1. Positive Management and Communication
Liam Sheedy
Caroline Currid

2. Managers and Players
Communication +
Teamwork

3. Old Style
Selectors +
Players

4. US V’s Them

5. New Model
Manager +
Backroom Team +
Players

6. Key Characteristics Excellence Trust Positivity Constant Improvement
Common Goals
Equality

7. Get everyone in the circle at maximum performance
Main Goal
Get everyone in the circle at maximum performance

8. Reality is: Managers asks: “ Well Dave. How are things? “
Players response:
“Grand”
Girlfriend is gone
Lost my job
Confidence is low
Groin is killing me

9. Player is not performing to the level that you have come to expect!
What are the signs?
Player is not performing to the level that you have come to expect!

10. What happens if: No one speaks to him??
If you give out to him about his performance?

11. Who can help
Management
Performance Coach

12. Managements Response Ask him why he feels he’s not performing
Focus on his positives
Focus on what’s holding him back
How can we get him back to his best

13. “ Taking you from where you are to where you want to get to”
Performance Coaching
“ Taking you from where you are to where you want to get to”

14. Objectives
Confidence
Limiting Beliefs
Positive v’s Negative Language

15. On the day of competition
% Physical ??
% Mental ??

16. Having Confidence: Seeing what you want to happen
Lack of Confidence: Seeing what you don’t want to happen

17. Lacking Confidence
Why do some people have confidence in their ability and others lack confidence??
How do we as coaches help to build confidence??

18. Conscious side
Subconscious side
Present Moment
Memories

19. Don’t Think Of A Pink Elephant
Positive Language
Don’t Think Of A Pink Elephant

20. We HAVE to play well today
Effect of Language
We HAVE to play well today

21. Encourage Mistakes No such thing as perfection Expect to make mistakes
We cannot learn without making mistakes

22. In Business, people work for people

23. In Sport, people play for people

24. Does Aidan O’Brien mange horses or people????

25. How would you like your players to describe you influence on their playing career???

26. Positive or Negative

27. How you interact with your players will determine this

28. The choice is yours

29. To be a manager is a privilege Enjoy every minute of it

30. Go Raibh Maith Agaibh