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Healthy eating webinar for young players open for registration

Safefood, in collaboration with the GAA, today launched 'Fuel your Game', a new suite of resources designed to support youth players, parents, and coaches in making informed food choices to enhance their Gaelic games activity and overall health and wellbeing. Pictured at the launch in Croke Park are, from left, Dublin Ladies footballer Leah Caffrey, Kerry Footballer Joe O’Connor, Tipperary Hurler Jason Forde and Kilkenny Camogie Player Mairead Kennedy alongside young GAA players Harvey Boyle and Leroy Ward demonstrating the importance of healthy eating and hydration for peak performance. For more information and to access the resources, visit: https://learning.gaa.ie/fueltheirgame. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Safefood, in collaboration with the GAA, today launched 'Fuel your Game', a new suite of resources designed to support youth players, parents, and coaches in making informed food choices to enhance their Gaelic games activity and overall health and wellbeing. Pictured at the launch in Croke Park are, from left, Dublin Ladies footballer Leah Caffrey, Kerry Footballer Joe O’Connor, Tipperary Hurler Jason Forde and Kilkenny Camogie Player Mairead Kennedy alongside young GAA players Harvey Boyle and Leroy Ward demonstrating the importance of healthy eating and hydration for peak performance. For more information and to access the resources, visit: https://learning.gaa.ie/fueltheirgame. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Safefood in collaboration with the GAA have developed a suite of resources to support juvenile players, parents, and coaches in choosing the right foods to support their Gaelic games activity and overall health and wellbeing.

A webinar tilted ‘Fuel Your Game - Helping Young Players Build Healthy Eating Habits’ is scheduled for this Thursday evening 23rd October from 7.30-8.30pm.

To learn more about our free resources to support young players healthy eating on and off the pitch register for the webinar here - https://forms.office.com/e/q6F6kxpttc

At this event, you’ll:

  • Learn easy, everyday ways to support healthy eating for young athletes.

  • Explore how good nutrition powers performance, recovery, and wellbeing.

  • Get the opportunity to ask your questions directly to our expert panel.

  • Check out Fuel Your Game now at Fuel your Game - Healthy Eating for Sport | Tobar and join us to take your team’s game to the next level.

‘Fuel Your Game’ is currently being made available to more than 600 clubs in the Irish Life GAA Healthy Clubs programme and online via the GAA’s educational platform Tobar.

The ’Fuel your Game’ pack focuses on four key areas of nutrition, hydration, planning and after sport:

  • Before playing or training - check your child has eaten a small meal or snack 2-3 hours beforehand

  • Stay hydrated - encourage your child to drink fluids before they feel thirsty - thirst is a sign their body has needed fluids for a while

  • What's in their kit bag - ensure your child has packed a snack and water. Extra snacks can help them perform better.

  • What to eat after sport - encourage your child to eat something as soon as possible after a match or training. This will help them recover and maintain muscle mass.

The ‘Fuel your Game’ pack consists of a practical guide for coaches; a helpful guide for parents to build on these healthy habits; a suite of posters for club facilities and dedicated social media assets to help promote the resource more widely.

For more information, please see www.safefood.net/news or https://learning.gaa.ie/fuelyourgame