The Players' Advice (Paperback)

Do you play GAA?

Do you feel there’s something missing from your game?

Do you want to improve as a player and athlete?

The Players' Advice is a compilation of guidance aimed at you, the player, to give you the tools and disciplines to improve and excel in your code. With advice from over 100 of the top footballers, hurlers and camogie players in a range of areas such as gym, nutrition, routine, lifestyle, skill development, mindset and preparation.

Features players from goalkeeper to full forward from every code, and from nearly every county in Ireland. Advice and tips cover a broad range of areas - from nutrition to rest days to a player's mental attitude to training and match days. Selected images throughout.

Table of Contents

Introduction 

THE GOALKEEPERS’ ADVICE

Brendan Kealy

Eoin Murphy 

Shane Curran 

Brendan Cummins 

Gary Connaughton 

Aoife Murray 

Niall Morgan 

Enda Rowland

Ciara Trant 

Alan O’Mara 

Colm Callanan 

Shaun Patton 

Eibhear Quilligan 

THE FULLBACKS’ ADVICE

Jonny Cooper 

Cathal Barrett 

Shane Enright 

Domhnall O’Donovan 

Ger Cafferkey 

James Barry 

Bríd Stack 

Dan Morrissey 

Neil Patrick Collins 

Eoghan O’Donnell 

Sinéad Finnegan 

Paul Curran 

Chrissy McKaigue 

Diarmuid O’Sullivan 

Cathal McCarron 

Paddy Stapleton 

Leah Caffrey 

Pamela Mackey 

Keith Higgins 

THE HALFBACKS’ ADVICE

Tommy Walsh 

Eoin Murchan 

Ryan McHugh 

Brendan Bugler 

Tiernan McCann 

Elaine O’Meara 

Aaron Kernan

Tony Óg Regan 

Aidan O’Mahony 

Ken McGrath 

Ger Brennan 

John Conlon 

Gavin White 

Mark Foley 

Philip Jordan 

Chloe Sigerson 

Kevin Cassidy

Seán Powter 

THE MIDFIELDERS’ ADVICE

Noel McGrath 

Gary Brennan 

Paddy Keenan 

Shane McGrath 

John O’Loughlin 

Colm Galvin 

Fiona McHale 

Kevin Feely 

Rena Buckley 

Conor Ryan 

Sarah Rowe 

Briege Corkery 

Jarlath Óg Burns 

Tom Parsons 

Derek Lyng 

Enda Smith 

THE HALF-FORWARDS’ ADVICE

Mattie Donnelly 

Podge Collins 

Paul Finlay 

Liam Óg McGovern 

Ross Munnelly 

Denise Gaule 

Graham Geraghty 

Diarmuid Lyng 

Paul Kerrigan 

Dónal Burke 

Fergal Conway 

Amy O’Connor 

Declan O’Sullivan 

Martin Clarke 

Lyndsey Davey 

Neil McManus 

Vikki Wall 

Derek McNicholas 

Jason Doherty 

Fintan Kelly 

David Treacy 

Eimear Scally 

Oisín McConville 

THE FULL-FORWARDS’ ADVICE

Eddie Brennan 

Conor Mortimer 

John Mullane 

Mary O’Connor 

Paul Morris 

Paul Broderick 

Andrew O’Shaughnessy 

Tomás Quinn 

Zak Moradi 

John Heslin 

Miriam Walsh 

Paul Geaney 

Conor Cooney 

Michael Quinlivan 

Kieran Donaghy 

Eoghan O’Gara 

Aidan Fogarty 

Neil Flynn 

Ciara McAnespie 

Brian Carroll 

Dean Rock 

Graeme Mulcahy 

Conclusion 

Acknowledgements 

Picture credits

Marty Morrissey is an Irish sports commentator and television presenter.
He regularly presents high-profile sports events for RTÉ Sport, such as the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and Olympic Games.

Mick Bohan is the current Dublin Ladies football manager. He has worked as a coach with multiple Dublin teams including Development Squads, Minors, u21s, Men, Ladies and with the Clare Footballers. Between underage, colleges, men’s and ladies’ football, he has played a part in winning fifteen national titles.
One of the leading coaches in the country, he has transformed the Jackies into a powerful force, winning four All-Irelands in a row.