2024 Level Up Coaching Skills Conference
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The conference is aimed towards coaches of all levels, from participation to high performance, and will focus on skill acquisition through sessions with speakers and discussion and collaboration with coaches from other sports...
Eddie Soens at Irish Cycling Training Camp in 1982
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Paddy Doran — R.I.P.
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It’s with great sadness to announce the death of Paddy Doran, he was a true stalwart of Irish cycling. Paddy suffered a medical emergency in his home and passed away a short time later Beaumont Hospital on Saturday morning...
How to Recover and Get Major Benefits from the Ras
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Paddy Doran
The 2012 An Post Ras has been another very competitive Ras, with high speed stages each day by tough and fit cyclists, great crowds spectating, a great Sponsor and a very welcome sunny week...
PEAKING FOR THE EASTER STAGE RACES
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Paddy Doran
This article is written for senior and junior riders of all categories who want to be at their best physically for the Easter stage races. These are great events and very exciting and challenging so its important that you train as well as possible for them...
SAFE RACING
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Paddy Doran
While crashes and falls are a natural hazard of bicycle racing, the aim must be to minimise the number of crashes and severity of the consequences of any crashes that do occur...
Deliberate Practice The Flanagan Brothers s Super Session
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Paddy Doran
It's great to see a race for Ned Flanagan happening in next Sunday. Mention of Ned reminded me of a conversation I had with his brother Paddy when he was still racing very well...
SPRINTING, DEVELOP THE WINNING SPRINT NOW
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A lot of our races finish in a sprint either from a small group or a bunch finish, so having a good sprint will pay good dividends over a season...
WHAT TYPE OF CYCLIST ARE YOU?
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Paddy Doran
Have you ability to really excel in some other discipline than you already compete in? Cycling offers a wide variety of disciplines. Top cycling coach Paddy Doran explains...
EARLY SEASON TRAINING ADVICE
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Paddy Doran
What have Alberto Contadore, Andy and Frank Schleck, Lance Armstrong, Miguel Inurain, Stephen Roche, Sean Kelly, Eddy Mercx and Jacques Anquetil got in common? They all did it!