DSS Coaching Blog
By Ciaran Deely
* A shortened edition of this article was first published in the Irish Examiner Newspaper on Saturday 08.06.2019
By the time you read this article, London Senior football team’s 2019 Championship season may be already over. The Qualifiers begin on Saturday, and in all but two of th...
By Ciaran Deely
Last week I was in a café in the centre of Trinidad- a lovely provincial town on the south coast of Cuba- last week having a Cuba Libre cocktail drink while taking a few quiet pulls of a nice homemade Cuban cigar to chill a bit after a day spent horse riding around pristine countr...
By Mark Deely
I am now a Hardman.
http://www.hardman.ie/index.php/hardman-killarney
Never thought I’d get to say that. Well I hoped I would but 10 days on it is a very satisfying thing to say. I found myself slipping it into conversation the whole time. In a funny way. My family are well used ...
By Ciaran Deely
Really excellent article in Runners World from Alex Hutchinson regarding what’s he’s learned about running and the sport science and performance in of endurance events over his athletic and journalistic career called The Seven Pillars of Running Wisdom (see link below):
Quick summa...
By Ciaran Deely
I’m in the Barbican Centre in London on my laptop working through my daily tasks, when my minds begins to wander- I’m thinking about my working day and trying to be more productive and make it more enjoyable…when a very interesting article is pinged through to me by email! After rea...
by Ciaran Deely
There has been much debate concerning the proposed Gaelic Football championship restructure recently, and especially with Congress on this coming weekend and the County Representatives about to vote on it. Director General of the GAA, Pauric Duffy set forth his plans many months ago...
By Mark Deely.
Introduction to Wellbeing for Athletes
In the last number of years, we have seen terms such as Wellbeing, Wellness and Self-Care emerge as we all navigate modern life.
One very obvious example of this is the recent changes to the teaching of PE in Secondary Schools where it is a ma...