DiscoverCoach's Lab with John MurphyWhat GAA Coaches Can Learn from Professional Soccer | Shane Keegan
What GAA Coaches Can Learn from Professional Soccer | Shane Keegan

What GAA Coaches Can Learn from Professional Soccer | Shane Keegan

Update: 2025-11-28
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What can GAA coaches learn from professional soccer? In this episode, I’m joined by Shane Keegan — UEFA Pro Licence coach, former League of Ireland manager, and Games Manager with Laois GAA.

We dig into how coaching principles transfer across sports, and why the best coaches focus on clarity, communication, and designing sessions with purpose.

What we cover:

  • The biggest lessons GAA can take from soccer

  • How to design sessions around clear objectives

  • Whole–Part–Whole: when and how to use it

  • Player communication and simple, effective feedback

  • “Repetition without repetition” for real skill development

  • Using analysis and data to shape a game model

  • Leadership, relationships, and managing players

A brilliant conversation for any coach interested in improving how they plan, communicate, and create meaningful training environments.

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What GAA Coaches Can Learn from Professional Soccer | Shane Keegan

What GAA Coaches Can Learn from Professional Soccer | Shane Keegan

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