Pod: a journey into Performance Psychology
We talk to performance psychologist Gerry Hussey, and ROG & Fez talk Champions Cup and Johan Van GraanHello. It’s been a while. See you soon.
Things have taken the place of my writing time. So I thought I should write about them.Some Edward Tufte…
The Corrib Cops: Propriety and Piety
Son, you’ve the touch of a rapist– Not uncommon dressing-down delivered by some soccer coaches in these islands when one of the young men in his charge has failed to control a football with the elegance required.
Over the past couple of days the Irish airwaves, newspapers and social networks have seen the condemnation of a group of gardai who, after having arrested two female Corrib gas protestors, joked about rape while in the garda car on the way to the station.… Read more...
We’ve had some bad refereeing in recent weeks but…
…the end to tonight’s St. John’s vs. Rutgers NCAA basketball game in the US of A takes the biscuit. Watch on…
Icebreaker Swans…
An trek from Irishtown to Harolds Cross involved the mocking of traffic, the taking of relief in a number of hostelries en route, and the noticing of a group of swans doing some icebreaking.
Yes.
Icebreaking.
Paris, Henry and a Nation Dumped on its Arse
We recently had the anniversary of “Henry Day”. It passed me by a little, I’ll admit, because there’s plenty of stuff to be worrying about which is probably more important than a silly football match, let alone the anniversary of one.
But then that thought itself reminded me of something I wrote last year after I arrived home from Paris. … Read more...
Will the Irl/Arg match go ahead?
Lots of snow around Ireland today, even here in Dublin, and it’s well below freezing right now (-6 degrees according to the thermometer). I was up very, very early driving back from the airport and happed to be going past the Aviva stadium. Photos below of a few of the main approach routes for the crowd – Bath Avenue, Shelbourne Road and Lansdowne Road itself.… Read more...
Bad image management…
So we had the press conference tonight; B&B Enterprises announcing that we were officially asking for help.
Help for where, exactly? From the screenshot it would appear that we are already merely a province of Europe…
There was a Tricolour on stage, of course, but it was to the extreme left of the podium; its green, white and goldness was visible only to those who tuned in at the very start and end of proceedings. … Read more...
