1:31 Joey Boland introduction

Background and experience

4:10 Where Joey�s passion comes from and who influenced it

Early years and family life

Spending holidays in North Tipperary

Going for the games

6:08 Host�s memory of his early life and attended matches

6:51 Growing up in Dublin vs. living in the countryside

Appreciation for hard work and nature

7:55 Meaning of Gaelic heritage

Quality control of coaching

Looking for possibilities for expansion

9:10 How are players training during the quarantine

Different approaches in different teams

Lack of schedule, and possibly motivation to practice without having specific games planned

Need for players� special preparation after the lockdown

Need for players attention to the body during the period of no games

14:30 Inter-country managers� approach to players after the lockdown

Players using free time for personal things

Healing injuries

15:45 Championship 2020

Lack of possibility to fill the stadium (no vaccine, no way to manage)

Financial aspects of preparation of inter-county team

Challenge of keeping discipline within the teams

18:45 Proper consulting for players

No guarantee that the players will be able to play

A difficult choice for players not wanting to expose their families to virus infection

Importance of sports to society after the lockdown

20:21 Memories of the first senior game

Lack of confidence

Building own philosophy and tactics

Struggles in young age and getting more experience through years

22:23 Creating and teaching a young team

�We got a little tougher on them first 2 years because we had to.�

23:43 Working with managers

Becoming a vice-captain

Being a fanatic about the sport: arrogance, trying different tactics

Creating a cause

26:06 Creating culture

Importance of respect towards managers

Managing a diverse team

�Once you have everybody on board going in one direction, you will get results�

28:30 Discussion about Final in 2013

�We gave everything that we could.�

Psychology of momentum

30:29 �Dublin Hurling� brand

Initial positive approach and difficulties later

Motivation during a period of lost games

Mistakes of the past and lessons for the future

Loyalty to poor performance

Need for appropriate processes

36:20 What needs to be done so that Dublin wins in Ireland

Impact of society on young players

Building motivation based on the impact of culture and society during a player�s early years

39:23 Discussion about Kilkenny and Dublin development process

Division of board�s focus between football and hurling

�Do you want performance, or do you want engagement? And engagement is the number thing for GAA�

42:33 Retirement from sport and loss of identity

Admitting the end of a career

Challenge of admitting weaknesses

47:12 Discussion about lack of senior hurling clubs in Dublin

Financing problems of clubs

47:39 Outstanding players

Physical aspects and impact on technique and player�s capabilities

Modeling best players

Health problems and impact on player�s career

Memories of specific games and meetings

51:55 Coaching experienced players

Difficulties

Experience of coaching young players

Motivating older players

�You need to create a bit of a competition��

58:14 Services offered and change of business during virus

On side services, something for every age

Investing in body

Focus on corporate clients

Offer for podcast�s listeners

Athletic development platform

Possibility for athletes to understand their own body

Innovation during of period of crises

1:05:00 Steps to learn about an individual or a team

Analyzing strengths and leveraging on them

1:06:13 Pareto principle in teams

Role of a player in a team

Impact of a player on other players� behavior and a team�s performance

1:08:47 What to look at in players

Skills and readiness for continuous learning

Physical aspects

Soft skills

1:10:31 Using analytics and technology in sports

Opportunity to learn and focus on specific goals

Possibility for improvements of tactics

Future of technology and its usage

1:13:28 What should players focus on in a specific age

Importance of feedback

Focus on an individual at first and later on a team and an individual�s role

1:15:22 Preparation of a player during the lockdown

Importance of structured life

1:16:37 Preparation of intra-country team

Evolution of a team members structure through the years

1:18:20 What could improve the game

High catch

Players position on a pitch

1:20:15 Discussion about a hand pass

GAA looking from an entertainment point of view

�GAA wants the game to look clean, entertaining, and safe.�

1:22:12 How to help players to realize their potential

Importance of increasing a player�s confidence

1:24:45 A performance advice

�If you don�t address them, then injurers will slow you down and have an effect on your performance�

�Invest in your body and look after yourself, so the rest will look after itself.�

1:25:52 Advice for young players