LEARN ADAPT PERFORM

Better sessions.
More confident coaching.

You want training that has a clear purpose and players who can bring what they learn into games. DSS Coaching gives Gaelic football and hurling coaches practical ideas, clear explanations and a team to learn alongside, so you can plan better sessions and coach with greater confidence.

Gaelic football · Hurling · Player development

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FREE FRC RULES COACHING PLAYBOOK

Understand the rules.
Bring the ideas into training.

Get 27 free videos over 30 days, covering rule explanations, tactical discussions and coaching practices you can adapt for your team. Your first video arrives straight away, and you do not need a DSS membership.

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Watch Ciaran Deely work through the tactical implications of Solo & Go on the tactics board. Get the full series of rule explanations, tactical discussions, practices and guest webinars free by email.

The coaches and sources behind the series

Produced by DSS Coaching, with rule explanations from Brendan Delaney, tactical discussions from Ciaran Deely and coaching practices from Joe Coulter and Alan Mullen. Guest webinars feature Colm Nally, Conn Stevenson and Fintan Kennedy.

The recordings include material from 2024–26 and reflect the rules and context when they were made. Use the coaching ideas alongside the current official regulations for your competition.

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Enter your name and email to start the series. We’ll send the videos over 30 days, followed by a resource hub where you can find them together.

You’ll receive the FRC series, The Coaching Letter and occasional DSS offers. Unsubscribe at any time.

A coaching team behind your coaching.

Better sessions. Clearer decisions. Players who improve. Led by Ciaran Deely and the DSS team, membership brings you new content every weekday, practical games and session plans, webinars and a coaching community to learn alongside. Watch an idea, adapt it to your team and bring it onto the pitch.

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Learn from experienced coaches

A short extract from our webinar with Gareth Fox, exploring focus in sport.

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See it on the pitch

Overloaded Attacking Phase of Play: a practical example with coaching explanation.

More than a library of drills.

DSS 3v3+3 Practice Plan

Plan a purposeful session

Use our Practice Plans to connect the aim, organisation and coaching points. Adapt the numbers, space and challenge to your players.

Physical development

See the tactical picture

Explore game scenarios on Ciaran’s tactics board. Understand the options, then decide what suits your players.

DSS coaching webinar with Gareth Fox

Webinars that challenge your thinking

Learn from experienced practitioners and bring a fresh perspective to your coaching.

Coaching support. Ready when you need it.

Join here and start exploring the resources, WhatsApp community, DSS App and Coach Tyler.

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  • New coaching content every weekday
  • Practice videos, session plans and webinars
  • WhatsApp community, DSS App and Coach Tyler
  • Support from the DSS coaching team

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Per month · rolling membership

  • New coaching content every weekday
  • Practice videos, session plans and webinars
  • WhatsApp community, DSS App and Coach Tyler
  • Support from the DSS coaching team

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INCLUDED WITH DSS MEMBERSHIP

Meet Coach Tyler.
Your AI-Coach Assistant.

Work through a coaching question, explore a session idea and adapt it to your players. Tell Tyler your sport, age group, numbers and aim, then build the conversation one question at a time.

Exclusive to DSS members. Tyler draws on the DSS resources available to your account. Use his source references to return to the original coaching material.

*Exclusive to DSS members

A preview of your AI-Coach Assistant. Sign in to your membership to start a coaching conversation.

Screenshot of Coach Tyler chat. Exclusive to DSS members.
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THE DSS APP · INCLUDED WITH MEMBERSHIP

Your coaching community, wherever you are.

Open the DSS App and sign in with your DSS account to keep your coaching content and community close at hand. Watch a practice, catch up on a webinar and return to your resources when you are planning the next session.

What coaches say about DSS.

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DSS CERTIFICATE · LEVEL 1

Develop the coach behind the session.

Eight modules connect session design, individual development, tactics, physical preparation, monitoring, nutrition, psychology and analysis. Learn at your own pace with the DSS tutors and apply the ideas to your own team.

DSS Gaelic football eBooklets

DSS COACHING PRODUCTS

Practical ideas for your next session.

Our Gaelic football and hurling eBooklets bring games, practices and coaching points together in resources you can return to throughout the season.

A LETTER FOR COACHES

The Coaching Letter

with Ciaran Deely, PhD

A personal take on coaching, with practical ideas from DSS, Gaelic games, soccer and the wider sporting world. Useful reading, things worth watching and a question to bring to your next session.

Free to read. No DSS membership needed.

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Learn from the DSS coaching team.

Ciaran Deely

Ciaran Deely

Coaching & sport science

Ross Bennett

Ross Bennett

Player development & performance

Steven Poacher

Steven Poacher

Coaching & tactical practice

Barry Mullane

Barry Mullane

Hurling coaching

Joe Coulter

Joe Coulter

Coaching & operations

27 free coaching videos. Ideas for your next session.

Get rule explanations, tactics and practices from the DSS coaching team by email over 30 days.

You’ll receive the FRC series, The Coaching Letter and occasional DSS offers. Unsubscribe at any time.