Mayo academy reaping benefits
April 25, 2013"It's gone very well," Billy McNicholas told The Mayo News. "We invited 27 players in total to join the Academy and 24 of the lads accepted the invitation.
"First off, Martin McIntyre, who's been an integral part of the operation, screened each of the players and assessed them in terms of their speed, strength, endurance, flexibility and movement.
"Each player was scrutinised and recorded so that we could see exactly where they were at, and then each of them were given an individual programme to work on.
"Their flexibility, movement and conditioning were our priorities initially. All the players were brought in for skill assessment programmes and we designed training sessions around the areas that we felt needed improvement.
"The majority of the lads are doing their Leaving Certs in June and aim to go to college so we had a college education night recently," he continued.
"We invited all the players and their parents along, invited all the third-level colleges in Connacht, and gave the lads a full rundown on college courses, points required, grants available and any other assistance they may need. We got a great reaction to that, especially from parents." Tweet
