Sports coaching seminar in Clara this weekend
A sports coaching seminar will take place in ASPIRE Performance Centre, Clara this Saturday December 2 from 4pm until 6pm.
Managed by former Offaly senior footballer, sports scientist and strength and conditioning coach Joe Quinn, ASPIRE Performance Centre is a centre of excellence for everything fitness related and caters for athletes, sports teams and individuals just looking to take better care of their personal fitness.
This seminar is part of ASPIRE's education series and is aimed at coaches looking to extend their knowledge so they are better equipped to prepare their teams to perform at their best. The seminar will address both physical and psychological aspects of performance.
Joe Quinn will present on 'Best Practice in Speed Development'. This session will help you to optimise your athlete's speed development over the course of a season.
Sports psychologist Keith Begley will present on 'Performance Anxiety and Performing Under Pressure'. This session will enable you to understand the impact of match day nerves on performance and will also take a look at the experiences of Mayo in Gaelic football over the years.
There will be opportunities for Q&A with both presenters and there will also be opportunities to network with other coaches, while the nominal €10 cost includes tea, coffee and refreshments on the day.
Joe Quinn, a BSc Sport and Exercise Science graduate from University of Limerick, is a highly qualified strength and conditioning professional with almost 20 years experience in elite level sport and general population health and well-being. He has worked as a strength and conditioning coach with numerous inter-county hurling and football senior teams.
He has worked with Westmeath and Sligo senior football teams among others in more recent years. He is currently the strength and conditioning coach with the Offaly U20 hurling team and has also worked as an S&C coach with Leinster Rugby.
Keith Begley is an accredited performance psychologist with the Sport Ireland Institute. Keith has an MSc in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology from the University of Wales and has been involved in lots of successful GAA teams in recent years as a sports psychologist, including the Clare senior footballers, the Carlow and Offaly senior hurlers and the double All-Ireland club hurling winners Cuala, while he has also worked with Irish international boxers through the IABA high performance boxing unit.
Keith has had extensive involvement in GAA coaching locally over a number of years with a variety of Offaly GAA teams and is an Award 2 coach education tutor with Leinster GAA.
This promises to be an interesting event for anybody with a passing interest in coaching sports teams and tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.ie - and search for coach education seminar) or through contacting Joe at info@aspireperformance.ie. Tickets are limited so will be provided on a first come first served basis.