Girls, allowed
⏱️ Estimated read time: 5 minutes by Maurice Moroney 3 years ago I found my camogie mad 9 year old daughter in the kitchen on a Saturday morning in sports gear and boots. Camogie was over, and my shock doubled down when I heard she was off to soccer, having never shown any interest in it before. Her return from first training was accompanied by a question: “they are training with the older girls, they need coaches for her age group, would you help?”. Having played competitive football right up to my 30s I thought my days of pulling on football boots were over, but the thought of giving something back to the game I love had me standing on St Annes pitch the following saturday morning So now, 3 years in, the first year of competitive football is behind us (or almost),and I thought it would be useful to capture what I've learned about coaching girls specifically, and fair to say I feel like I've learned as much, if not more, than I feel I've thought the girls. Its probably ...