Therese Morris

Ballymun Kickhams U8 Boys Coach (Award 2 Dublin GAA) 🏐🟢🔴 🏐- Rivervalley Rangers U8 Boys Coach ⚽️👦🏽⚽️

[Karol Dillon @KarolDillon8]

Kevin is great for taking parts he thinks are relevant to the audience into smaller bits. Here I talk about skill development (non-dominant side) being a lifestyle, 24/7 and a long term process. There are no quick fixes. https://t.co/uPKJqfGDzN

[The GAA @officialgaa]

Registration is open for the #GAA Coach and Player Webinar Series 2026 which will run from June through to October.

15 free one-hour long webinars will provide learning opportunities for players and coaches across a wide variety of topics presented by experienced practitioners and subject experts.

The full list of webinars can be viewed here: https://t.co/oQdvM0MsaN

[Therese Morris @ThereseMorris73]

@brendand_8 @RTEBrainstorm 100%

[RTÉ Brainstorm @RTEBrainstorm]

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: why young GAA players need training drills rather than following a games-based approach. Analysis by David Moran @insight_centre @DCU @Researchirel https://t.co/0RDwcjHI4Q

[Coaching Gaelic Footballers @PlayerGaelic]

Worth a listen. Most coaches and players will find at least one gem here. It may only take one to transform your approach to the game. https://t.co/AsQTQytRCQ

[The GAA @officialgaa]

Registration is now open for the GAA Coach and Player Webinar Series 2026 which will run from June through to October. The free one-hour long webinars will provide learning opportunities for players and coaches across a wide variety of topics. #GAABelong https://t.co/JvOiXXXUmP

[Philip O'Callaghan 🎾 @Mr_Tennis_Coach]

One of the biggest mistakes coaches make when simplifying a practice task is removing the very skill or decision they want players to develop.

When we simplify a game, our goal isn't just to make it easier.

It's to keep the DNA of the game alive while reducing the complexity of the challenge.

Every game tells a story.There is an objective players are working towards. There are opponents trying to make that objective harder to achieve and teammates helping create solutions. Players must pick up information from the environment, make decisions based on that information and act to achieve an outcome. These elements form the DNA of most team and interactive sports. The challenge for coaches is preserving as much of this DNA as possible when scaling a task.

For example, a well-designed 2v1 can still contain many of the key ingredients of the full game. There is direction, opposition, information to pick up, decisions to make and a problem to solve. The task is simpler, but the story remains the same.

If we remove too many of these elements, we risk changing the problem players are trying to solve and ultimately what they learn.

The "DNA of the game" is my own way of thinking about some of the ideas behind the Foundation for Task Design model developed by Mark O'Sullivan and colleagues.

[Michael Hurley MSc @itsagamefirst]

Fun is a serious business. Don't let old-school mentalities tell you that "fun" means a soft, undisciplined practice. The sports science is done, the data is freely available, and the verdict is absolute

Fun is the raw fuel that powers athletic execution lifelong retention.

[Therese Morris @ThereseMorris73]

12.06.26
Parnell Park
Harry Morris (O Muiris) or Barney as they call him in Kickhams 🔴🟢lined out for the Dubs - representing his school GSBB in Swords
Friendship Games- Dublin v Antrim 🏐
What an experience for all the children involved 🤝@cnambnaisiunta

[Karol Dillon @KarolDillon8]

Shane Walsh is an archetype for young footballers with respect to two sidedness for upper and lower limb skills. Right pick up, right hop, left solo, left hop, left solo, right hop, left solo, right kick pass. Always the appropriate limb - depending on where the defender is.

[Therese Morris @ThereseMorris73]

@PlayerGaelic At a tournament in Birmingham recently - had pitch divided into 3 (U9s)

[Scott Benbow @ScottB_FFF]

⚽️ COACH LIKE YOUR helping a child to walk.

- Show them you have their back

- Pick them up when they fall

- Celebrate milestones

- Challenge them

- Observe & enjoy

After all learning to walk is harder than learning to play a sport & children do it with no instruction.

[The GAA @officialgaa]

Go Games Webinar tomorrow Tuesday 10th Feb 8.30pm 📅

Perfect for coaches, parents & Go Games coordinators looking to get the most out of the Go Games programme.

👉 Book your place here: https://t.co/rV0RGowIpH

[Ciaran Deely PhD @CiDeely]

Arteta speaking about his connection with ‘a ball’ ⚽️
And how it can change your life
Allow you to travel
Experience new cultures

And how when you give it to a group of kids anywhere in the world, it can bring joy & hope 🌍

Worth the watch 😊

[Therese Morris @ThereseMorris73]

@PlayerGaelic 🏐🎂🏐

[Therese Morris @ThereseMorris73]

@PlayerGaelic Get out on the ground at training sessions - ask questions , chat to people face to face , could soon find those people with great ideas who haven’t come forward yet 🙏

[Shelbourne FC @shelsfc]

𝗧𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱 ❤️

Shelbourne Football Club is delighted to announce that the formal agreements with Dublin City Council for a 250-year lease of Tolka Park have been completed, securing the long-term home of the club for generations to come 🏡

Read more, https://t.co/g3k8uhe0og

#DublinsFinest | #Since1895

[Dublin GAA @DubGAAOfficial]

30 minutes left to decide who will see the Semi-Finals and Ballymun Kickhams are battling hard😮‍💨

Ballymun Kickhams: 0-13
Na Fianna: 0-05

📸 Niall O’Connell

[Pav FunBall Academy @Pavfunball]

🗣️“Before teaching a specific sport like football, coaches should fully understand how a child, adolescent or adult learns best and then analyse the mechanisms that intervene or influence learning...” (Horst Wein)

[Therese Morris @ThereseMorris73]

@DanielHussey2 Nah wife has spoken - took the pics -hes a gonner 😂🎒