Ger McTavish, National GAA Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Sport Scientist & Performance Coach
Episode #56
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Ger McTavish, National GAA Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Sport Scientist & Performance Coach ***Welcome back everyone to Episode 56.
In this episode i was lucky enough to chat to the phenomenal Ger McTavish .
Ger has been at the heart of some fantastic development work within a number of National Governing bodies ( GAA, Special Olympics Ireland, IABA, Dublin GAA to name a few!) in recent years and has drawn on her unique and wide ranging experience to have a really profound impact on their progress.
From her salt of the earth roots in Connemara right through to her current role with the GAA as the ONLY Diversity & Inclusion Officer in a Governing body in the world she has been a positive influence everywhere she has gone.
This is one of our longest episodes folks as we just got into so many great tangents of discussion so give yourself a couple of days to enjoy and keep the kettle and a fresh notebook close by .!
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In this episode we got to chat about some of the following topics :
-Ger's background & how she got into coaching
- Her GAA roots and starting to become a strong team character
- Why she has felt a draw towards diversity and inclusion in her coaching life across such varied roles ?
- Her favourite coaches.
- The Irish language, Irish culture and its importance in her current role with the GAA.
- Recommendations for athletes to work on during the pandemic.
- Her next coaching step.
- And lots more!!
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To find out more about Ger and to fin out more about her work with the GAA
check out some of the links below.
Ger (Gearóidin) Mc Tavish
@GerMcTavish
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It was a real pleasure to talk to Ger and i really appreciate her taking the time to chat.
Thanks Ger and keep up the great work !
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Until next time folks,
Much Love as always,
Your Humble Coach
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