By John Connellan

A chairde, I am writing this open letter out of an abundance of concern for the game of football following the most recent mauling at the hands of Dublin of a proud county in the Leinster Championship. I will start this letter by saying that I am a huge admirer of Dublin. The...

Today Deely Sport Science are delighted to announce our latest new sign up to our coaching cohort as part of Deely Sport Science- Steven Poacher. Steven is coming on board as a new Coaching Consultant, with most of his work looking into GAA performance, and especially Gaelic Football. This is a...

By John Murphy MSc PhD researcher

Before we go into any details, it must be stated that eating terribly in the weeks, months and even years before a game will not be counteracted by the perfect pre-game meal. For those of us who have got our nutrition nailed down during the week, are at an...

By John Murphy (MSc, PhD researcher)

Figure 1 – Nutrition Pyramid

Part 1 – Calorie Balance

This series will dive into the various components of nutrition, how they drive changes in the body and how this impacts both health and performance. The most popular goals people have in...

By Stephen Lonergan MSc– S&C Coach, PE Teacher and Offaly Minor team coach & selector; Former Offaly Senior Footballer

I was listening to Jim McGuinness talk in a webinar a few weeks ago and one thing I noted was that when Jim was describing the week for soccer players he used the...

By Ben Smalley BSc, MSc (Sep 2020), A.S.C.C (ongoing)

Having secured my first role in academy football in June 2019, working alongside Ciaran and Ross at QPR F.C. I thought I’d share some of my experiences and some tips, in the hope to help some young coaches along their way into this...

By Barry Mullane – MSc Sports Coaching

Hi everyone, my name is Barry Mullane. I am delighted to be coming onboard with Deely Sport Science as a Coach with responsibility for the Hurling side of the business. I will be writing blogs here, posting Hurling session plans and games in the new...

By Ciaran Deely – CEO of Deely Sport Science Ltd and Adrian Geissel – Founder of SURPASSPORT

Today we’re delighted to announce our latest strategic partnership with SURPASSPORT, the award-winning player-centred Team Management App. SURPASSPORT was founded in 2018 to simplify the...

By Ciaran Deely – CEO of Deely Sport Science Ltd and Cormac O’Beirne – Founder of RYPT

Today we’re delighted to announce our latest strategic partnership with the performance coaching platform RYPT. RYPT is an up-and-coming Irish company that has developed an innovative...

By Shane Smith – Coach & School Teacher (BSc Sports Science and M.A Primary Ed)

Twitter has afforded me a great platform on the importance of making sport fun for children. And recently I had a wonderfully refreshing conversation with an under 12 coach. He emphasised the importance...

By Timmy Hammersley

When we look at performance enhancement what generally comes to mind is a focus on technical, tactical, physical and psychological variables. While these are and will continue to offer an effective baseline for seeking improvements in both individual athletes and teams, it is...