1. Your ‘Business Plan’ for the year!
Programme Planning
Your ‘Business Plan’ for the year!

2. Ulster Council GAA Level 2 Coaching Programme P.Kerr
Outcomes
By the end of the session you will have
Reviewed key areas of the performance plan
Answered key questions in the planning process
Structured a plan for the season
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Ulster Council GAA Level 2 Coaching Programme P.Kerr

3. Ulster Council GAA Level 2 Coaching Programme P.Kerr
What a load of Jargon!
Macro-cycle
Meso-cycle
Periodisation
Active Rest
Aerobic Training
Anaerobic Training
Cross-training
Off Season
Pre Season
In Season
Reversibility
Rehabilitation
Specificity
Peaking
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4. Ulster Council GAA Level 2 Coaching Programme P.Kerr
Theory v Reality
Ask two different architects to plan the same building and
they’ll agree the basics but not the details.
Ask two different coaches to plan a season for the same county squad
and they may not even agree the basics.
Why?
because of the dynamic nature of coaching and people’s response to it.
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5. Are we really sure what we’re doing?
What should we ask them to do in the off season?
How long is the pre-season?
How much aerobic work must we do?
When do we start anaerobic work?
Is static stretching now abandoned in favour of dynamic stretching?
Can we do everything with the ball?
What about weights? When do we start?
What about peaking?
When do we ‘step up’ the training?
How do we ‘step it up’?
Is speed work kept to the end?
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6. Ulster Council GAA Level 2 Coaching Programme P.Kerr
Your County Needs You!
Task [in groups]: -
PLAN the year ahead
County squad, using a template/frame.
The plan starts when the team has just been beaten in the All-Ireland qualifiers. It is July.
Take the twenty slips
Each has specific detail on types of training or periods of the year.
Use some or all of them to complete your teams plan.
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7. Your County needs you!
Using a template to improve planning and performance
Part of the Assessment of the Level 2

8. Ulster Council GAA Level 2 Coaching Programme P.Kerr
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Ulster Council GAA Level 2 Coaching Programme P.Kerr

9. Ulster Council GAA Level 2 Coaching Programme P.Kerr
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Ulster Council GAA Level 2 Coaching Programme P.Kerr

10. Questions and Observations
Who says I’m
Burntout?
‘Proper planning prevents poor performance?’
‘If you fail to plan you plan to fail’
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11. Ulster Council GAA Level 2 Coaching Programme P.Kerr
Outcomes
By the end of the session you will have
Reviewed key areas of the performance plan
Answered key questions in the planning process
Structured a plan for the season
11/11/2018
Ulster Council GAA Level 2 Coaching Programme P.Kerr