I'm sure alot of you have heard the story about john Morrison making the derry squad walk along a plank over a skip in the car park and getting them to@dump out there negative feelings after a particularly heavy defeat to Tyrone.
Got me thinking about strange/ funny training that you have been made do with your clubs.
there must be plenty cause there are some head-the-balls out there taking club teams!!
Whats the rarest thing you've been asked to do at training/ before a match?
We used to have to stand up on a stage and fall backwards into the other players arms as a sign that we all trust each other. some c*nts that i just didnt want anyone to catch.
Done that one myself LB!
Not fecking funny though when some smartarse forgets to catch somebody because he's too busy chatting about Shameless!! ;D
Strange ones Ive experienced having Sports Psychologist make us think of a buzz word like "Aggression" & players would shout it randomnly at eachother during a game to get everyone psyched up & focused.
We were like a load of boys with tourettes. Other teams hadnt a fecking clue what was happening!!!!
we done the same guevara with the buzz word just think ours was focus.
Getting a skip and leaving your negative thoughts in it?
One one for Juveniles to teach them to listen carefully.
Gather them in a corner of field and tell them on the first whistle that they are to turn and run as fast as they can in the direction they are facing and on the second one, they are to turn and run back to you.
The ones not listening or thinking will turn and run like f**k on the first whistle as far as they can. The cute ones will run and jog a little, keeping close to you.
On their return , some of them will have run the lenght of the pitch in a sprint and others have run about 20 yards at a jog.
Its good laugh the one time you can do it and you will probably be able to name the ejits who sprint off before you start.
Quote from: blewuporstuffed on July 24, 2009, 11:26:49 AM
I'm sure alot of you have heard the story about john Morrison making the derry squad walk along a plank over a skip in the car park and getting them to@dump out there negative feelings after a particularly heavy defeat to Tyrone.
Got me thinking about strange/ funny training that you have been made do with your clubs.
there must be plenty cause there are some head-the-balls out there taking club teams!!
Whats the rarest thing you've been asked to do at training/ before a match?
AFAIK .... while John Morrision has said he did that - I think you'll struggle to find the Derry players he did it with.
I.e. it never happened.
John Morrison sent the whole Mayo panel Valentine's day cards one year as well. He thought Paul McGrane to catch ball at its heighest point using balloons
Just the other nite at training management had set up a fist pass drill to start training, he clearly never thought the drill through and it just didnt work. Everyone was running round like headless chickens. Funny cause the next day at work i ven got diagrams sent to me from fellow team mates explaining how the drill could never work. :D
Quote from: JMohan on July 24, 2009, 11:52:56 AM
Quote from: blewuporstuffed on July 24, 2009, 11:26:49 AM
I'm sure alot of you have heard the story about john Morrison making the derry squad walk along a plank over a skip in the car park and getting them to@dump out there negative feelings after a particularly heavy defeat to Tyrone.
Got me thinking about strange/ funny training that you have been made do with your clubs.
there must be plenty cause there are some head-the-balls out there taking club teams!!
Whats the rarest thing you've been asked to do at training/ before a match?
AFAIK .... while John Morrision has said he did that - I think you'll struggle to find the Derry players he did it with.
I.e. it never happened.
I know for a fact that he did it with Mayo.
He brought the skip into the middle of the pitch in McHale park.
Quote from: bingobus on July 24, 2009, 11:44:43 AM
One one for Juveniles to teach them to listen carefully.
Gather them in a corner of field and tell them on the first whistle that they are to turn and run as fast as they can in the direction they are facing and on the second one, they are to turn and run back to you.
The ones not listening or thinking will turn and run like f**k on the first whistle as far as they can. The cute ones will run and jog a little, keeping close to you.
On their return , some of them will have run the lenght of the pitch in a sprint and others have run about 20 yards at a jog.
Its good laugh the one time you can do it and you will probably be able to name the ejits who sprint off before you start.
Does this make me a juvenile
I dont get it :-[
Quote from: AbbeySider on July 24, 2009, 11:58:41 AM
Quote from: JMohan on July 24, 2009, 11:52:56 AM
Quote from: blewuporstuffed on July 24, 2009, 11:26:49 AM
I'm sure alot of you have heard the story about john Morrison making the derry squad walk along a plank over a skip in the car park and getting them to@dump out there negative feelings after a particularly heavy defeat to Tyrone.
Got me thinking about strange/ funny training that you have been made do with your clubs.
there must be plenty cause there are some head-the-balls out there taking club teams!!
Whats the rarest thing you've been asked to do at training/ before a match?
