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2014 coaching results review

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Sports Ireland athletes achievements 2014 From Coach Sebastien Locteau I have been inspired more by famous coaches I met or worked with, than the hundreds of books I read in sports sciences or study. 2014 is another successful year, with plenty of success, but also failure. It is easy to talk about my successful athletes, but disappointment happens, while I don't like using that word, I prefer to call it a learning experience. With athletes competing around the world at European and World Championship levels in different sports. Ireland's sporting calendar is also getting very busy.  There is very little funding or support for athletes in Ireland and while a Olympic B standard is not good enough to qualify for the games, coaches struggle to support their athletes. A lot of volunteer coaches are doing an amazing job and 16 years ago when I became a full time professional coach I decided to create my own funding. I created a series of events (triathlon,