Rebel Óg Coaching Club Football Skills Development Programme


Rebel Óg Coaching today announced details of our club football skills development programme which will see over 5,000 boys between the ages of 12 and 14 showcase their skills in a county wide competition involving 150 clubs.

Club coaches are invited to host a kicking skills competition in their local clubs with the 3 highest scoring players advancing to Divisional finals, with the winners contesting the County Finals in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in May. The initiative is being generously sponsored by Co-Op Superstores.

Speaking at the launch, Liam O’Flaherty Head of Agribusiness Dairygold had the following to say “Through our retail division, Co-Op Superstores is hugely connected with the GAA community in parishes across Cork. We are looking forward to being involved with Rebel Og Coaching for another great competition this year. People Development is one of Dairygold’s core values and we are delighted to extend the opportunity to young aspiring footballers in Cork to develop their skill set. We wish all participants the very best of luck.”

Cork Football Development Manager, Conor Counihan outlined “this initiative will help focus on the development of the basic skills of kicking with the left and right foot, while also providing a focus for players who may not have had reason to practice these skills off season.” He is excited to work once again with Co-Op Superstores as sponsors and while the competition was hit by Covid, it will once again become an exciting annual event in the calendar.

Clubs across the county are asked to hold their own internal competitions at U12, U13, U14 and have their club representatives nominated for the Divisional Finals being held on the 14th May. The County Finals will be held on the weekend of the 21st May in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Each club will be asked to nominate 3 players from each age group to represent their club, it is team event with the combined scores of each team member being counted.

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Kick Out Coaching Workshop SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday 19th February

A kick out coaching workshop will take place on Saturday 19th February at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh from 9:00am to 11:00am. The workshop is open to all club coaches and it will be presented by former Cork footballers Alan Quirke, Graham Canty & Mark Collins along with current Cork footballer Ian Maguire.

The main areas covered during the workshop will be:

  • Winning kick outs
  • Team based tactics and approaches to kick outs
  • On field coaching demonstrations

Cork GAA Development Squad Appointments 2022

Following the success of our underage teams in both codes over the past three seasons, with five All Irelands won at Minor and U20 level, Cork GAA are pleased to propose a number of incoming managers at development squad level for the coming season. All will join the coaching pathways now in place at these levels and each will go before our upcoming County Committee meeting for approval.

Ray O’Mahony (Eire Og) is proposed as Cork U16 Football Manager. Ray is originally from Dublin, playing his club football with Kilmacud Crokes, while also lining out for Dublin at Minor level. Since moving to Cork, he has been actively involved with his adopted club at underage level and more recently with their Intermediate / Senior teams. He has been involved with development squads for a number of years and is currently with the Cork U20 footballers as goalkeeping coach.

Micheal O’Sullivan (Carbery Rangers) is proposed as Cork U15 Football Manager. He has played a leading role in his club Carbery Rangers’ rise from Junior football to Senior ranks, as both player and manager, while also winning a County Senior title with Carbery. The highlight of his inter-county career was winning a National league and Munster football championship medal in 1999, while also lining out in the All Ireland Final in the same year. He has coached his club successfully for several years and more recently has been involved with development squads in the West Cork region.

Kieran Murphy (Sarsfields) is proposed as Cork U16 Hurling Manager. A Cork Senior Hurler from 2003 to 2011, with All Irelands at both Minor and Senior level, Kieran also has vast experience in preparing teams at adult and underage level. He was a key part of the Cork Senior Hurling management team from 2017 to 2019 having worked with the Cork U21s and development squads in the past.

John Meyler (St. Finbarr’s) is proposed as Cork U15 Hurling manager, overseeing the four regional squads in 2022. John brings a huge amount of experience to this role having managed and coached at all levels of the game including the Cork Senior Hurling team from 2017 to 2019.  He previously worked at development squad level with the group that formed the All Ireland winning U17 team of 2017.

Ger O’Regan (St. Finbarr’s) is proposed as Cork U14 Hurling manager and will oversee the regional structures at this age group. Ger has previously coached his club team at Senior level and first-hand experience of Cork development squad structures having worked with teams for several years, coaching the same group from U14 to All Ireland Minor success in 2021.

 

All managers listed are in the process of recruiting selectors, coaches and support teams at the respective levels.

We are delighted to welcome all on board.

Football Goalkeeping Workshops

Football Goalkeeping Workshops

Following on from our webinar series back in may we now plan to run a series of Goalkeeping sessions during July & August.

We will be focusing on the main principles of Goalkeeping as featured in the webinars:

• Kick outs

• Shot-stopping

• Handling

• General footballs skills

• Communication & Organisational skills

These sessions are primarily focused on educating juvenile coaches across the county so they can design and deliver specific goalkeeping training for young players across the county.

Players are welcome as well of course but these particular sessions are not intended to be player-centred so please bear this in mind when registering. We will be doing some examples of practice drills but these will be designed to illustrate ideas for coaches.

The times and venues for the sessions are listed below. Please register in advance as there will be a limit of 20 places on each session. Each session will commence at 4pm and end at 6pm.

Date Location
07th Aug St Vincents
14th Aug Mallow
21st Aug Aghada
28th Aug Boherbue

Register through the following form