Enda McNulty on how Al Pacino speech was theme for Armagh’s All-Ireland win
“The inches we need are everywhere around us.” Enda McNulty reveals how Al Pacino’s famous ‘inches’ speech from Any Given Sunday was used as a theme for the Armagh team that won the All-Ireland in 2002. McNulty is a renowned sports psychologist and author, but back in ’02 he was corner back for Armagh’s greatest […]
3 years ago
Darran O’Sullivan on how notebooks have become a part of the GAA dressing room
“The All-Ireland was always a target but I didn’t need to write it down anywhere.” Darran O’Sullivan explains on the latest episode of the GAA Hour how notebooks have become a part of the GAA dressing room. It’s more common nowadays to see GAA players clutching a notebook in their hand as they enter the […]
3 years ago
Darran O’Sullivan admits he ‘regrets not buying into sports psychology’ when he was playing
“I genuinely feel that it cost us a lot of All-Irelands after.” Sports psychology certainly isn’t a new thing, but its importance in GAA circles is becoming increasingly significant as more teams and players buy into it. Most famously, Dublin’s era of dominance credits a lot of their successes to the mentality that the players […]
4 years ago
The man of the moment: Dr Mike Gervais tells us about training your mind for success, the Seahawks and jumping from space
SportsJOE meets the man who trains the minds of some of the world’s highest performing athletes…
12 years ago