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An Fear Rua (Editor)	Posted: 16-Sep-2008 15:52	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
An Fear Rua (Editor)	Just in from the GAA Press Office .... On Saturday, September 13th 40 GAA Coach Education Programme Tutors graduated as Tutor Trainers for the next phase of the implementation of the programme. In doing so the GAA are the first National Governing Body in Sport to have their own specifically trained Tutor Trainers. Previously Tutors have been trained directly through the National Coaching and Training Centre, the Limerick based body charged with supporting the implementation and development of Coach Education and Accreditation by the Irish Sports Council. The Tutor Trainer qualification was approved by the NCTC (who have changed identity to Coaching Ireland as of Saturday ) , who undertook the training of the group over 5 weekends since last January. GAA President, Nickey Brennan presented the certificates of qualification to the group together with Coaching Ireland Director Michael McGeehin at the award ceremony in Croke Park on Saturday night. Among the graduates were newly appointed Leitrim joint manager John Morrison, National Hurling Coordinator Paudie Butler, successful Laois underage manager Sean Dempsey, former Meath Manager Eamonn Barry, former Galway hurler Sean Silke, and former Roscommon footballer Paul Earley. The event was organised under the remit of the National Games Development Committee, whose chairman Christy Cooney, thanked Coaching Ireland for their work with the GAA and charged the newly qualified Tutor Trainers with advancing the quality and standard of both Coaching and the Coach Education Programme in the Association. For every Coach Education Tutor trained by the Tutor Trainers, 20 Coaches will be tutored, and through those Coaches, 400 plus players will be coached. GAA President, Nickey Brennan stated that “in this current era, where information on coaching has never been so vast, the Association must endeavour to utilise advances in technology to filter the key relevant information through to more coaches using e-learning and related applications.” The GAA’s Coach Education Programme has seen in excess of 35,000 participants certified at various levels since the early 1990s. At the beginning of this process a group of approximately 20 individuals went to train as Tutors in the National Coaching and Training Centre (N.C.T.C. ) and became the initial Master Tutor Group. Many of this group advanced to Tutor Trainer status through the current process. Foundation Level, Level 1 and Level 2 Courses have been developed in the intervening years since that first group qualified in Limerick and those courses have been added to through a range of coaching workshops that focus on the many coaching related topics that engage our thousands of volunteer coaches up and down the country. Earlier this year, the GAA Fun Do Coaching Resource won the Best E-Learning Product or Course Award at the Digital Media Awards and has been acclaimed by coaches of all levels at home and abroad. Coach Education Tutor Trainers Adrian Hassett Al O`Donohue Anthony Harkin Brendan Harpur Brian Ladden Brian Lotty Cyril Kevlihan Damien Coleman Declan Smyth Denis O`Boyle Eugene Young Frankie Quinn Ger O`Connor Jim Ryan Jimmy Darragh Joe Redington John Morrisson Liam McGreevy Martin Connolly Noel O`Sullivan Pat Moroney Paudie Butler Paudie O`Neill Paul Earley Sean Dempsey Sean Kelly Sean O`Toole Sean Silke Terence McWilliams Tom Quealy Eamonn Barry Eunan McCormack Jimmy D`Arcy Liam Óg Gormley Matt Gaffey Noel Hartigan Pat Moore Peter Horgan Ray Smith Willie Hegarty
theskull1 (244 Posts)	Posted: 16-Sep-2008 16:12	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
theskull1 (244 Posts)	Is this a jobs for the boys activity in every county Looking at the Antrim representatives, I have never seen any of them at a coaching course in North Antrim in my life and I`ve been on a few. One of them never played the game and is now deemed to be good enough to tutor...a career GAA man if ever there was one. A real joke
manfromdelmonte (2,268 Posts)	Posted: 16-Sep-2008 18:00	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
manfromdelmonte (2,268 Posts)	the best players don`t often make the best coaches. similarily, poor players can make brilliant coaches it all depends on the person and their skills. these tutors are only part time - employed when there is demand to run a course
South Limerick Referee (16,613 Posts)	Posted: 16-Sep-2008 20:50	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
South Limerick Referee (16,613 Posts)	I would agree manfromdelmonte, But theres also a case to be made that the best coaches arent necessarily those who have the paperwork and the scrolls Originally posted by manfromdelmonte: the best players don`t often make the best coaches. similarily, poor players can make brilliant coaches it all depends on the person and their skills. these tutors are only part time - employed when there is demand to run a course
theskull1 (244 Posts)	Posted: 17-Sep-2008 09:38	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
theskull1 (244 Posts)	If you`ve never seen the man at a course, if you`ve never seen him looking remotely interested in the coaching element of the game, if he`s never coach a side in his life, then what should we think? He still has the potential to be a good coach?? Agree with the sentiment that you don`t have to be a great player to make a great coach, but you shoulddisplay a passion for the game at all time. The person I`m referring to is a career GAA man and his interests in the game (s ) is a very distant second
Ciaran careys hurling army (1,351 Posts)	Posted: 17-Sep-2008 09:48	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
Ciaran careys hurling army (1,351 Posts)	Originally posted by theskull1: Is this a jobs for the boys activity in every county Looking at the Antrim representatives, I have never seen any of them at a coaching course in North Antrim in my life and I`ve been on a few. One of them never played the game and is now deemed to be good enough to tutor...a career GAA man if ever there was one. A real joke No. The two Limerickmran on there, Noel & Joe, are good and are active.
theskull1 (244 Posts)	Posted: 17-Sep-2008 10:06	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
theskull1 (244 Posts)	Yeah...Ive met Noel & Joey CCHA at courses up here in Antrim Great lads both of them

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