Inter-county manager and life-long sports coach Mike Quirke is joined by a wide range of people from various high performance, coaching and management roles across the world of sport to pick their brains on all they've learned from working at the elite level.
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.14 | Answering your questions
For the final episode of the podcast Mike takes questions from the listeners and gives his insights into all your coaching queries. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
8/24/2021 • 33 minutes, 53 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.13 | Patrick Harding - Performance coach: Formula one, pro boxing and more!
Mike's last guest on the podcast is performance coach Patrick Harding. You may have seen him working closely with Formula 1 driver Alex Albon in Netflix's Drive to Survive, but that isn't his only role, he also works with elite boxers such as Michael Conlon, amongst others. He tells Mike about all he's learned in his still growing career across a multitude of sports. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
8/17/2021 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 4 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.12 | Ray Boyne - Performance analysis explained
One of the top analysts in the country, Ray Boyne joins Mike Quirke on this week's episode. First starting with the Dublin minors in the 2003, he has worked with multiple senior inter-county set-ups since, including the All-Ireland winning Tipperary hurling side. He gives plenty of insights from such a successful career and also explains some simple ways that coaches can use basic analysis to help kids continue to improve in whatever sport they are playing. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
8/10/2021 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 27 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.11 | Barry Solan - Arsenal FC first team strength and conditioning coach
Co. Mayo's Barry Solan is Mike's guest this week. As Arsenal's first-team strength & conditioning coach for the last six years, he shares his knowledge from working at such a high level and also reveals what it's like behind-the-scenes at an elite Premier League club. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
8/3/2021 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 25 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.10 | Jonny McMurtry - Coaching insights from Rugby Australia
Joining Mike this week is Jonny McMurty. Originally from Northern Ireland, he currently lives in Brisbane Australia where he has been coaching high-performance age-grade rugby for almost 10 years. He is also currently working with the University of Queensland and Rugby Australia to look at players' engagement and understanding the requirements for successful motivation. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
7/27/2021 • 56 minutes, 36 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.9 | Ann Downey - The case for camogie and how much coaching has developed
Kilkenny camogie legend Ann Downey joins Mike for episode nine. She talks through her journey from player to coach and manager, how her philosophies like complete honesty and 'happy person, happy player' guided her coaching journey and her desire to see more former female players taking up management roles. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
7/27/2021 • 50 minutes, 35 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.8 | Alan Ringland - Exploring the psychology of sport
Mike Quirke is joined by sport psychology lecturer Alan Ringland. He takes us through his wish for coaches to engage in more deliberate play as opposed to deliberate practice, he breaks down the different priorities for coaches and discusses provoking player-led discussion within your team. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
7/20/2021 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 12 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.7 | Joe O'Connor - Keeping strength & conditioning effective and in perspective
Joe O'Connor joins Mike this week. Currently a lecturer in health and leisure at MTU Tralee, he has also been the S&C coach for All-Ireland winning hurling sides Clare in 2013 and more recently Limerick in 2018. Despite coming from an athletics background, Joe has now too ventured over into the worlds of golf and equestrianism. Some may also be familiar with him as the referee on Ireland's Fittest Family for 5 years. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
7/13/2021 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 19 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.6 | Nick Potter - High performance at Duke basketball
This week Mike is joined by Nick Potter, director of High Performance and Sports Science at Duke University men's basketball. Working with one of the most legendary coaches in basketball Mike Krzyzewski - better known as Coach K - Nick gives an insight into the elusive world of college sports in the States. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
7/6/2021 • 48 minutes, 11 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.5 | Derek McGrath - The importance of evolution
Waterford's Derek McGrath is this weeks guest. Having played inter-county hurling the whole way up from underage right through to senior, he tells Mike about transitioning from player into managing the team he loved so much. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
6/29/2021 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 17 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.4 | Dave Power - A journey through golf coaching
Dave Power is the PGA club pro in Tralee golf club. He joins Mike this week to discuss his journey from receiving a golf scholarship to an American university to finding his path coaching players of all ages on surrounded by the beauty of County Kerry. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
6/22/2021 • 47 minutes, 1 second
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.3 | Bernard Jackman - Lessons learned from amateur to professional
Former international rugby player Bernard Jackman joins Mike this week. From playing in the amateur era, to being one of Ireland's first professional player, Bernard takes us through the lessons he learned along the way and how he is now putting them into practice as a coach himself. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
6/15/2021 • 57 minutes, 39 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.2 | Jason Sherlock - Putting coaching philosophy into practice
Retired Dublin Senior footballer and current coach of the team Jason Sherlock joins Mike Quirke on this weeks podcast. Jayo reveals how playing multiple sports helped him develop as an athlete, coaching teenagers and ultimately joining Jim Gavin's all-conquering Dublin set-up. Donate to Temple Street Children's Hospital HERE!
6/8/2021 • 52 minutes, 45 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast | Ep.1 | Rus Bradburd - Coaching from Texas to Tralee
In the first episode of his podcast, a fundraiser for Temple Street Children's Hospital (Donate here!), Mike Quirke is joined by American basketball coach Rus Bradburd. Having been an assistant coach at top-level colleges in the States, he later moved to Ireland to take up the role of head coach with the Tralee Tigers. He reflects on his time living here, how being a "terrible player" in high school got him into coaching and his current career as a writer.
6/1/2021 • 55 minutes, 51 seconds
The Mike Quirke Podcast - Trailer
Inter-county manager and life-long sports coach Mike Quirke is joined by a wide range of people from various high performance, coaching and management roles across the world of sport to pick their brains on all they've learned from working at the elite level.