Apps for Coaching Drills

[guevara]

Getting involved in a bit of underage coaching & want the sessions to be a bit more structured than back in the day!

Any recommendations for any apps or programs that are useful for planning out drills/sessions?

[Rudi]

Fair play for getting involved, but is anything sacred anymore, apps me hole. Can you not sit down with a pen & paper & work out a 1 hour session?
What age group?
For u8 to u12
Generally 10 min warm up. Running with balls.
35 minutes of drills, where handpass, pick up, kick pass, catching & pull ball into chest. Work with both hands & both feet. Should be plenty of balls & plenty of running with balls. Ideally should have 1 coach per 5 girls/boys. No coach giving out telling kids what they are doing wrong, positive reinforcement.
Finish with 15 minute game ideally stronger 7 v 7 & weaker 7 v 7, everybody getting plenty of game time & plenty of touches.
Try variants of the same drill in different pitch locations on alternate weeks, bring structured tackling into drills after 8 weeks.
Dont over complicate drills, some coaches confuse young kids, group a run left, group b run diagonally etc.
Good luck

[Armamike]

Sums it up pretty well.  If they're U7 or U8 keep it fairly simple for them to follow.  You'll probably be spending half your time herding cats

[marty34]

Just on this topic, I see a lot of GAA coaching websites nowadays which are subscription based.  Now in fairness, they seem professional looking enough.

Does anybody on here use them and if so, what do you reckon?

I see ones that look good etc. and have good resources, session plans and support etc. for coaches but not sure if they're worth the £100 a year.

Anybody any ideas?

[The Bearded One]

Twitter is full of brilliant resources and people to follow, with no subscription fees. I have previously signed up to different subscription based services and the stuff was just ok. If you look hard enough you'll get plenty of really good content on the likes of Twitter, Instagram and YouTube

[Saffron_sam20]

Was actually looking, ive seen stuff on instagram from some of the coaching pages and they seem to be able to make the diagrams with movements etc small coloured circles with numbers like the white tactic board. Anyone know what app or software they use for it? would be interested in getting it

[The Bearded One]

Most likely to be TacticalPad, available for free with limited functions or paid for full functionality. The free version is more than enough for most people. It's more user friendly on an iPad than your phone but can be managed on the phone if you need to.

[Saffron_sam20]

Most likely to be TacticalPad, available for free with limited functions or paid for full functionality. The free version is more than enough for most people. It's more user friendly on an iPad than your phone but can be managed on the phone if you need to.

Cheers, il check it out. Appreciated