively smaller as teams advance in attack.

[Maurice Brosnan @m_brosnan]

The man-on-man era
https://t.co/DOo4We4VqR

[John Fogarty @JohnFogartyIrl]

Congress in Newry. Tyrone's Benny Hurl warns of the costs of preparing clubs will reach inter-county levels and those that will be associated with integration. #GAA

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

Pharmaceutical firm @AlmacGroup is to spend £80m on two new manufacturing facilities in County Armagh, creating more than 550 jobs https://t.co/jFQ3uMWEB4

[Norwich City FC @NorwichCityFC]

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁.

Check in on those around you.

#WorldMentalHealthDay | #YouAreNotAlone | @samaritans

[Brian Lavery @brianlav79]

Refereeing in the @TyroneGAALive championship has been excellent thus far. They are really trying to let the games flow and let as much contact go as possible. Great to see.

[Jake Humphrey @mrjakehumphrey]

This is leadership. Watch till the end.

[Almac Group @AlmacGroup]

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