Welcome to The Good Athlete
FREE Practical and accessible online courses to help you achieve your potential
About The Good Athlete
Welcome to The Good Athlete, the home of practical and accessible sport psychology courses to help you achieve your potential in Gaelic football.
I am Dr Paul McCarthy. I am the Director of The Good Athlete. The Good Athlete focuses on helping people to succeed with a specific focus on Gaelic football. Having played both codes and coached hurling, football, and camogie, I understand the fabric of Gaelic Games from club to county. I work with club and county players throughout the four provinces and have done so for 25 years. The courses I offer here are free to give a helping hand to those wishing to get a handle on the metal game of Gaelic football. These lessons give you a foothold to learn how to prepare better for training and matches and win when it matters most to you.
I have worked as a sport psychologist internationally over the past 25 years in addition to lecturing, researching, and writing refereed journal articles and books. As a chartered psychologist (BPS) and registered practitioner psychologist in sport and exercise psychology (HCPC), I have worked with athletes across all ages, levels and sports from junior athletes through to professionals in golf, soccer, Commonwealth and Olympic athletes. Most notably, the world-famous St Andrews Links Golf Academy in Scotland recognised my expertise and invited me to become the first sport psychologist in residence at the Old Course, St Andrews. I devote much of my private practice to players in premier league football and professional golf.
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One to One Support
A Private and Confidential Service
I recognise that in any journey towards achieving your potential, it can be helpful to talk to someone. I offer a free initial online session to help you on your way. If after completing some courses, or even alongside completing the courses, you would like to speak with someone to help you, then I would encourage you to visit Dr Paul McCarthy Private Practice to help you. Due to other commitments, I am only available on Wednesday afternoons and evenings.
Dr Paul McCarthy's books
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Choosing to Learn Online
Learn at your pace and at your convenience to maximise your potential
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We designed our courses to be accessible anywhere at anytime on your mobile, tablet or computer
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We designed our courses so you could learn from instructors who work with the best athletes in the world
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We designed our courses so that you can access the foundation learning to get started on your mental fitness
Learning to Excel
In The Good Athlete, Dr Paul draws on his extensive experience, and global connections to bring you a series of exciting and transformative courses in sport psychology to help you perform to your potential. The mission of The Good Athlete is to make current research and thinking in sport psychology current best practice. By drawing on his experience, and discussions with leading experts in the field, Dr Paul ensures that the courses truly reflect the best, and most current thinking on a particular topic. The online courses are all professionals produced and narrated. The courses comprise audio material so you can listen at your convenience, and because all the material is online, you can download to use anywhere. Accompanying the audio material is a comprehensive workbook filled with practical exercises to help you get the most from the course.
Sport psychology is understanding mental processes and behaviour in sport settings. In The Good Athlete courses, the aim is to help you improve your performance and well-being. The courses help you to:
Perform better under pressure
Control your anger
Cope with mistakes
Deal with negative thoughts
Lead teams effectively
Improve group dynamics
Relax before, during and after competition
Be more resilient