Jim Gavin is drawing on his dealings with NASA to keep the Dublin footballers on top of their game.

A pilot by profession, Gavin has revealed how working with the American space agency has been a source for some of his coaching methods.

"In the aviation industry, I'm lucky enough to work with NASA in some areas and they have a very simple debriefing mechanism which I would use with the team which is: What did we do well? What new things did we learn and what did we already know that we need to re-emphasise?" he is quoted in the Irish Examiner.

The Dublin manager, who was speaking at the annual conference of the Federation of Irish Sports in Croke Park yesterday, also stressed how his team aren't afraid to take risks.

"We're a risk-based team, we take a lot of risks in our game, it exposes us in some areas and we were exposed badly against Donegal a couple of years ago," he added.

"But, as the leader of the team, I'm prepared to accept that, with that expressive style, comes vulnerability sometimes. We understand we're vulnerable when we play that particular game but that's the way we want to play."

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