Joe O'Connor is a lecturer in health and leisure in MTU Tralee and has been the S & C coach for All Ireland winning hurling sides Clare in 2013 and more recently Limerick in 2018 as well as working with other inter-county GAA teams along the way. As well as his athletics background, Joe is currently working with golfers as well as elite Irish equestrian sport and people will probably be familiar with him from his role as referee on the popular RTE show 'Ireland's Fittest Families' for 5 years.

He chats here about his concept of 'over-sciencing' - a term he coined for coaches who make things more complicated than they need to be. He talks about the priorities for under age coaches and lessons he's learned along the way.

I've set up this podcast with a dual purpose in mind, firstly to provide some thoughtful debate for coaches, but I've also linked up with Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin, to try and help raise much needed money for them.

Covid 19 continues to have a hugely negative impact on their ability to raise funds in the ways they normally do, so if you found some value in the podcast, it would be great if you could donate anything, no matter how small to Temple Street Children's Foundation through the link here: https://bit.ly/39857sS

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