AFAIK .... while John Morrision has said he did that - I think you'll struggle to find the Derry players he did it with.
I.e. it never happened.
I know for a fact that he did it with Mayo.
He brought the skip into the middle of the pitch in McHale park.
He could have done it in Mayo - If you're so categoric I'll presume you were there or heard it at least 2nd hand - so fair enough!!!
Another one i just thought of, it was under a decent trainer at this time thou. Anyway, we were doing a fist pass drill and it was goin well. Then a member of the managment shall we call him TD :-\ anyway he said its all fine and well doing a fist pass drill here on a good nite but we dont know what kind of weather we will be up against in Beragh. So he went and took out the hose. we continued with the fist pass drill while TD turned the hose on us.
When we were U14 or U16 our manager pulled the craziest stunt... you wont believe this one.
We were playing a match and one of the lads scored a point kicking backwards. He was twisting and turning and counldnt get the shot off in the normal fashion so he kicked it over his shoulder... and it went over. Pure fluke but he kind of meant it.
You guessed it. We spent about 20 minutes in subsequent training sessions practising it!
Can you imagine for a second, young lads practising soloing towards the posts, turning their back and trying to kick it backwards over their shoulder when nobody was near them? Again, and again...
Needless to say that manager didnt last too long before he was ran!
But we still remember it and look back and laugh! :D
Quote from: AbbeySider on July 24, 2009, 11:58:41 AM
Quote from: JMohan on July 24, 2009, 11:52:56 AM
Quote from: blewuporstuffed on July 24, 2009, 11:26:49 AM
I'm sure alot of you have heard the story about john Morrison making the derry squad walk along a plank over a skip in the car park and getting them to@dump out there negative feelings after a particularly heavy defeat to Tyrone.
Got me thinking about strange/ funny training that you have been made do with your clubs.
there must be plenty cause there are some head-the-balls out there taking club teams!!
Whats the rarest thing you've been asked to do at training/ before a match?
AFAIK .... while John Morrision has said he did that - I think you'll struggle to find the Derry players he did it with.
I.e. it never happened.
I know for a fact that he did it with Mayo.
He brought the skip into the middle of the pitch in McHale park.
As far as I know it did happen with Derry aswell, heard it from a reliable Derry source
Who was the Mayo manager that had lads pushing cars around the field? I don't think the zany stuff is any bad thing as long as it's rare, and is a change from a good, solid training pattern. Keeps things light hearted and interesting, and can be a boost after a bad result.
I can't think of any major weird things in my time, although I considered running around f*cking Croghan Hill fairly weird. I suppose the most out of the ordinary were skills competitions like shooting, passing through tyres, catching a ball suspended on a specially made 'crane' type thing etc. We'd do them every so often, and they were a good laugh, while at the same time exposing faults in the basic skills that could be worked on.
Quote from: AZOffaly on July 24, 2009, 12:24:19 PM
Who was the Mayo manager that had lads pushing cars around the field? I don't think the zany stuff is any bad thing as long as it's rare, and is a change from a good, solid training pattern. Keeps things light hearted and interesting, and can be a boost after a bad result.
I can't think of any major weird things in my time, although I considered running around f*cking Croghan Hill fairly weird. I suppose the most out of the ordinary were skills competitions like shooting, passing through tyres, catching a ball suspended on a specially made 'crane' type thing etc. We'd do them every so often, and they were a good laugh, while at the same time exposing faults in the basic skills that could be worked on.
That would have been 1992. Preparation for the championship under Brian McDonald.
Only 14 had turned up for training and they ran from McHale park to Dunnes carpark as a warm up...
Then the madness... made us the laughing stock of the country
Quote from: full back on July 24, 2009, 12:05:12 PM
Quote from: bingobus on July 24, 2009, 11:44:43 AM
One one for Juveniles to teach them to listen carefully.
Gather them in a corner of field and tell them on the first whistle that they are to turn and run as fast as they can in the direction they are facing and on the second one, they are to turn and run back to you.
The ones not listening or thinking will turn and run like f**k on the first whistle as far as they can. The cute ones will run and jog a little, keeping close to you.
On their return , some of them will have run the lenght of the pitch in a sprint and others have run about 20 yards at a jog.
Its good laugh the one time you can do it and you will probably be able to name the ejits who sprint off before you start.
Does this make me a juvenile
I dont get it :-[
No, it doesn't read as good as it runs in practice.
Its basically ones that don't think out a drill will run like the hare while others will stay close and be cute. With juveniles its hard to get them listening and tuned in, when they realise that they have done more that they needed to have they will listen for the next few drills at least.
