How Fundamental Movement Skills Impact Sports Skills with Brian O'Boyle

09/08/2025 57 min

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🎯 Grab the In-Season Speed Guide for GAA Coaches (€29):https://fhs-performance.kit.com/products/gaa-in-season-speed-guide📬 Join the Free Email Newsletter for Coaches:Weekly coaching tools, insights & resources → https://fhs-performance.kit.com/4d8709e773Episode Title:Improving Movement Skills in Teenage Girls – w/ Brian O’Boyle (@PALM_Ireland)In this episode, I’m joined by Brian O’Boyle — primary school principal, PE lecturer, and former senior intercounty camogie coach — to dive deep into how fundamental movement skills (FMS) can still be developed in the teenage years, especially among female GAA players.We explore the findings from Brian’s recent 20-week intervention with U14 development squads, where structured FMS sessions led to measurable improvements in both movement quality and camogie-specific skills.This one is full of practical takeaways for club and county coaches working with young players — from how to design warm-ups with purpose, to how movement skills can help reduce dropout and injuries.🧠 Topics Include:Why hopping, jumping, and landing matter more than we thinkThe link between movement skills and game-specific skills like strikingHow to embed FMS into GAA sessions without losing game timeStrategies to boost confidence and retention in teenage girlsWhat Brian learned from his coaching, teaching, and academic experiences📲 Follow Brian on Twitter: @PALM_Ireland🎧 Subscribe, share, and leave a review if you found this helpful.

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