By Ciaran Deely

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) has faced significant challenges with volunteerism at the executive level. As inter-county set ups become more professional, the roles of county chairperson, county manager, head coach, secretary, and other such positions tend to take over...

By Steven Poacher

A few weeks back, John Harrington interviewed me for a piece in the All Ireland Semi Final Program. It centred around how Gaelic Football has evolved over the last five years and how the sport is gathering pace both on and off the playing field, from S&C, nutrition, GPS,...

By Steven Poacher

On a recent visit, just pre-Christmas, with some students from our school to Stat Sports head office in my home town of Newry County Down I noticed a quote on the wall of the office, it was from Sir Alex Ferguson and it read, “Sports Science, without question is the...

By Ciaran Deely MSc MA – Sport Scientist at QPR FC Academy and CEO of Deely Sport Science Ltd

*This article first appeared in the Irish Examiner newspaper on Monday 19.04.2021 where 15 well-known coaches from around Ireland discussed the impending return of GAA action post-COVID lockdown.

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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...

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 Ciaran Deely

This is a topic of significant sensitivities. How does one respect the gladiators of the colosseum   whilst analysing the challenges facing the GAA?

QPR FC Sport Scientist and former London Senior football team manager Ciaran Deely discusses the Dublin situation in the...

By Aidan McCarron – MSc Sports Performance

During a chat with my good friend and mentor Ryan Whitley (one of the leading Strength and Power coaches operating in professional sports) of the Brisbane Broncos who was on a visit home to Ireland late 2018, I decided I wanted to finish my...

By Ciaran Deely

* An shortened version of this article first appeared in the Irish Examiner newspaper on Saturday 07.09.2019

Coach and Sport Scientist Ciaran Deely looks at the five areas Jim Gavin and Peter Keane will be focusing on in the interluding two-week period between last week’s...

By Ciaran Deely

* An shortened version of this article first appeared in the sports website www.the42.ie on Monday 02.09.2019

In a pulsating game, with end to end attacking and the ebb of flow of the great game of Gaelic football at its most exciting, if not highest quality, best…we...

By Ciaran Deely

* An edited version of this article first appeared  in the Irish Examiner Newspaper on Friday 30.08.2019

The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines juggernaut as ‘a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force’ and by way of explanation uses ‘the...

By Gavin Morris – former Wexford Senior Football player and U20 Goalkeeping Coach

Much has been said and written about the many different stakeholders feeding into the hottest and most sensitive topic in the GAA world, the GAA season. What is the GAA season? For some it is an...