Keith Begley
Keith Begley is an Irish sports psychologist and Gaelic football manager. He has worked with the Carlow senior hurlers, Clare senior footballers and Cuala senior hurlers.[1] He has also led the Offaly minor football team.[2]
An accredited sports psychologist with the Sport Ireland Institute and a former physical education teacher,[3][4] he is often referenced in the national media.[1][5]
References
- ^ a b Dennehy, Cathal (1 September 2018). "In a game of inches, gurus of the mind could make all the difference". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Nolan, Pat (9 May 2015). "Offaly minor football boss Keith Begley: My management team were not involved in row with Kildare". Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ Ball, Jamie (4 April 2017). "The fitness fallacy: You can't outrun a mental-health problem". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ Ball, Jamie (26 March 2017). "Is our fixation on fitness getting dangerous?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ O'Brien, Kevin (24 September 2017). "'It's harder to get over a defeat like that': The psychology behind Mayo's latest All-Ireland final loss". the42.ie. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
In the latest post on his website, Begley referenced Lew Hardy's 1996 paper – The Cusp Catastrophe Model – which suggested that players in teams with tradition of success are less susceptible to suffering from performance anxiety at key moments in games.
External links
- Keith Begley at Elite Performance Psychology
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