Adopt, Innovate and Improve

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Adopt, Innovate and Improve

• Coaching and Games Administration

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Setting the Scene
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Purpose

• Mix Administrators, Coaches and Officials
• Share ideas
• Learn from other perspectives
• Work together to develop games
• Establish Actions that can be progressed

'Good at talking not so good at dooooooing'
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Importance of Administrative Action

• One can feel that one (coach) is making a
  difference at a micro (club) level. The problem
  of macro change and influence is the greatest
  challenge and it is certainly the most difficult.
  
• To usefully effect such change, the
  administration (County Boards) and administrators
  (County Officials) must be morally and ethically
  committed to seeking the truth (moving forward),
  even if it isnt good for the ratings. This
  unfortunately may be a bit of a dream
• Ric Charlesworth 2001, p54 The Coach Managing
  for Success

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Adopt, Innovative and Improve
The Official
The Player
The Coach
The Administration
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What has been happening? Actions 2003

• ?Too much competition and too much training no
  closed season
• ?Medical impact on young players
• ?Co-ordinated Structures
• Urban Development importance
• ?Fixtures Plan doesnt have an off season
• Strategic Coaching Structures
• ?Long-term Strategic Plans at County level
• ?Calendar of Events coaching / fixtures
• ?County Symposium on Coaching 3/9
• ? Hurling Schools of Excellence

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What may happen? Actions 2004

• You Never know when the goal posts will change.
• Change is inevitable, progress is optional.

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What is happening? Actions 2004

• Add up all the inches and you make a mile
• Success is built on consistency
• Michael Johnston 2004 WCCC
• Behaviour is driven by values, beliefs and
  systems and structures

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Moving Forward to 2005

• Critical Review of Core Underage Strategic Plan
• Case Study Addressing GAA development in and
  Urban Area
• Grass roots Hurling
• Managing Development Sensibly
• Tooling up officials for the future
• Review of our Systems, Structures etc
• Strategic Planning - Forward planning to 2011

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What makes a business successful?

• Leadership through People who can motivate,
  challenge and be creative, who can bring people
  with then in their attempt to make their
  organisation successful.
• Michael Johnston - WCCC 2004

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What makes a business successful?

• The aim of the establishment is to create an
  environment where success is inevitable the
  inches we need are all around us, and when we add
  them up that makes the difference between winning
  and losing you win and lose by inches
• Al Pachino Any Wining Sunday
• Open your mind
• What suits the GAA in Ulster in the 21st Century
• What re the inches we have to make

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TM
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