Dr. Damien Young
Damien is a lecturer on the full-time Sports Strength and Conditioning course at Limerick Institute of Technology. He has recently completed his Ph.D, where he investigated the match-play demands of hurling. Damien has represented both his club, Drom & Inch and County, Tipperary at every level on the field of play. He has been the Performance Analyst with the Tipperary senior hurlers since 2008. Damien is GAA Coach and GAA and Coaching Ireland Coach Educator. He has published eight research papers in International Journals about the demands of hurling and has presented at the National GAA Coaching Conference “So Many Decisions, So Little Time”, and the World Congress of Performance Analysis in Sport.