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]

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  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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