The GAA Performance Podcast

Former Connacht rugby player and American football kicker Tadhg Leader has created a pathway for GAA players from Ireland into the world of American football, and within months of setting up Leader Kicking two underage inter county GAA players have already secured D1 scholarships worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. GAA players are the best in the world at the skill of kicking f

At the top of his field, Dr Patrick Lucey is the chief scientist and Artificial Intelligence team lead at world leading sports data company Stats Perform. They work with PSG, Bayern Munich, Golden State Warriors, the All Blacks and hundreds of other elite teams globally. He tells us the different ways that AI is being used in performance analysis and how it’s changing things and

This week’s podcast is an analysis episode, looking at the evolution of the roving goalkeeper in Gaelic football. Between them, Odhran Lynch and Ethan Rafferty have scored 0-6 (four from play) so far in the championship, assisted 1-6, and in the Ulster final they had almost 100 outfield possessions between them! Why are teams adopting this relatively new tactic, how does it work,

Tony Óg Regan played for the Galway hurlers for 10 years before becoming a leading sports psychologist. He was part of All-Ireland winning teams in Ballygunner, Tipperary and worked with John Kiely's Limerick in 2019. An absolute gentleman, he talks to us about how to tackle dips in form and confidence, visualisation techniques, setting expectations, expressing yourself and te

This week’s podcast is an analysis episode, exploring how Kildare denied Dublin a single goal scoring chance and the job Mick O’Grady and his colleagues did on Con O’Callaghan and the back door pass. Stop that and you’ll go along way to matching up against the Dubs and stopping Con. This will be along the lines of my GAA Statistics column in The Irish Times, with graphics,

Our guest for Episode 5 is Dublin GAA legend Paul Clarke. An All-Ireland winner and All Star as a player, and as a coach a key part of Dublin’s six in a row winning side. Inspiring, loyal and in it for all the right reasons, Clarkey is a coach you would go to war for. He's passionate about improving the individual skills, mindsets and behaviours of players. We get an insight

Physiotherapist and former Dublin hurler Sean McGrath is our guest for Episode 4! He specialises in ACL tears and we are going to dig deep into the injury every player fears most!! - What are the causes of ACL tears? And why do they seem to be more prevalent now?- Best ACL injury prevention? 🤕- The key to a successful ACL return to play?- My own experiences in recovering from A

The best on the planet at his craft, our third guest on The GAA Performance Podcast is world renowned performance coach and kicking guru Dave Alred! He mentored Jonny Wilkinson from the age of 16, has worked with Johnny Sexton for over a decade, he’s worked with Manchester City, Padraig Harrington, the English cricket team, and top GAA teams and players such as Dean Rock! This is

The Master of Marks 🙌🏻 The second guest on The GAA Performance Podcast is Kildare midfielder Kevin Feely. A former professional soccer player, who has returned home to be one of the top Gaelic football midfielders in the country, and in my opinion the best all round fielder of kickouts in the modern game. He talks about the art of fielding, the secret to his jumping ability,

Our first guest is speed training coach Martin Bennett and there is SO much learning in this first episode!! 🙌 Martin's worked with the Waterford hurlers, as well as Offaly and Tipperary. He was Bonner Maher and Tony Griffin's personal performance coach in their breakout All Star seasons, and has since worked with the likes of Aaron Gillane and Paudie Clifford. A superb