“This is now changing how we think about things.” Lorcan McGee is a physiotherapist from Monaghan who was working at the Birmingham Royal Ballet, helping dancers with their recovery. One dancer he had treated was coming back from a serious knee injury, and although he was getting her so far, when the resistance was really […]

4 years ago

“If I’m spending all my time focusing on the ball coming into my feet, then I’m missing out on opportunities.” The ‘Chin up Goggles‘ are a product used by lots of teams in different sports, with the idea being that if you obstruct the player’s vision correctly, it will help them advance other skills. Of […]

4 years ago

“You end up giving a lot of it away.” Let’s face it, for those on the outside looking in, the free gear is probably embarrassingly high up in our list of priorities when it comes to wanting to represent our county.  We see them on TV, hopping off the bus in the latest quarter zips […]

5 years ago

Never have northerners had the right to feel so smug over their southern siblings, especially when it comes to the GAA. Gaels from the six counties were out yesterday evening with a hurl in their hand, a ball under their arm and a spring in their step. The craic flowed but so did the excuses, […]

5 years ago

We have been starved of the ball, destroyed our kitchen floors with burpee-related accidents and exhausted every 5km trail in Ireland. However, at long last the return to GAA training is within the grasp of those O’Neills gloves you got for Christmas, but still haven’t had a chance to wear. The north of Ireland’s clubs […]

5 years ago

“Career-ending stuff!” For the first time since he broke into Munster’s senior squad, almost 11 years ago, Peter O’Mahony has had the opportunity to rest up his body. From 2009 onwards it had been relentless. Even off-seasons were never truly ‘off’. Players would go on summer breaks for two or three weeks and take it […]

6 years ago