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Anne-Marie Kennedy has been working with myself and the players in the capacity of sport psychologist. During this time she has developed and implemented a specific programme aimed at assisting the players to prepare for competition and to deal with the psychological demands of competing at such a high level. The programme equips the players with the mental skills to enhance cognitive functioning, emotional control and resilience through full group sessions and one-to-one consultations. Anne-Marie has displayed excellent levels of knowledge and competence in sport psychology. She has displayed high levels of emotional intelligence, organisational skills, and through her excellent communication skills, has developed a trusting relationship with the players. Anne Marie’s programme with the Dublin GAA Senior Football team has been a resounding success and she is a valued asset and important member of my team management group.
Jim Gavin
– Manager, Dublin Senior Football Team
Anne-Marie Kennedy has been the sports psychologist for the Paddy Harrington golf scholarship programme since 2014. Anne-Marie’s work involves designing and implementing a sport psychology programme to develop the mental skills of our golf scholarship students to enable them to perform and cope with the demands of high-performance sport and academia. To-date, Anne-Marie has achieved excellent results with individual players and the golf team as a whole. Her content, knowledge and service delivery is excellent and has enhanced the player experience of the golf scholarship overall. Furthermore, she is professional, a good communicator and has an excellent work ethic.
Barry Fennelly
– Manager, Paddy Harrington Golf Scholarship Programme
Anne Marie helped me a lot on not overthinking the outcome but to focus on what’s happening in the moment. Confidence was key, remembering all the hours I had worked towards my specific goal, that when it arrived, I was able to enjoy delivering my best possible performance.
Mark Downey
– Team Ireland Olympic & International Track and Road Cyclist;
Bronze medalist at UCI Track World Championships 2019
I started working with Anne Marie at the beginning of 2018. The Track World Championships, our biggest event of the year was fast approaching. During the previous World Championships I struggled greatly with poor sleep, insecurities and fear. It was very detrimental to my performance and happiness. I needed help to alter my mindset when it came to racing and training.  Anne Marie taught me to respond rather than react to situations without thoughts and fears hindering performance. This allowed me to feel confident, calm, focused and ready to preform to the best of my ability. It’s difficult to be a happy and competitive athlete if you are burdened with a poor mindset. Anne Marie taught me resilience, which has strengthened me in both my professional and personal life. I am a better athlete and happier person having worked with Anne Marie.
Lydia Gurley
– Team Ireland Olympic Track Cyclist
Anne-Marie has been delivering our sport psychology programme into the Leinster Regional Squads for the past few years. The way that Anne-Marie engages with all our athletes and coaches is excellent and the depth of knowledge and insights that she provides is second to none. The way that Anne-Marie can motivate and get the best from the athletes is outstanding. The athletes trust Anne-Marie and are always fully engaged with the workshops that are delivered. I cannot recommend Anne-Marie enough. She is easy to work with, she is very accommodating and flexible in her approach and is always highly prepared before the sessions. She is true professional and great person to work with.
Mark Lappin
– Swim Ireland Regional Pathway Development Coach (Leinster)
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“Why would I recommend with Anne-Marie Kennedy? I’ll start first by saying, she’s brilliant! If your find yourself in a situation where you have ambitious goals for your business or for yourself personally and you’ve acknowledged that you are going to need the help of a high-performance coach to help you achieve those targets….you are not going to find anyone better. I spoke to a number of coaches before i made the decision and I knew within a couple of minutes of meeting Anne-Marie that we were going to work well together. I was looking for someone with an exemplary track record and obviously she has that, her achievements are second to none. But what she brings to the table, which I found unique is a level of authenticity and honesty to the way she was going to work with me. And I can say we have comfortably met all the initial objectives that we set. I have seen a demonstrable improvement in my own performance, and it has informed how I work with my own team. If you are looking for a high-performance coach…and you are looking for someone that will hold you accountable, but will bring a level of authenticity and care to the process, you won’t find anyone better than Anne-Marie Kennedy”
Robert Whelan – CEO Rockwell Financial Services
CEO of the Year 2024 – Business Post Leadership Excellence Awards
‘I’ve had the privilege over the past 25 years to work with numerous Executive coaches, I can safely say that Anne Marie ranks top of that list! Anne-Marie’s authentic, engaging and comprehensive approach ensures that transformational growth is achieved from both a personal and business perspective! She is definitely, top of her game!’
