Gerry Heaney

Mayo native, live in Galway. Secondary teacher. Coach Field Hockey & Soccer. S&C/AD coach. Head Coach Galway Utd FC MU17

[Mark O'Sullivan PhD @markstkhlm]

Beyond the session plan and our hidden assumptions
https://t.co/d4hMV41BcG

[Michael Hurley @itsagamefirst]

For me, the toughest part of stepping away from repetitive drills was.

🧠 Knowing how to design effective sessions.

If you're curious about taking a more non-linear, game-based approach, I hope this gives you a helpful starting point, even in a small way.

[Kelly Cross @guv61]

Sydney FC Academy articles on FIFA Training Centre website. Methodology insights. #SydneyFC https://t.co/UerCYNduK2

[Sportsmith @SportsmithHQ]

The what, how and why of power development, from the view of an expert

From @Nick__DiMarco

https://t.co/wE3tucb1Uj

[Avery Faigenbaum @AFaigenbaum]

Our new paper in SCJ reframes LTAD as Long Term Activity Development - a more inclusive approach that prioritizes movement competence, strength, confidence and lifelong participation in physical activity.
Open access: https://t.co/V6AmCeIRMR

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

Holocaust survivor and campaigner Tomi Reichental has died aged 90 https://t.co/duSqbet8Lu

[Eamonn Flanagan @EamonnFlanagan]

The Countermovement Jump and the Single Leg Countermovement jump represent very different strength qualities.

The SL-CMJ really isn't just a "single leg" version of the same test.

Some data to illustrate this 👇👇

[Rana Ayyub @RanaAyyub]

This is what an Emmy awards acceptance speech looks like. Kudos

[JOGO FUNCIONAL @JOGOFUNCIONAL1]

Kim Hellberg - Europe’s next top manager?

A video analysis of the in possession concepts from his time at Middlesbrough this season

Diagonality | Tilting | Relational structures | Approximation

Follow this thread 🧵

[Mark O'Sullivan PhD @markstkhlm]

Part 2- Scanning – perception and why you may not be coaching it
Rather than instructing players to scan or make better decisions, design training in such a way that these behaviors become necessary and meaningful.

https://t.co/uPQmH3bM6m

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

This is what Ben Gvir excitedly posts online for the whole world to see to international activists trying to help Palestinians, imagine the brutally sick things they do to Palestinians that the world ignores.

Israel is a terrorist state.

[Robert Fleming @RobFleming83]

Whilst writing a research paper for Uni around the importance of self refelction I came across this summary of an interview with @benbarts around session design. Well worth 10 min of your day to read https://t.co/TfsYeDrDit

[Ciaran Tierney @ciarantierney]

MISSING:

A young #Galway student has been kidnapped by armed terrorists in international waters.

Powerful image of Louise McCormack circulating at the @uniofgalway today.

@ipsc48

[JOGO FUNCIONAL @JOGOFUNCIONAL1]

As I’ve reached the end of the season

I’ve made a thread of all the examples that I’ve shared involving the team I coached over the past year

• game footage

• training sessions

• My methodology

• articles/podcasts I’ve featured on

Follow this thread 🧵

[MyFootballCoach @MyFootballCoach]

Possession-based coaching can limit development… if misused.

Too often, possession becomes:
safe passes,
minimal risk,
and constant support angles.

But football shouldn’t just be about playing safe.

Players also need to learn how to:
eliminate opponents,
play forward,
break pressure,
and solve 1v1 moments.

If we over-coach possession too early, we can end up developing safe players instead of effective ones.

Possession should support development —
not restrict individuality.

[Dr Tom Clonan @TomClonan]

17,500 Homeless - Don’t think our grandparents who fought for Independence would be ‘impressed’ -FF’s founders would be saying ‘FG? WTAF?’ -Republic should be for the people -housing, health, education -Govt is not ‘in charge’ they are here to serve the people -FF need to reflect

[Eamonn Flanagan @EamonnFlanagan]

The Single Leg Countermovement Jump isn't really a "single leg" version of the CMJ

It has unique kinetic & kinematic characteristics. It offers a different strength quality challenge within it.

Its not a case of CMJ or SL-CMJ, but needing to understand what each test tells us

[RAUTENBALL @Rautenball]

Im modernen Fußball spielen gefühlt alle Mannschaften mit aggressiven Mannorientierungen.

Mit dem Ball braucht es daher kreative Lösungen -> u.a. Rotationen, Give and Go, Spiel über den 3.

@jahesch0 mit einem Beitrag über Konzepte und der Frage: Ist der Libero zurück?

LINK👇

[JOGO FUNCIONAL @JOGOFUNCIONAL1]

New article- No Ball Games

I discuss the fall of unstructured football in youth development, how early professionalism and coaching exposure within youth football is detrimental to player development

To read in full click the link bellow

https://t.co/esoWsm98Df

[Jorg van der Breggen @JvanderB78]

Representative practice matters!

An ecological approach for skill development and performance in soccer goalkeeper training: Empirical evidence and coaching applications 🙌🏽⚽️🌱
@fab_otte @markstkhlm @JimiVaughan @ScottSwainston

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
https://t.co/KraCqinHgM