Coaching ideas worth taking onto the pitch.

Identifying football talent: what are we really looking for?

By Ciaran Deely PhD | DSS Coaching

I’ve spent a lot of my sporting life looking at players from d...

This is the second edition of DSS Coaching – Lessons from the League, a weekly reflection by Ciaran Deely using the National Football League as a lens to explor...

A weekly DSS Coaching piece by Dr. Ciaran Deely, using the National Football League as a lens to explore coaching, performance, tactics, and the evolving game.

The GAA’s new report, No One Shouted Stop – Until Now, is the most direct and data-driven acknowledgement yet of how Ireland’s changing population is reshaping ...

By Ciaran Deely

*the contents included in this blog post contributed to an article that first was published in the Irish Independent on Sunday 30th July 2023

By Ciaran Deely

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) has faced significant challenges with volunteerism at the executive level. As inter-county set ups become...

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...

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 han...

By Brian Cuthbert PhD

Some of you may have noticed that the GAA has recently launched a wide-ranging report regarding Gaelic Games academies and their interact...

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...