Anyone watching the GAA Games Development Conference

[darbyo]

Did anyone watch it last night online? I missed it last night but have it on now but nothing's happening.

[Armagh4SamAgain]

whats it about?

[darbyo]

Below is the programme of speakers and the topics

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME



Friday 

19.00 - 19.45 Conference Registration
   
19.45 - 20.30 Creating a Platform for People to Play and Stay with the GAA
Pat Daly, GAA Director of Games
20.30 - 21.00 Key Note 1:
Underage Competition: Is there an Over Emphasis on Winning? Are We Getting the Balance Right?
Paudie Butler, National Hurling Coordinator

Philip Kerr, Coaching Tutor & Coach

Dr John Considine, Economics Lecturer UCC & Coach

Niel Wood, Rugby League Services Manager


Chair: Marty Morrissey, RTÉ


Saturday 

8.30 - 9.30 Conference Registration & Exhibition Showcase 
   
9.30 - 9.45  'Play and Stay with the GAA': The Importance of Lifelong Participation in the GAA
  Uachtarán CLG Nicolás Ó Braonáin
9.45 - 10.45 Key Note 2:
Best Practice Leinster GAA Case Studies – The Provision of a Regular Programme of Games: New Approaches to Catering for an Age Old Problem

Brendan Carthy, Louth Centre of Excellence, Darver

Shane Flanagan, Provincial Games Manager, Leinster

10.45 - 11.15  Tea/Coffee Break

Exhibition Showcase
   
11.15 - 12.00 Parallel Session 1 (Choose 1 out of 5 possible Topics)

   
  Session A:
Burnout, Fadeout, Dropout – An Issue for the Minority or the Majority?

Lynette Hughes, PhD Research Student

Pauric Duffy, Player Welfare Officer, GAA

Dr Pat O'Neill, Chair GAA Player Welfare Committee

  Session B:
Building a Fun Coherent Message Through Meaningful Coaching Sessions
Philip Kerr, GAA Coaching Tutor & Coach

George O'Connor, Hurling Development Administrator

  Session C:
Performance Analysis – Keeping Track of the Basic Playing Facts

Pete McGrath; Former Down & Ireland Manager

Christy O'Connor; GAA Correspondent Sunday Times


  Session D:
Preparticipation Screening – Not All About Sudden Cardiac Death
Dr. Philip Carolan, GAA Medical Scientific Welfare Committee
  Session E:
Vhi Cúl Camps: Accomodating 80,000 Participants – The Challenges Involved
Jimmy O'Dwyer, Vhi Cúl Camp Coordinator
12.00 - 12.45 Key Note 3:
New GAA Coach Education Initiatives: The Role of Innovative Learning Technology in the Advancement of Gaelic Games
John Herlihy; Director of Learning, The Digital Hub

Dr Ray Coughlan; Director DEIS Cork Institute of Technology

Jimmy D'Arcy, GAA National Coaching Coordinator

Peter Horgan, GAA Grassroots to National Programme Coordinator

12.45 - 13.45 Lunch Break

Exhibition Showcase
   
13.45 - 14.30  Parallel Session 2 (Choose 1 out of 5 possible Topics)
   
Session A: I
ntegrating Ball Work and Fitness
John Sugrue, Trainer Kerry Senior Football Team

Jerry Wallace, Trainer Cork Senior Hurling Team 
  Session B:
Putting Nutrition at the Heart of Your Training Regime
Stevie Reid, Senior Sports Nutritionist, Kellogg's 
  Session C:
Getting the Structures Right: Embracing a New Coaching Mentality in a Traditional Club
Eamon Ryan; GAA Tutor

Niel Wood, Rugby League Services Manager

John Tobin, Provincial Games Manager, Connacht 
  Session D:
Creating a Culture of Respect and Discipline on the Pitch:The Challenging Role of the Refere
Mick Curley, All Ireland Final Referee 1999
Pierce Freaney, GAA Match Officials Coordinator

  Session E:
Fun Do Learning Resource Pack - An In Depth Demonstration

Jimmy D'Arcy, GAA National Coaching Coordinator

Peter Horgan, GAA Grassroots to National Programme Coordinator
14.30 - 15.15 Parallel Session 3 (Choose 1 out of 5 possible Topics)
   
  Session A:
Understanding the Trade Off between Time and Space – Attacking/Defending

Martin Fogarty, Asstistant Manager, Kilkenny Senior Hurling Team

Andrew Quick; Gameplanner 
  Session B:
Preparation for Games – Rehearsal, Routines, Focusing, Motivation

Canice Kennedy; Sports Psychologist 
  Session C:
Club Pitches - Essential Do's and Don'ts
Richard Hayden, STRI - Croke Park Pitch Maintenance

Joe Bedford, Croke Park Pitch Maintenance

  Session D:
Preliminary Findings of the GAA Injury Database – 2000-2007: Its Relevance to Injury Prevention and Coaching

John Murphy, Chartered Physiotherapist and Member of the GAA Medical Scientific Welfare Committee
  Session E:
Analysis of Gaelic Football 1970-2006:
Consequences for a Contemporary Approach to Skill Development and Conditioning

Prof. Niall Moyna, Lecturer, Dept of Health & Human Performance, DCU

Martin McElkennen, Trainer Monaghan Senior Football Team

15.15 - 15.45 Tea/Coffee Break

Exhibition Showcase
   
15.45 - 16.45 Key Note 4:
Maintaining Peak Performance and Squad Cohesion During the Course of a Season

Brian Cody, Manager, Kilkenny Senior Hurling Team

Eamonn McEneaney, Manager, Louth Senior Football Team 
16.45 - 17.00 Closing Address
Christy Cooney, Chairman National Games Development Committee 
17.00 - 19.00 Exhibitor Showcase

[darbyo]

Good presentation on Darvar and Louth under age developments by Brendan Carthy. Their gone for tea now though, the link for anyone interested in watching is http://www.rte.ie/live/index.html.

[darbyo]

Well done to all involved in Louth, Darvar looks like some set up. Brendan made a good point in finishing, we could have 32 Darvars for one 60,000 seater stadium.

[darbyo]

I can't get the second half of the conference is that the same for anyone else? This is frustrating as the stuff coming next is really what I want to hear.

[darbyo]

All in all I thought that it was a good show with a lot of interesting topics raised and expanded upon. Well worth the time for anyone interested in developing the coaching structures within their club.