Keith Begley

Keith Begley is an Irish sports psychologist and Gaelic football manager. He has worked with the Carlow senior hurling team, the Clare senior football team and Cuala's 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Ball, Jamie (4 April 2017). "The fitness fallacy: You can't outrun a mental-health problem". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. ^ Ball, Jamie (26 March 2017). "Is our fixation on fitness getting dangerous?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  5. ^ 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.


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