Quote from: bingobus on July 24, 2009, 12:34:28 PM
Quote from: full back on July 24, 2009, 12:05:12 PM
Quote from: bingobus on July 24, 2009, 11:44:43 AM
One one for Juveniles to teach them to listen carefully.
Gather them in a corner of field and tell them on the first whistle that they are to turn and run as fast as they can in the direction they are facing and on the second one, they are to turn and run back to you.
The ones not listening or thinking will turn and run like f**k on the first whistle as far as they can. The cute ones will run and jog a little, keeping close to you.
On their return , some of them will have run the lenght of the pitch in a sprint and others have run about 20 yards at a jog.
Its good laugh the one time you can do it and you will probably be able to name the ejits who sprint off before you start.
Does this make me a juvenile
I dont get it :-[
No, it doesn't read as good as it runs in practice.
Its basically ones that don't think out a drill will run like the hare while others will stay close and be cute. With juveniles its hard to get them listening and tuned in, when they realise that they have done more that they needed to have they will listen for the next few drills at least.
But since you told them to run as fast as they can, are the ones who only jog not breaking the rules?
Quote from: TacadoirArdMhacha on July 24, 2009, 12:38:20 PM
Quote from: bingobus on July 24, 2009, 12:34:28 PM
Quote from: full back on July 24, 2009, 12:05:12 PM
Quote from: bingobus on July 24, 2009, 11:44:43 AM
One one for Juveniles to teach them to listen carefully.
Gather them in a corner of field and tell them on the first whistle that they are to turn and run as fast as they can in the direction they are facing and on the second one, they are to turn and run back to you.
The ones not listening or thinking will turn and run like f**k on the first whistle as far as they can. The cute ones will run and jog a little, keeping close to you.
On their return , some of them will have run the lenght of the pitch in a sprint and others have run about 20 yards at a jog.
Its good laugh the one time you can do it and you will probably be able to name the ejits who sprint off before you start.
Does this make me a juvenile
I dont get it :-[
No, it doesn't read as good as it runs in practice.
Its basically ones that don't think out a drill will run like the hare while others will stay close and be cute. With juveniles its hard to get them listening and tuned in, when they realise that they have done more that they needed to have they will listen for the next few drills at least.
But since you told them to run as fast as they can, are the ones who only jog not breaking the rules?
Mightn't have used the word fast actually :o
Quote from: bingobus on July 24, 2009, 12:34:28 PM
Quote from: full back on July 24, 2009, 12:05:12 PM
Quote from: bingobus on July 24, 2009, 11:44:43 AM
One one for Juveniles to teach them to listen carefully.
Gather them in a corner of field and tell them on the first whistle that they are to turn and run as fast as they can in the direction they are facing and on the second one, they are to turn and run back to you.
The ones not listening or thinking will turn and run like f**k on the first whistle as far as they can. The cute ones will run and jog a little, keeping close to you.
On their return , some of them will have run the lenght of the pitch in a sprint and others have run about 20 yards at a jog.
Its good laugh the one time you can do it and you will probably be able to name the ejits who sprint off before you start.
Does this make me a juvenile
I dont get it :-[
No, it doesn't read as good as it runs in practice.
Its basically ones that don't think out a drill will run like the hare while others will stay close and be cute. With juveniles its hard to get them listening and tuned in, when they realise that they have done more that they needed to have they will listen for the next few drills at least.
:o Dont think id be sending my son to training with u
i remember in my minor days doing 12 laps at the start of training then playing a bit of a match , before doing 12 more, with the manager shouting during the laps, 'If its hurting, its helpin' ::)
Quote from: longball on July 24, 2009, 12:06:34 PM
Another one i just thought of, it was under a decent trainer at this time thou. Anyway, we were doing a fist pass drill and it was goin well. Then a member of the managment shall we call him TD :-\ anyway he said its all fine and well doing a fist pass drill here on a good nite but we dont know what kind of weather we will be up against in Beragh. So he went and took out the hose. we continued with the fist pass drill while TD turned the hose on us.
:D That's class because it's true.
Last year, our juvenile's manager decided at the end of training to go get a hammer & nail from his van. He put the nail into the fence at the side of the pitch so that it was sticking out a few inches. He then made each of the lads 'punch' the nail with their open palms. After each of them had done it, he made them take off their gloves and do it again with their bare hands.
At the end he said "Now, if you can slap that nail without gloves, you'll be fit to catch a ball without any gloves" or something along those lines.
A strange one, but it gave the rest of us a laugh
Wasnt it rumoured that Ciaran McGeeney made the Kildare footballers wear boxing gloves at the end of training sessions in his first year in charge and fight each other?