Joe O Connor

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Registration is now open! Join us at the ISESA Conference 2025 on 22 & 23 May at SETU Waterford for an engaging programme featuring expert keynotes, discipline-specific sessions, and an elite athlete panel discussion. 🔗 Register now: buff.ly/3QlUmrD

This is going to be a great conference. No doubt it will sell out and be a great gathering of the whole sport & exercise science community of Ireland

@Athletics_MTU @HayleyCHarrison @irishathletics @CorkSports @corkindo @CorkCitySports @MTU_ie @MTUarena @MTU_CorkSU @MTUCork_Sports @AthleticsCork @runningincork Thanks for the invite down Craig 👍

🏃‍♂️MTU Sports Seminar Series🏃‍♂️ 💪Implementing Real World S&C with @RunJOC 👏Thank you to Joe for giving us an essential guide to S&C 🙌Learnings for people from all sporting backgrounds 🏆1 more seminar to go. The Coach Athlete Relationship with @HayleyCHarrison on March 12th

Next SHPRC Seminar 19th Feb @7pm in @PessLimerick with Dr Mikey Kiley, Head of Athletic Performance at @connachtrugby & multiple All Ireland winner with @LimerickCLG. Seminar will cover 'Guiding Principles in Amateur and Pro Sport'. Register for FREE: eventmaster.ie/event/4RKwi4rF…

Such an interesting discussion facilitated by @RunJOC this evening at our @IrishSESA event discussing all aspects of 'burnout' considering athletes and their support teams. @comyns_tommy opened the event announcing the 1st annual ISESA conference (May 23rd/24th '25 SETU ) 🎉

🌟 Tomorrow's the day! If you’re already signed up: we can’t wait to see you at 6:30pm! Not registered yet? There's still time – grab your free ticket now! isesa.ie/news/fireside-…🗓️ TUS Thurles Campus, Conference Centre, Eircode: E41 PC92.

🎉 Today, we celebrate 1 year of ISESA! What a journey it’s been since 2023! Thanks to our amazing board, committees, our admin, and YOU - our community! 💚 💪 20 podcasts, 20 blogs, 9 webinars, and so much more to represent & advance S&E sciences. Here’s to year 2! 🚀 #ISESA

🔥 Meet Our Final 2 Panelists at the Fireside Chat! 🔥 Jason Cowman, Head of Performance Support @FAI, and @ABSPhysio 's Gráinne Donnelly, join us to share their insights. Don't miss this interactive in-person discussion and register.

“I was thinking, ‘Oh, it doesn’t matter now if I don’t go to bed early.’ Now I’ve realised I need to put on my own mask first.” On Nov 14 members of the sport and exercise science community (@IrishSESA) will gather in Thurles to talk, and prevent, burnout irishexaminer.com/sport/otherspo…

🔥 Meet 2 of Our Panelists at the ISESA Fireside Chat! Want to hear what pros like @JessieBarr247 and @ToniRossiter23 have to say about well-being and resilience? Gain practical tips on sustaining performance, managing stress, and preventing burnout. isesa.ie/news/fireside-…

Upcoming live webinar on "REDs: what is new?" In this webinar, @jlAreta, @ProfNeilWalsh, and I will explore REDs as a model. We will challenge low energy availability as the sole factor for REDs and discuss alternative explanations. Secure your space now: bit.ly/MSSAWEB19

Exercise volume or intensity: which is more important for promoting training adaptations? 🫀🫁 A recent meta-analysis explores this question & provides evidence on how training variables influence mitochondrial content, capillarization, and VO2 max. Let’s explore. 👇🏼

The @irishexaminer article highlights the burnout challenges among practitioners who often put athletes first. @RunJOC & @JessieBarr247 emphasize self-care to prevent mental & physical exhaustion. 🔗 Read more & register for the event on isesa.ie/news

@CiDeely @EamonnFlanagan I think it’s really exciting from a sports science perspective. Don’t know from a traditional football perspective though

No I agree with that, completely (and that’s v interesting re Joe Schmidt). The GAA world is perhaps not there yet, so a lot of responsibility falls back on the S&C coach. Obviously technical coach and S&C need to dovetail together, and you’re right- a high level coach should be the main driver. GAA coach ed (with a new one being rolled out) has a lot of catching up to do in this area. @DeasunO & others have had a big role to play in this recently. It needed updating badly As an aside, I think the 3v3 inside players will be more focused on either max sprints/high end accels/decels…or a player who is more stationary who can physically dominate their player /the arena Will perhaps lead to more positional differentiation in players- in both physical capacity, power, and makeup

One thing for sure from tonight’s games…the S&C coach is going to become the most important person in the set up We need to be careful with that I think the gap between the best (Div 1) and the rest is going to grow & grow

@EamonnFlanagan @CiDeely I agree with you and @CiDeely Eamon and I would add that the communication between S&C and Technical Coaches will be the most important factor. They can collectively look at the demands and as you rightly say, the skills coach can deliver the stimulus via game specific drills

@CiDeely Great insight. But one would hope coaches can drive the adaptations needed for these specific fitness qualities. Shouldn't just be the domain of the S&C coach. Joe Schmidt is the best fitness coach I've ever seen. Demands beyond game intensity in game specific drills / play

Really looking forward to this event in Thurles. Hopefully I’ll meet many familiar faces from industry as we come together to discuss longevity and wellness of the practitioner

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