Roger Keenan

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Roger Keenan

• Talent ID Profiling Players, Progressing
  Talent, Producing Stars 14-18 Years

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Outcomes

• Where are we now?
• What are we looking for in talented players?
• Why what should we measuring?
• What is an exceptional development environment?
• Assessment/Profiling What How?
• The Mental Profile coach-ability the 80 in
  the mind

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Where are we now?GAA Performance Ladder

• 
  Sports Institute

Ireland
Provincial
Senior
Sigerson
EXCELLENCE
Talent ID
Senior
Under 21
Minor
PERFORMANCE
Under 18/21
Ulster Under 17
PARTICIPATION
Under 14 / 16
Development Squads
Under 10 / 12
FOUNDATION
Regional Squads International / Provincial
County, Higher Education Development Squads
Nursery/Participation
School Club
Provincial Strategy
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Nature verses Nurture?
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Research

• Recent Studies of Track Field Sports have
  shown that many athletes identified at 14-16 are
  not making it through! Why?
• Poor Talent ID Systems incorrect criteria no
  confirmation criteria!
• Biological Development (Relative Age Theory)
  Physical (Dont look for what is but what might
  be)
• Lifestyle Choices Priorities
• Poor Talent Confirmation System no
  progression/feedback
• Hunger Some believe that they have arrived

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Relative Age Theory

• Gaelic Relative Elite Age Theory - some Gaelic
  players may miss out on a spot at the top level.
  This is simply due to the month that they are
  born on. Development difference greatest at
  U14/U16.
• Even when groupings are limited to 1 year
  categories, e.g. U15 U16 U17 U18, development
  differences can be great. In such cases players
  born in January and December will have almost a
  year difference in their age.
• Ulster Elite Squads U16 7 times more people
  born in first 3 months than last 3
• 3 out of 4 born in first half of the year

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Age factored performance

• Taking the elite squad and testing their
  performance in several areas the result was that
  the older players outweighed the younger always
  proving age is a factor.
• Question Do we take a short term view of what is
  rather than what might be???

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Current Methods for Talent ID

• The Process of Identifying Talent
• Scouting/observation
• Trials
• Blitz
• Club Games
• Referral/Clubs, Schools, Coaches
• Training Camps
• Current Form
• Profiling/ Benchmarking (IRFU)

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Task 1 - Why Profile ?

• To establish a baseline for team/individuals
• To inform our training programme for
  team/individual
• To establish the critical success factors
• To monitor the effectiveness of our training
  programme
• To motivate players team
• To establish norms for physical, technical, and
  psychological development
• To develop a pathway for success What should a
  talented 24 year old look like?
• To embrace best practice

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Reasons for Assessments

• A Functional screen can be used to assess
  competence in general dynamic movements.
• A Fitness assessment can identify general
  capacities of agility, endurance, flexibility,
  speed, strength and power, and relate these to
  body composition.
• A Skills assessment can identify technical
  proficiency and bi-lateral transfer in developing
  players
• Assessments are therefore used to
• Establish each players strengths, weaknesses and
  priorities for development
• Help maximize the sports potential of each player
• Monitor team/player fitness progress
• Determine the effectiveness of the training
  programme
• Monitor individual player response to
  training/playing
• Ensure that a player is fit to play

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Task 2 Talent ID Criteria (Sheet 1)

• What we are looking for in talented players?
• Can it be accurately measured?
• How can it be measured?
• How do we check for progress?

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What to benchmark? (Assessment)
Physical Based Assessment Why? Skills Based
Assessment Why? Functional Based
Assessment Why? Characteristics of
Winners Why? Training Load Social
Diary Why? Record Keeping
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Talent Player Profile
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Functional Movement

• Used to scan general posture review of previous
  injury
• Exercises used to identify flexibility, mobility
  and / or stability issues
• Exercises include overhead squat, in-line lunge,
  double hurdle-hops and active straight leg raise

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Typical range of movement from other disciplines
(prior to entry to The Institute)
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The GAA Player poor flexibility and mobility
due to over use and poor programme structure
(prior to entry to The Institute)
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Interpretation Talent Confirmation

• Meaningful changes should be highlighted
• Compare percentage differences
• Comparisons within positions may be useful
• Compare results with benchmark data
• Provide individual feedback to players in the
  form of a hard copy of their results
• Realistic individual targets should be set for
  each player using their scores

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Eg. Team Summary Football U16
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Eg. Team Summary Hurling U16
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Summary

• The initial assessment is used to establish the
  strengths, weaknesses, and priorities for
  development for each player, allowing an
  individualized programme to be prescribed.
• This represents a baseline level and further
  evaluations allow the effectiveness of the
  individualized training programme to be
  determined.
• Although sports performance is multifaceted,
  improvements in functional movement and physical
  fitness should facilitate enhanced performance
  during competition.
• For any structured yearly training, the coach and
  sports physiologist should decide on and plan all
  testing dates in advance. Generally appropriate
  testing times are at the beginning and end of
  each training phase, allowing assessment of the
  effectiveness of each phase. The coach can then
  use this information to plan the next training
  phase at both the team and individual level.

