Setanta College

30/10/2026

Performance on the pitch has to sit at the centre of the programme.

That means the work around the team has to connect back to how they want to play, train and perform.

In this clip, Ed Slattery, Head of Athletic Performance with Ireland Women's Rugby, explains why playing style, training identity and the demands of the game should shape how the wider performance team operates.

Watch the full webinar, 'Aligning Athletic Performance to Game Strategy' at www.setantacollege.com/webinars

29/10/2026

We’re pleased to welcome MyCoachly as an exhibitor at the Setanta Coaching Conference 2026: Developing Players, Teams and Coaches.

MyCoachly is an AI-powered performance analysis app built for coaches and analysts, allowing live match events to be recorded through voice commands directly from the sideline.

As the game unfolds, coaches can speak naturally into their phone and have player statistics and tactical KPIs updated in real time, reducing the need to look away from the action to manually input data.

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the MyCoachly team, see how the platform works and learn more about how voice-based analysis could support their own coaching and performance environments.

📅 Saturday, 14th November 2026
📍 GAA National Games Development Centre, Abbotstown, Dublin
🎟️ Tickets: setantacollege.com/events

https://www.mycoachly.io/

28/10/2026

“One of the most valuable lessons I have taken from the programme is the importance of individualising training. Every person has different goals, abilities, lifestyles and needs, meaning there is no single approach that works for everyone.

I wanted to build a career where I could provide guidance based on scientific evidence rather than trends or misinformation.”

Arianna Domenech, personal trainer and student on the BSc in Strength & Conditioning, discusses her journey from the Swiss Alps to online coaching and her experience of studying with Setanta.

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Arianna Domenech grew up in the Swiss Alps, where sport was central to life from an early age. A former competitive figure skater who has since turned to tennis, running and coaching, she now works as a certified personal trainer. She is a student on the BSc in Strength & Conditioning with Setanta

27/10/2026

The RYPT team will be exhibiting at the Setanta Coaching Conference 2026: Developing Players, Teams and Coaches!

RYPT is an athletic development platform that helps coaching and performance teams manage programming, communication and athlete monitoring in one place.

Built to support coaches working across teams, clubs and organisations, the platform helps bring different areas of athlete development together and makes it easier to deliver programmes consistently at scale.

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the RYPT team, see the platform in action and learn more about how it can support their own coaching and performance environments.

📅 Saturday, 14th November 2026
📍 GAA National Games Development Centre, Abbotstown, Dublin
🎟️ Tickets: setantacollege.com/events

27/10/2026

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Highlights from the first couple of days of our Undergraduate student conference!

Insights and practical application with students from Daniel Courtney, Brenda Bannon, Dylan Kenny, Mark Synott and PJ Wilson!

23/10/2026

We’re excited to welcome VALD as an exhibitor at the Setanta Coaching Conference 2026: Developing Players, Teams and Coaches.

VALD provides technology for human performance, supporting practitioners across areas including testing, monitoring and athlete development.

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the VALD team, see their technology up close and learn more about how it is being used across performance environments.

📅 Saturday, 14th November 2026
📍 GAA National Games Development Centre, Abbotstown, Dublin
🎟️ Tickets: setantacollege.com/events

22/10/2026

Our Undergraduate Student Conference gets underway this weekend! 🎓

From 25th–27th October, Setanta students will come together at the GAA National Games Development Centre, Abbotstown, for three days of learning, discussion and practical insights from those working across sport and performance.

We're looking forward to welcoming an excellent group of practitioners, including PJ Wilson, Dylan Kenny, Brenda Bannon, Mark Synott, Daniel Courtney and Brendan Murphy.

Another opportunity for our students to connect with fellow learners, engage with experienced practitioners and build on their online learning.

We look forward to seeing everyone there!

21/10/2026

"Playera are not trainers, they're called players for a reason."

The closer training reflects the reality of the game, the more useful it becomes.

Stephen Aboud discusses the importance of how sessions are designed, to the decisions coaches make around planning, analysis and preparation.

For coaches, the challenge is not simply to complete the session as planned, but to continually ask whether the work being done is relevant to what the game actually demands.

Download the full webinar at www.setantacollege.com/webinars

20/10/2026

Our next session for the Setanta Coaching Conference 2026: Developing Players, Teams and Coaches will see Stephen Rochford explore ‘Developing the Environment Behind Team Performance’.

Stephen will look at the role coaches and backroom teams play in shaping the environment around a group, with a focus on leadership, standards, culture, clarity and how staff and players work together day to day.

Drawing on his experience across elite Gaelic Games, the session will examine how a well-aligned coaching and support team can help create consistency, shared direction and stronger team performance over time.

📅 Saturday, 14th November 2026
📍 GAA National Games Development Centre, Abbotstown, Dublin
🎟️ Tickets: setantacollege.com/events

19/10/2026

"What I've enjoyed most about studying with Setanta is how directly the content applies to my day-to-day coaching. I love learning something in a lecture or reading something in a piece of research and immediately writing it down to share with my athletes or peers. I also really value the flexibility. Having a flexible structure and supportive lecturers who understand the coaching commitments has been incredibly important.

The lesson that has helped me the most is realising just how much impact a coach has through their communication and body language. On competition day, my calm and confidence can become theirs, so I now treat my own presence as one of the most important coaching tools I have."

Clarice Tighe recently served as Head Coach of the Irish Powerlifting team at the Western European Championships in Malta, where the team claimed two silver and four bronze medals, with both the men’s and women’s teams finishing 4th overall in Europe. Below, Clarice discusses her coaching journey and her experience of the MSc in Applied Sport & Exercise Psychology with Setanta.

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Clarice Tighe is a powerlifter, an accountant and a coach who has represented Ireland in a coaching capacity 15 times at World and European Championships. Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at 21, she turned a shift in perspective into a coaching career that now spans her own business, a senior natio...