{"id":402,"date":"2009-10-15T21:00:27","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/?p=402"},"modified":"2009-10-23T10:12:47","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T09:12:47","slug":"hurling-books-related-to-a-golden-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/?p=402","title":{"rendered":"Hurling Books Related to a Golden era"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hurling<\/a>

Hurling Pioneers Ned Power, Fr Tommy Maher & Dessie Ferguson, Gomanstown 1970<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s strange that mor<\/span>e has not b<\/span>e<\/span>en publish<\/strong><\/span>ed<\/strong> on th<\/span>e pion<\/span>e<\/span>ering work that was carri<\/span>ed out by a small f<\/span>ew in th<\/span>e Gormanston<\/strong> training camps from 1965<\/strong> until th<\/span>e lat<\/span><\/strong>e 1970s<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Th<\/span>es<\/span>e camps w<\/span>er<\/span>e s<\/span>et up at th<\/span>e instigation of th<\/strong><\/span>e GAA pr<\/span>esid<\/span><\/strong>ent<\/strong> and th<\/span>ey w<\/span>er<\/span>e <\/span>ess<\/span>entially th<\/span>e first att<\/span>empts at d<\/span>ev<\/span>eloping coaching<\/strong> in th<\/span>e organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Th<\/span>e only proviso, how<\/span>ev<\/span>er, was that th<\/span>e word “coach” or “coaching<\/strong>” was not not to b<\/strong><\/span>e us<\/span><\/strong>ed<\/strong> u<\/span>nd<\/span>er any circumstanc<\/span>es. This would b<\/span>e too much of a comm<\/span>ercial approach and would not b<\/span>e tol<\/span>erat<\/span>ed by th<\/span>e mor<\/span>e traditional <\/strong><\/span>el<\/span>em<\/span><\/strong>ents<\/strong> within th<\/span>e organisation – both play<\/span>ers and administrators. Furth<\/span>ermor<\/span>e, th<\/span>er<\/span>e w<\/span>er<\/span>e many GAA m<\/strong><\/span>emb<\/span><\/strong>ers<\/strong> who actually <\/span>beli<\/span>ev<\/span>ed that hurl<\/strong><\/span>ers w<\/span>er<\/span>e born and not mad<\/span><\/strong>e<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This, quit<\/span>e frankly, sounds crazy in today’s cont<\/strong><\/span>ext<\/strong> wh<\/span>er<\/span>e coach<\/span>es ar<\/span>e <\/span>employ<\/span>ed prof<\/strong><\/span>essionally at club l<\/span>ev<\/span><\/strong>el<\/strong>, oft<\/span>en g<\/span>etting a coupl<\/span>e of hundr<\/span>ed <\/span>euros p<\/span>er s<\/span>ession in a bizarr<\/span>e sort-of gr<\/span>ey mark<\/span>et.<\/span><\/p>\n

Th<\/span>e m<\/strong><\/span>en of th<\/span><\/strong>e Gormanston camps<\/strong> had to us<\/span>e th<\/span>e pr<\/span>ef<\/span>err<\/span>ed t<\/span>erm “training” to d<\/span>escrib<\/span>e th<\/span>e r<\/strong><\/span>evolutionary work<\/strong> that th<\/span>ey did.\u00a0 In th<\/span>e b<\/span>eginning (aft<\/span>er th<\/span>e initial footballing camp)<\/span>, th<\/span>er<\/span>e w<\/span>er<\/span>e <\/span>thre<\/span>e: Fr Tommy Mah<\/strong><\/span>er<\/strong> of Kil<\/span>k<\/span>enny, Doni<\/strong><\/span>e N<\/span><\/strong>ealon<\/strong> of Tipp<\/span>erary and D<\/strong><\/span>essi<\/span>e F<\/span><\/strong>erguson<\/strong> of Dublin.\u00a0 Th<\/span>ey w<\/span>er<\/span>e join<\/span>ed in th<\/span>e s<\/span>econd y<\/span>ear by two mor<\/span>e including my fath<\/span>er N<\/strong><\/span>ed Pow<\/span><\/strong>er<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Front<\/a>\u201cMy Father: A Hurling Revolutionary, the life and times of Ned Power<\/strong>\u201d is out on paperback at the end of November 2009.\u00a0 Click here<\/a> for further information, pre-order<\/strong><\/a> and excerpt.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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