Humans of Gaelic
Conversations with experts, coaches and players, exploring elite performance in S&C and the GAA.
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Championship nutrition mistakes | Avoiding heavy legs | Truth about carb-loading (opens the original)
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Join 7k+ athletes - Gaelic Games S&C, Performance and Coaching newsletter: https://portal.humansofgaelic.com/newsletter What should carb-loading actually look like for a GAA player? Can dehydration really explain calf cramps? And what should you eat after a late training session when you have no appetite? Performance dietitian Eva Hoey ( @evahoeynutrition ) joins Kevin to explain how players can fuel properly during the club championship. Eva has worked with Dublin hurlers, Ballyboden St
Sports psychologist behind Dublin's 5-in-a-row | Why teams collapse under pressure | Danger of 'gurus' (opens the original)
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Join 7k+ athletes - Gaelic Games S&C, Performance and Coaching newsletter: https://portal.humansofgaelic.com/newsletter Why do talented teams suddenly collapse under pressure? Can players train concentration in the same way they train strength or speed? And are GAA teams taking risks by hiring unqualified people to deliver sports psychology? Anne-Marie Kennedy has spent more than a decade working in elite sport, including roles with the Dublin footballers, Galway footballers, Clare hurler
Sleep coach for GAA | Stop chasing perfect sleep | The 8-hour myth (opens the original)
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Join 7k+ athletes - Gaelic Games S&C, Performance and Coaching newsletter: https://portal.humansofgaelic.com/newsletter Should you always go to bed at the same time? Is eight hours a myth? And why is your sleep tracker maybe doing more harm than good? With club championships now in full swing, I sat down with Emmett Lynch, a professional sleep coach trained in cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia, to break down what's actually happening when GAA players can't sleep before or after a bi
Inside a county footballer's mind | Visualisation & journaling | Meeting Djokovic (opens the original)
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Join 7k+ athletes - Gaelic Games S&C, Performance and Coaching newsletter: https://portal.humansofgaelic.com/newsletter What does two years in the AFL system actually teach you that you can bring back to inter-county football? Why is a call-out culture one of the hardest things a squad can build, and why does it matter so much? And what was it really like sitting in a room with Novak Djokovic listening to him talk about discipline? Sligo footballer Luke Towey joins the podcast this week to br
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