Niall O'Carroll

Planning is key for Ireland’s World Cup hopes

By Niall O'Carroll / August 8, 2019 /

South Africa have the opportunity of winning an abbreviated Rugby Championship when they face the Argentina this weekend. Obviously this game has relevance because of the fact that on the…

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Lowry stayed in the moment to land his dream

By Niall O'Carroll / August 1, 2019 /

The Open at Royal Portrush was an event to behold. In particular, the tale of two men intimately familiar with the course. Watching the universally popular Shane Lowry conquer the…

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Refocusing triggers are key to elite performance

By Niall O'Carroll / July 18, 2019 /

Resilience is at the heart of High Performance mindset. The ability to respond to adversity by delivering high quality performance is what differentiates the best from the rest. Many coaches…

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Promoting women in sport has to be about more than the players

By Niall O'Carroll / July 12, 2019 /

The father of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, once described women’s sport as an “unaesthetic sight” for the human eye. He described their participation as “impractical, uninteresting and…

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Social media and sport are now inextricably linked

By Niall O'Carroll / June 27, 2019 /

I was asked recently if I had any advice to offer athletes in relation to social media use. This came off the back of the most recent fodder for the…

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Niall O’Carroll On Why “Sporting Culture Eats Tactics For Breakfast”

By Niall O'Carroll / June 21, 2019 /

It has been a year of new coaching announcements in Irish sport. Mick McCarthy has returned as Irish football coach. Graeme Shaw moved on to New Zealand Hockey after winning…

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Limerick’s Focus Solely On Banner Battle

By Niall O'Carroll / June 7, 2019 /

There were obvious plus points for John Kiely and Co on Sunday. Five of six forwards scoring from play, midfield utterly dominant, ten points from the bench and a solid…

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Managers Provide Further Champions League Final Intrigue

By Niall O'Carroll / May 30, 2019 /

In one sense you could argue that both combatants in this weekend’s Champions League Final are failures. In a world that predominantly celebrates outcomes only Manchester City can consider the…

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Munster – Ending the semi final drought

By Niall O'Carroll / May 18, 2019 /

“Quality means doing the right thing when no one is watching” Henry Ford Winning is about more than just simply performing on the day. It is about creating an environment…

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Winning is not a sometimes thing – it’s an all time thing

By Niall O'Carroll / May 16, 2019 /

“Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do…

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