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AnonymousC-Suite Executive
"I thought Anne Marie was extremely well prepared in relation to the team goals and getting the team ready and being a point of communication between players and management. I would have no problem in saying she contributed massively to the success of the team"
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AnonymousIntercounty hurler
"Ann Marie was an excellent addition to our group this year. She brought a huge level of organisation and our preparation was the best it’s ever been. Through the use of her pre match reviews we had a greater understanding of what was expected and what could potentially happen on game day and reviewing the game after to get better. Other services and systems she implemented gave us greater understanding and clarity and I feel this definitely resulted in our performances improving"
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AnonymousIntercounty footballer
"Anne-Marie's performance was excellent for each and every session we had. I found Anne Marie very well prepared and briefed, she took the time to understand me and my objectives. Each session brought about a positive influence on my application to training and competition. She assisted me in goal setting, she then set about effectively teaching me or programming me so that I could put myself in position to achieve my goals.....which i did. She is highly competent in her field."
AnonymousRoad cyclist
"Anne Marie is certainly the best and most well prepared psychologist I have came across in my 7/8 years in dealing with them. The level of detail and a few strategies that she gave me have helped me a lot throughout the year. Clear goals were established and it certainly helped me gain an insight into a different side of the game that sometimes others wouldn’t look into to help me perform at my best. I’m sure we wouldn’t have gotten as far as we did this year without her. It’s Very unappreciated work sometimes but we are very grateful for the work she has done with us this year!"
AnonymousGAA Intercounty footballer
"Anne Marie has excellent experience. I learned loads from her. She's really easy to work with and always demands extremely high standards. Her knowledge on everything is through the roof."
AnonymousGAA Intercounty footballer
"Hugely prepared, be that for individual or group sessions. Has huge knowledge on all aspects of high performance. Knows exactly how to approach every topic brought to her and had a great rapport with the group"
AnonymousInternational Cricketer
"'I have been a part of inter county senior panels for c.11 years and felt this has been the best practitioner I have ever worked with. AMK was always very well prepared for her sessions, bringing structure to the overall session and breakout sessions. The tools and techniques used to aid focus and preparation have proved very beneficial to me in order to 1) prepare for the opposition and all eventualities in-game and 2) provide the reassurance I needed to cement the work I had banked over the previous months. With all psychologists, I feel the most important part is developing rapport with clients. Anne-Marie is highly skilled in this area"
AnonymousGAA Intercounty Footballer
"Cannot say enough positive things about Anne-Marie's work. She is a total pro at what she does. Best sport psycholgoist I have ever worked with. She inspires you by her hardwork,her preparation, her passion, and her knowledge. She taught us so much about high performance and whats required. She cared about our lives, our hobbies and interests and always asked how your family was or how work was going. Great fun to be around and an expert in her field. We have a huge amount of respect for her and wish her the best in everything she does. "
ANONYMOUSGAA Intercounty footballer
"Anne Marie’s performance and competence within her role defined was exquisite and second to none in my 8 years at an elite level within my sport. She always came very well prepared for the task at hand. Her delivery was clear and concise in my opinion , which made her work very easy to follow. It was always backed up by science and/or real life examples which really made it easier to identify with and allowed me to take the workings into my sport with greater ease. As an athlete with so much going on in all aspects of life , it’s important that this area can be simplified into easy to follow working parts , which Anne Marie guided but not necessarily forced. In my opinion Anne Marie’s greatest attribute was her people skills and ease of which we got on. It was then in turn easy to develop a working relationship as she was genuine and caring to me, this relationship was fostered through mainly just listening to my questions/problems and coming up then with a tailored approach that suited me best. She had a great ability to also see when things weren’t going right , be it in a sport or personal perspective and provide that caring approach , in a quick call or message that means so much. For me that’s a key aspect to her working with me as an athlete."
AnonymousGAA Intercounty footballer
"I have been part of an intercounty team for 10+ yrs and I have never seen anybody to possess all the skills required to do their job like AnnMarie. She has the knowledge, the skills the experience, the ability to form bonds so quickly, and just be a generally lovely person overall. She is funny and values fun and enjoyment in her work yet she can still deliver top class content. I've never seen my team to respond and trust any coach as much as Ann Marie. She just gets the best out of everyone she works with. She cares about us and she loves what she does - this is very evident. We learned so much from her and I feel very lucky to have experienced someone of her caliber in my career. "
AnonymousGAA Intercounty hurler

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