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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
€3m cost to train the county teams
“HAVE we lost the plot?” asked John Prenty, in his report to the annual convention of Connacht GAA Council, in Claregalway, last Thursday. The provincial secretary was referring to what he called the “enormous expense” of training Connacht’s county teams which in 2009 alone, he estimates, “cost almost €3 million”, writes Anthony Hennigan.
“Almost all teams now have a coterie of different types of experts involved with them drawn from physiotherapists (two or three), dieticians, sports psychologists, athletes, training experts, etc. Most of those have been drawn in from other codes and seem to come at enormous expense. An industry has been set up around county teams which is not reciprocated by Gaelic games coaches being involved with teams in other codes,” wrote Prenty.
“I would have to ask is it working? Is it paying off ? Have we lost the plot? Have we an inferiority complex about our own ability to coach our games, despite having the best-developed resources in the world,” he continued.
“I think that it is time to get back to the basics to what Gaelic games are about, catching, kicking, scoring, team play. Maybe we should look at the programmes being adopted by the successful teams in hurling and football and return to our core values. From a coaching perspective we have engaged with our county boards to help out in this area but our initiatives will take some time to be accepted," added the Ballyhaunis man.
Satisfied that the experimental rules – with the exception of the fist pass – currently in operation for the National Leagues are operating satisfactorily, John Prenty said that Connacht Council would be forwarding a motion to National Congress which seeks to clarify the position of the fist/hand pass.
Among the many changes to the Connacht Council Executive, Mayo’s Jerry Henry and Sean MacEil and Sligo’s Joe Taaffe and Eamon Mullen completed their terms as delegates.
The new delegates of both counties are John Hopkins and Willie Kelly (Mayo) and Joe Queenan and Timmy McGrath (Sligo) respectively.
Joe Taffe replaced Michael Holland as provincial treasurer.
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