Posted by Stephen Gollogly on 17th Dec 2020
Thoughts, Ideas, Resouces
Posted by Dermot Mc Ardle on 27th Mar 2020
Contextual Defending
Prerequisite Part1
Part2
Part 3
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Posted by Dermot Mc Ardle on 12th Dec 2019
Defending against the Mark
How Would You Defend Against The Mark?Somebody asked this question yesterday. They were referencing the new "mark rules", and being a defender in the full back line.Here was my reply - In general, you
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Posted by Dermot MC Ardle on 25th Oct 2019
Everyone's a Free Taker
With the introduction of the Advanced Mark in Gaelic Football, the game has fundamentally changed.In the stroke of a pen, everyone is now a free taker.No doubt coaches up and down the country will be
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Posted by Dermot Mc Ardle on 4th Sep 2019
Johnny Cooper got caught....
Defending is all about context. The proper defensive position in one game is not necessarily the proper position for the next game, even if the situation looks the same.In last weekend's All Ireland F
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Posted by Dermot Mc Ardle on 16th Aug 2019
The Goal That Beat Mayo 2019 Part 2
There have been alot of comments from people saying that nobody could have defended that goal. Lee Keegan is as strong and athletic as Con O Callaghan, so it had to come down to poor defending or smar
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