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Skills Profiling
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Agility Ball Control
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Speed and Ball Control
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Moving Punt Pass
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First Touch - Fielding
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Kicking for Scores
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Task 3 (Sheet 2)

• What are the key aspects of a good training
  environment?
• Are they evident in your club/county?
• Which ones are missing?

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Minimise distractions to sports performance while
preparing for achievement beyond sport
Impact on Performance
Other
Education
Sport
Desired Performance
Relationship Network
Employment
Health
Environment
Finance
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Player centred, coach driven
Personal Support (family / friends)
Performance Analysis
Technical Development
Tactical Development
Coach
Athlete
Lifestyle Management
Mental Toughness
Core Strength
Sports Science
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The key areas of athlete preparation
Lifestyle Management
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Profile model (coach-ability)
Coach
Mental Toughness
Constructive Evaluation
Learning Style
Motivational Working Traits
Mindset
Player/Athlete (Coachability)
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Talent that fails
To maximise your potential you need to have the
mental capabilities to deal with setbacks and
successes The mind messes up more performances
than the body Jimmy Bolt
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Constructive evaluation
Constructive Evaluation
one of the characteristics of a top player is
that they are able to deliver a genuinely honest
assessment of their own performance and
ability Arsene Wenger
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Self-Awareness
Simply put, it means having an understanding not
only of your own strengths limitations, but
also of psychological functions People with a
strong self awareness are realistic, neither
overly self critical nor naively hopeful. Rather
they are honest with themselves
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Talent Profile
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Mindset
Mindset
I want to win all tournaments, but being the
best me thats a little more important Tiger
Woods
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Mindsets

• A Mindset is a belief
• Fixed Mindset (FMS)
• Growth Mindset (GMS)

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Fixed Mindset
Commonly found in talented individuals Symptoms
of a FMS Labelling Low effort syndrome This is
the path of stagnation!
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Growth Mindset
Aware that talents can be developed Abilities
are build over time Coach-ability Above
average but not always the most genetically
talented This is the path of opportunity
success
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Mental Toughness
Mental Toughness
Without addressing the mental deficiencies we
are limiting the chances of producing
professional footballers Jose Mourinho
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The 5 Internal Cs

• Inner Competitiveness, Inner Commitment
• Control (Emotion Life)
• Challenge
• Confidence (Abilities Interpersonal)

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Inner Competitiveness, Inner Commitment
The body should never tell the mind it is tired,
the mind has the strength to out will and Push
the body General George Patton
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Confidence Commitment
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Motivational Working Traits
MW Traits
its important that I am able to establish the
right level of communication, this is very
important for successful management Arsene Wenger
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Language Behaviour (LAB)

• Purpose is to help coaches gain a higher level of
  performance in your players
• Through
• Understanding the individual by identifying their
  motivational and working traits through the
  players language

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Learning Styles
Both players coaches need to be
aware Ultimately we are teaching players to
play football, if we are not aware of learning
styles can we effectively maximize their
learning Coaching should enhance learning not
get in the way of it
Learning Style
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How styles of Coaching can affect learning
Data from many research projects
Told, shown with your input
Told
Told Shown
Recall after 3 weeks
70
85
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Recall after 3 months
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65
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Individual Mental Skills Training
Athletes report, during competition mental
attitudes account for 80 of their success. Few
training programs train their athletes to control
their mental attitudes Mindmapping T-CUP/Thought
stopping Positive Reflection Mental
imagery Influencing language Team Talks/Training
sessions Bio-dermal feedback training Turning a
Skill into Skill Resilience
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The brain is like a muscle, the more you work on
the inside the more it shows on the outside
Coach
Mental Toughness
Constructive Evaluation
Learning Style
Language Behaviour
Mindset
Player/Athlete
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The Role of the Coach
THE EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT COACH Improving
players performance through high quality
coaching Key outcomes of a player
centered approach 1. Increased self awareness 2.
Increased self reflection 3. Increased
responsibility and understanding of their own
performance development The coach has a
clear responsibility to the players and
the Development programme to help create
a coaching and learning climate that must be of a
higher standard than the player receives back in
their own club or school environment. Effort and
commitment are obvious prerequisites to success.
However, they are not enough on their own
the players development will largely depend upon
your coaching methodology and the
effective delivery of game related knowledge and
skills.
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Guiding Philosophy
When winning is kept in perspective sport
produces children who enjoy being skillful, who
strive for excellence, who dare to risk error
to learn and who develop with practice and
constructive feedback. When winning is kept in
perspective there is room for fun in the pursuit
of victory the pursuit of victory is fun Geoff
Gleeson - The growing child in competitive sport
Hodder Staughton (1987)
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