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Games-Based Coaching: Do Players Actually Get Fitter?

📩 Sign up for my free weekly GAA coaching insights here: 👉 https://fhs-performance.kit.com/4d870... 📹 Related video: How to Blend Games with Runs in GAA Conditioning 👉    • How Top GAA Coaches Design Conditioning Ru...   📸 Follow Cian O’Dea on Instagram: 👉 @cianodea_sc 💼 Learn about my Youth S&C Consultancy Services: 👉 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W... In this episode of Coach’s Lab, Dr John Murphy chats with Cian O’Dea — Strength & Conditioning coach, Coach Education Manager, and PhD researcher — about the physical impact of a games-based approach to coaching. Cian’s research looks at how training through the game itself can improve players’ fitness, decision-making, and game understanding, and where coaches may still need to “fill the gaps” with targeted top-up work. Together we explore: ⚽ How to design games that build both skill and fitness 🔁 When and how to add supplementary running 📊 What Cian’s studies revealed about aerobic, speed, and power adaptations 🧠 Why enjoyment, learning, and game realism matter for player engagement 🧩 How to balance the science with coaching intuition If you coach at club, academy, or inter-county level, this episode will help you design training sessions that are game-realistic, physically demanding, and backed by emerging research in Gaelic Games. ⏱ Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction 02:00 – What is a Games-Based Approach? 07:00 – The Physical Demands of Games 14:00 – How to Design Games That Develop Fitness 20:00 – Differences Across Age & Gender Groups 25:00 – Limitations: What Games Don’t Develop 32:00 – Topping Up the Missing Buckets 38:00 – Small- vs Large-Sided Games: Which to Use and When 44:00 – Results of Cian’s Intervention Studies 51:00 – How to Blend Runs with Games for Optimal Conditioning 57:00 – What’s Next for GAA Research & Practical Coaching Takeaways 🎯 Watch next: 👉 How to Blend Games with Runs in GAA Conditioning –    • How Top GAA Coaches Design Conditioning Ru...   #GAA #StrengthAndConditioning #GamesBasedApproach #Coaching #AthleteDevelopment #GaelicFootball #Hurling #SportsScience