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24 | SPRING 2021 | www.ladiesgaelic.ie SPORTS SCIENCE AND COACHING 24 | SPRING 2021 | www.ladiesgaelic.ie T he 'Be Ready to Play' Coaching and Sports Science Programme, in association with UPMC, is a holistic coaching and performance plan that will be of great benefit to all clubs and codes. Coaches and players, male, female, adult, and youth alike, will have access to educational resources delivered via webinars, website programmes, instructional videos and live online sessions. 'Be Ready to Play' will help with return to training post-Covid in a way that will increase enjoyment, performance, and participation, while simultaneously reducing the risk of injury. The programme is initially tailored to help people be active in lockdown, then progress towards a development phase and a prepare to play phase, before culminating in a prepare to perform phase, which will help players be at their peak for important matches. What makes the 'Be Ready to Play' programme such a great opportunity for those who participate is that they will benefit from the advice and direction from some of the most renowned leaders in the fields of coaching and performance. Areas covered will include games-based coaching, athletic development, psychology and wellbeing, nutrition, performance analysis, skill acquisition and biomechanics, physiotherapy, and injury prevention. This multi-disciplinary programme will be delivered through BE READY TO PLAY PROGRAMME • Fortnightly Athletic Development Programmes. (Instructional Video & Live Sessions). • Monthly Coach education webinars (Gaelic Games Coaching Experts & Guests). • Monthly Sport Science support webinars (Every Sports Science Discipline covered). Go to learning.gaa.ie/bereadytoplay to find out more about this programme.