Íde Ní Threamhant

I just love how Mark O Connor was ‘allowed’ to be involved with Dingle GAA over the last few months… A few lessons from it (just my own opinion, nothing more) - life is not all about the professional badge! There are other, as important (more important!) things - a happy player is a player who will perform for you - ‘home’ and where you come from really, really matters (to most people) - it’s ok to celebrate an have a good time! Honestly - your teammates matter more to you than your coach or manager - give a player ownership, autonomy, and responsibility, and everyone benefits - when you’re finished, and you look back over your sporting career (bit like life in general), it will not only be the successes you remember & reflect back on, there will be other experiences also - GAA senior inter county set ups (usually managers and S&C coaches) need to chill a bit - elite sport can be fun also. It didn’t have to be all serious, all the time - ultimately sport is just sport. It’s not life & death