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Your Gateway to Coaching
Welcome to Duhallow GAA Coaching Resource.
This site is a flexible guide for our community, parents, teachers, and coaches. -
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Adapt drills and ideas to fit your needs.
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Connect with like individuals to share skills and experiences.
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Access a variety of resources, including drills and coaching plans
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Support the development of boys’ girls’ teams.
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Join a collaborative coaching community for innovation and learning.
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Your feedback is essential for keeping resources up to date. Feel free to contact us anytime!
PLAYER PATHWAY
A Player Pathway
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guides coaches, managers, mentors, teachers and parents in developing young players from nursery to 18+ in Sport.
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It offers clear phases, key skills, and player characteristics with a current focus for football, hurling, and camogie—helping every child reach their full potential.
" We don't teach 6th class
maths to 1st class children.....
Same applies to sport !
Don't teach 12 year old sport skills to 6 year old children. "
BUILDING BETTER PLAYERS
STEP BY STEP
A player development pathway helps coaches deliver age-appropriate training, introduce skills progressively, and support steady player growth.
WHAT IS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY
A Player Development Pathway is a structured plan for long-term athlete growth, developing the right skills at the right stages to help players reach their full potential.
WHY DO WE NEED A PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY
A Player Development Pathway helps players reach their potential through age-appropriate training. It ensures clarity at each stage, focusing on essential skills while keeping players engaged for a brighter future in sport.
PLAYER PATHWAY DEVELOPMENT PHASES
We look to the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association), which outlines a 6-phase Player Development Pathway to guide players from their first introduction to Gaelic games all the way through to becoming mentors or leaders in the sport. We have created a clear breakdown for each phase.
Each phase is colour coded throughout the resource.
Positive coaching builds confident players. Encourage effort, celebrate progress,
build confidence.”
INTRODUCTION:
NURSERY 4-7 YEARS
Focus: Fun, enjoyment, and basic movement skills, social interaction & developing a love for the game. No performance or competition pressure is placed on children at this stage.
Goal: Develop agility, balance, coordination, and a love for sport through simple, playful activities.
WINNING IN MY CLUB
18+
Focus: High-level performance and consistency.
Goal: Maximize potential, refine decision-making, and sustain elite performance and leadership at club and inter-county level.
GIVING BACK IN MY CLUB AS AN ADULT