Denis Murphy

I inspired a young teenager while working with a local school in the area. I was told he had behavioural issues while at school, but was a fast runner. Given a background myself in Athletics, I coached him and used examples of my own journey through school to inspire him. This included the link between training hard and winning. I recommended he joined a local club and to channel misplaced energy into sport. I had feedback from the school that this behaviour improved immediately and through setting some personal best times he quickly became known in the school as a talent rather than a problem. I loved the experience of helping him to see that using his talent, had wider positive impact.