Everyone dreams of winning the big games, but we all have to start somewhere and learning the basic skills should be the most important thing for any boys and girls playing in school, with their clubs or even at home.
The GAA offers a series of fun-based exercises to develop children's movement skills – progressing from basic movement skills to basic motor skills to fundamental movement skills: Agility, Balance, Coordination, Running and Jumping, Throwing, Catching, Passing, Kicking and Striking.
These skills form the basis of sport-specific skills required to play Gaelic games.
A series of short Movement Breaks that can done in the classroom or outside. This resource was developed as part of the GAA's involvement in the Moving Well-Being Well research initiative.
Teachers can read all about the initiative here:
In response to the onset on COVID-19, a range of specifically designed social/physical-distancing-appropriate movement skill activities have been developed as part of the GAA Activity Planner: Select 'Social Distancing Friendly’.
All exercises aim to contribute to the development of children’s wider holistic development and wellbeing.
There is huge amount of resources available for teachers in all the links below:
AND you can also check out our article about the GAA Activity Planner here: ACTIVITY PLANNER
