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Dave Keelty
The Attica Principle

Mar 9, 2026

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9 min read

The Attica Principle

From chef whites to pinstripes, there’s a surprising link behind true high performance

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
Your Athletes’ First Mental Skills Coach Is You

Feb 9, 2026

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8 min read

Your Athletes’ First Mental Skills Coach Is You

Mental skills aren’t an add-on — they’re part of the job.

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
The Power of Constraints: Lessons from Jazz and Bowie

Jan 12, 2026

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8 min read

The Power of Constraints: Lessons from Jazz and Bowie

Why constraints aren’t barriers—they’re your best coaching tool.

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
The Ideas We Kept Coming Back To

Dec 15, 2025

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11 min read

The Ideas We Kept Coming Back To

Insights that stuck for us in 2025 and why they matter

Samuel McKenzie
Dave Keelty
Samuel McKenzie, +1
Care as a competitive advantage

Nov 17, 2025

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9 min read

Care as a competitive advantage

At the heart of high performance lies relationships

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
"Standards" - A Balancing Act

Nov 3, 2025

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17 min read

"Standards" - A Balancing Act

We try to figure out if we know what having standards means!

Dave Keelty
Samuel McKenzie
Dave Keelty, +1
Do you know, or just think you know?

Oct 20, 2025

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6 min read

Do you know, or just think you know?

Tools and questions to help you move from guesswork to clarity

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
What tools are in your toolbelt?

Oct 6, 2025

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8 min read

What tools are in your toolbelt?

What we can take from builders, accountants and surgeons to help us hone our craft

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
The Learning Trap

Jul 28, 2025

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10 min read

The Learning Trap

Four legends and what they can teach us about making learning stick

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
Joy and the Serious Business of Getting Better

Jul 14, 2025

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7 min read

Joy and the Serious Business of Getting Better

Stopping bore-out so your players keep wanting to come back!

Samuel McKenzie
Dave Keelty
Samuel McKenzie, +1
What stops your players from speaking up?

Jun 30, 2025

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8 min read

What stops your players from speaking up?

How to build an environment where challenge, feedback and growth are normal

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
The Emperor's New Clothes REMIXED

Jun 16, 2025

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9 min read

The Emperor's New Clothes REMIXED

A classic folktale retold through the lens of modern day coaching

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
The Dyson Principle

May 19, 2025

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7 min read

The Dyson Principle

What coaches can learn from the company that disrupted vacuuming

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
One tool we can all take from scientists

Apr 21, 2025

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8 min read

One tool we can all take from scientists

A look at a mindset shift that can help us all become a bit more curious

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
A lesson from Moneyball

Mar 24, 2025

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5 min read

A lesson from Moneyball

Do we really understand what skills correlate to being successful?

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
What the hell is training?

Feb 24, 2025

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9 min read

What the hell is training?

The overlooked skill that can actually have a significant impact on how much your players really learn in your environment (and I don't think it's what you expect).

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
Mirror, Mirror....

Jan 27, 2025

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6 min read

Mirror, Mirror....

Looking at what could be the most important skill for a coach, reflection, and how we can shift the lens to ourselves more often

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
Willingness v capability - do you know the difference?

Dec 30, 2024

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7 min read

Willingness v capability - do you know the difference?

When you catch yourself, in a fit of frustration, saying "they should just know how to do that", this may help you go a bit deeper and challenge that thinking

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
Reframing Challenging Conversations

Dec 2, 2024

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7 min read

Reframing Challenging Conversations

Shifting these to necessary conversations

Dave Keelty
Dave Keelty
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