Performance analysis is important for both players and coaches. For players, it provides motivation and highlights areas for improvement. Coaches use video analysis to deliver feedback on performances and show motivational clips. The roles of coaches and managers are different but interconnected - coaches arrange training while managers oversee organization and man management. Defenders who are aware of threats, stay on their feet, and mark tightly are preferable to mark. For attackers, being decisive in front of goal, creating space, and awareness of teammates are keys. Setting goals for training, matches, weaknesses and skills is important. Winning takes a clear vision, gameplan, team commitment, positivity, and focus.

2. Role of Performance Analysis
The Players view

3. Role of Performance Analysis
How important is it for players
• Understanding your performance
• Motivation
• Pen & Paper data - players dismiss the information too easy
• The video doesn’t lie
• Team meetings
• One to one coaching points with a coach and a player

4. Role of Performance Analysis
The coaches role in delivering feedback on players performances
• The delivery of feedback on your performance from your coach
• Benefits of video analysis – motivational video clips to watch before games
• Seeing is believing - Highlights areas of weaknesses to improve on in training

5. Coaching and Management
The difference

6. Coaching & Management
• Together – They must identify a system/gameplan that will suit their squad.
• Manager
• Keep control and organize everything/everyone
• Man management of 30-40 different personalities
• Create a clear vision of where he see’s his team going
• Communicate his plans
• Team bond. Togetherness.
• Coach
• Arrange training sessions that corresponds with the gameplan
• Explain every drill in full and why they are doing it
• Goalkeepers, Defenders, Midfielders, Forward drills
• Ballwork

7. Defenders
What type of defender I liked to
mark and what type I did not

8. Ryan McMenamin

9. Michael McCarthy

10. Karl Lacey

11. Defenders – Good & Not so good
First 5 minutes will tell you what you need to know about the guy you are on.
• A defender that stays on his feet
• Don’t commit to the tackle too soon – Timing, Near hand
• Marking tight and in your face constantly
• Talking to your opponent
• Fast player and good reader of the game
• Strong upper body
• Aware of where the danger is - Needless fouling

12. Forward Play
Decision making in front of goals
and movement

13. Attacking play
• Being decisive in front of goals is the key
• Making yourself available – 5 to 6 runs
• Creating space
• Ball winning ability
• Simple options – Fisted point
• Awareness of team-mates
• 1st thought always correct
• Ruthless when opportunity presents itself
• Quick hands – Peter Canavan & Kieran Donaghy

14. Set Plays
Sideline, Free, Throw ball,
Kickouts, etc

15. Set plays
• Dedicating time at every session involving all playing members
• Players knowing where and what they should be doing
• Other sports – Rugby, Soccer, AFL, American Football
• Realizing the importance of the set play
• Retaining possession – Encourage the kick
• Top teams do it
• Winning and losing of most matches

16. Target Setting
My experiences from training,
International Rules, County and Club

17. Setting your goals
• What’s the difference between training goals & match day goals?
• Movement
• Discipline
• Weaker side
• Tracking back
• Covering space
• Blocking
• Shooting
• Team-player
• Catching
• Communication

18. Winning
What it takes.

19. Winning
• Having a clear vision as set by the manager and the player
• Game-plan
• Team
• Commit to improve – Extra sessions
• Confidentiality
• Self belief
• Positivity
• Knowledge of opponents
• No obstacles
• Tunnel Vision