Our very popular Summer Camps for children aged 5-12 are back for Summer 2024! This year we have 4 weeks of camps: Week 1: 15th – 19th July Week 2: 22nd – 26th July Week 3: 29th July – 2nd August Week 4: 12th – 16th August All bookings will be done through ClubZap https://ballyboden.clubzap.com/productsWe are…
Coaching
Q1 has been a busy period for Coach Education in the club and this has involved both formal and informal initiatives. Tommy Dunne, Mick Bohan and Paudie Butler ran our informal workshops, while in this period we have also hosted the Award 1 Football Course and ICGG (Introduction to Coaching Gaelic Games) Course. Thanks to…
Over 50 coaches were involved in a joint LGFA/Football workshop with Dublin Senior Football Manager Mick Bohan, which took place last Saturday in the clubhouse. Mick gave a wonderful insight into his time involved with the Dublin senior football team,with DCU and of course his current role with the Dublin Ladies senior football team. The…
Under the leadership of Paul Waters the official launching of Goalkeeping Academy took place on Monday 26th for Gaelic Football and LGFA Youth Goalies. Paul Waters gave a presentation themed “Roll of a Goalkeeper” to over 40 goalkeepers plus Coaches on the night. The Academy will be a learning experience for both the players and…
**Notice** Due to upgrades in the gym starting Monday 6th November, the gym with have limited equipment in use until the refurbishment finishes on Friday 17th November. The gym will still be open during this refurbishment apart from Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th when it will be closed for health and safety reasons. Thank you…
At the Hurling review meeting in November 2022, one of the priorities identified was to support our local Primary and Second Level schools in promoting Hurling and Camogie. We are now calling on some coaches to support this initiative. We are looking for coaches to commit to 6 weeks in one of our local schools….
The last of our Summer Coach Education series took place last Friday on the All Weather pitch and this time it was the turn of LGFA and Gaelic Football. The two main themes of the session were tackling and support play. The workshop was aimed mainly at the U13 to U16’s coaches with 21 coaches…
We are delighted to bring the “Ballyboden St Endas Festival of Football & Hurling” to our juvenile boys for July 2023. This is a huge opportunity for all of our players to participate in weekly internal tournaments and enjoy lots of games in the sun (hopefully!). There will be weekly games for each age…
85 of our Ladies & Mens football coaches gathered at 8am last Saturday morning for our Gaelic Football & LGFA Communities of Practice seminar. The aim of the session which was held in St Colmcilles National School, was develop a framework for how we coach & prepare our football and ladies football teams. The seminar…