Niall Cafferkey

@HowellsDan @TeamGB Performance

High Performance Planning 📈and a free EBook! This picture represents one of the most high performance strategies I’ve been a part of with @teamgb and the rugby 7s squads. Both in 2016 where we won 🥈 and the 2020 campaign, had one common problem to solve. ➡️Bringing together players from different nations to gel and play at an optimum level over 12 weeks (Rio prep) or 5months (Tokyo prep) The physical preparation was very different for both these campaigns, with different strategies required because the game was different and the players too. What you may be surprised to here is we didn’t fitness test once in the lead up to Tokyo. But we had a specific reason for why. In the 2016 prep we had 34players to choose from, and in 2021 we had 24. Therefore maximising player availability and balancing that against functional overreaching and rotation of players in training looked very different. The way I problem solved and the questions I asked throughout didn’t change though. We needed to know what success looked like at key times: ✅ in competition ✅ in travel ✅ in training We also needed to know the plan, and how we would prepare to adapt it There was also a conscious effort to connect our high performance decisions to a greater purpose as part of a wider @teamgb team - creating relatedness in everything we did. If you’d like to read more about the 10 key principles I use in performance planning, comment “performance” by replying below and I’ll send you a link to a free ebook detailing each principle. 👍🙌🏉

@colingriffin @jb_morin @sscsportsmed @SSCSantry @lamhessUCA @stapsNiceUCA Massive Congrats Colin. Surely a few 🥃to celebrate!

Finally submitted my PhD this week. Quite a journey over the past 5.5 years. Plenty of challenges & stressful periods, but a hugely fulfilling experience! Thanks to my supervisor @jb_morin, my @sscsportsmed @SSCSantry colleagues past & present, & my family for all their support

@naomhmearnog @OfficialSylsGAA Looking good men. Best of luck today 💪

Our intermediate hurlers have a huge week, they face near neighbours @OfficialSylsGAA in the intermediate county final.The game throws in at 4:00pm on Saturday and we urge as many members as possible to make there way to Drumnigh. We wish manager Enda Hoey and the team the best.

@cmcfadden94 @robdugg 🤣 you know it !

@robdugg @NiallCafferkey would be better of in Wexford as well

The distance between each of the eight stadiums being used at the #Qatar #WorldCup but if they were in County #Wexford.

@enda_king @sscsportsmed @SSCSantry An absolute privilege to have worked with you Enda. I am forever grateful for all your support and guidance. The very Best of luck with the new role 💪 make sure to lash on the sun cream !! 🥵

Plenty of nostalgia this wk finishing up with @sscsportsmed @sscsantry after 14 years.Incredibly grateful 2 all colleagues, past & present. It has always been a wonderful place of camaraderie, constant professional dev & clinical excellence.Will be forever indebted to all

Field of legends.... how many legends in this photo @coach_richie @wexfordcamogie

Our last challenge for this week is nutrition based. Here we have Niall back again to explain this one. Best of luck to everyone with their challenges this week, and make sure to keep us updated with your progress by sharing your efforts with us!💛💙

Next up is this weeks fitness challenge shown here by our new signing Niall Cafferkey!

All you need to know about back pain: here are some tips to deal with one of the most misunderstood sources of pain from @MaryOKeeffe007 & @kieranosull @UL @SydneyUni @Aspetar - read more at rte.ie/brainstorm/201…

Delighted 2publish our latest #ACL paper Huge effort by all the team @SSCSantry @sscsportsmed x many years Largest prospective cohort CONTRA ACL inj w biomech Ax 🚨Spoiler No Diff in Strength/Jump Height/COD LSI Sagittal Plane incl stiffness NB! tinyurl.com/2jmv78to 1/3👇

Just posted a photo @ CP Clinic instagram.com/p/CKwgy9jgvjc/…

Exciting times ahead with CP Clinic, Wexford. Almost ready to get started. More details to follow. #rehab #strengthandconditioning #physiotherapy #performance #newbusiness #wexfordbusiness #imhome instagram.com/p/CJ8395EA7jv/…

#JobOpportunity in Naomh Mearnog GAA Club #Jobs #strengthandconditioning #Dublin

This open access 🔓 paper by @tomgoom, published in 2016, takes you on a nice walk through the assessment & management of proximal hamstring tendinopathy. The picture below provides some load tests that may help in the diagnosis of this condition. @JOSPT buff.ly/39hGPv9

@cmcfadden94 @stankyburger 😂 An art in itself!

@stankyburger @NiallCafferkey

Hurlers when they win a free out

@JoeyJMurphy @BristolUni @PessLimerick @PAfH_UL @IPARC_1 @CatherineBWoods Good man Joey, no bother to you. Best of luck 👍

Excited (and a little nervous) to start a new position at @BristolUni this week. Extremely thankful for all the experiences and knowledge I have gained from @PessLimerick, @PAfH_UL & @IPARC_1. Wishing the best of luck to @CatherineBWoods and the team for the future.

@stephen_patt @sscsportsmed Thanks Stephen, setting up with a clinic at home in Wexford. Keep in touch 👍

@NiallCafferkey @sscsportsmed Where you off to Niall? Good luck with it.

The end of an era, its been a fantastic four years working with a world class multidisciplinary team. See you all soon @sscsportsmed. Happy christmas & best wishes for 2021.

@Nickyfarmer8 @sscsportsmed Ruthless 😅

@NiallCafferkey @sscsportsmed Have transfer form to the island ready. You can sign it Christmas Day before dinner. No signature no dinner.

@enda_king @sscsportsmed Thanks Enda, see you soon 👍

@NiallCafferkey @sscsportsmed It’s be a privilege to have had you on board Niall. Very best of luck with the new venture 💪👍