Meath GAA Strategic Review; 2012 (pdf) - Croke Park

appropriate legislation requirements and guidelines in jurisdictions in which we operate.
Club-Coaching officer
We will ask each club to appoint its own club coaching officer whose main role will be to promote best practice
in coaching and games development in the club.
Harmonise games development
We will harmonise games development and fixtures up to and including minor level to ensure a more balanced
games programme is in place for all our players.
Respect Initiative
We will roll out the GAA Respect Initiative which promotes respect and discipline for players towards match
officials and each other.
Qualified coaches
We will meet the national and provincial coach education targets to make sure every player is coached by a
person qualified to the appropriate level.
Academies – Schools of Excellence and Development Squads
We will aim to provide quality coaching for leading club players in all age groups from u/14 to u/17 through
Development squads. We will maintain squad sizes and rotate players with a target of 24 per squad for
hurling and 48 per squad for football.
Recreational Games
We will roll out the new GAA recreational games, which will provide players an opportunity to play our games
in a non-competitive and recreational environment.
Schools Initiative
We aim to give assistance to schools in promotion of Gaelic Games by providing trained personnel where
required. We will ensure that the Second Level Schools Committee functions in accordance with our aims by
providing a quality coaching programme for our Second Level schools.
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