10-Minute Mental Performance Training for Coaches

You train the physical skills.
Are you training the mental ones?

Mental skills need practice, too. Get practical tools and exercises to help your athletes build focus, confidence, and the ability to respond when things don't go as planned.

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Focus, confidence, responding to mistakes, and handling pressure all need practice, too.

Coach Track gives you practical tools and activities to help you bring mental performance training into what you're already doing with your team.

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Telling athletes what to do isn't the same as teaching them how.

We've all told athletes to focus, be confident, or move on after a mistake. But are we giving them opportunities to practice those skills?

TEACH

Introduce mental skills in a way athletes can understand.

Practice

Give athletes opportunities to use those skills in training.

Reinforce

Bring the skills back into everyday coaching.

14 Modules.
Practical Tools.
Real Coaching Situations.Ā 

Explore mental performance topics including focus, confidence, adversity, communication, and preparation.

Each module provides guidance and resources you can bring into your coaching. Choose what your team needs instead of following a fixed daily schedule.

What you'll get:

  • 14 mental performance modules

  • Practical exercises and coaching activities

  • Downloadable worksheets and resources

  • Flexible access to revisit topics throughout the season

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  1. START HERE

    4 lessons
    1. START | Welcome to the Coach Track
    2. How to Use This Program
    3. The Ten-Minute Coaching Plan
    4. When This Is More Than Coaching

  2. COACH WITH CONFIDENCE

    5 lessons
    1. START | Confidence Is Not Certainty
    2. Clarity
    3. Consistency
    4. Composure
    5. Coach From Your Values

  3. UNDERSTAND THE ATHLETE IN FRONT OF YOU

    4 lessons
    1. START | Behavior Is Information
    2. Read the Zones
    3. Choose the Right Response
    4. Ask Before You Assume

  4. TEACH CONTROL AND AWARENESS

    4 lessons
    1. Why Control Comes First
    2. How to Teach the Zones
    3. How to Teach the Reset
    4. What Success Looks Like

  5. HELP ATHLETES FOCUS

    4 lessons
    1. Focus Needs a Target
    2. Use the Focus Grid
    3. Coach One Job
    4. Build Focus Into Practice

  6. BUILD CONFIDENCE WITHOUT DEPENDENCE

    4 lessons
    1. What Confidence Is Built On
    2. Praise What Can Be Repeated
    3. Prepare Before It Happens
    4. Confidence Conversation Planner

  7. COACH ATHLETES THROUGH PRESSURE

    4 lessons
    1. Pressure Changes Processing
    2. Read the Pressure Pattern
    3. Build the Pressure Response
    4. Rehearse the Moment

  8. COACH MISTAKES, ADVERSITY, AND ROLE CHANGES

    4 lessons
    1. Response Before Correction
    2. When Something Feels Unfair
    3. Role and Playing-Time Conversations
    4. Injury, Slumps, and Time Away

  9. COMMUNICATE SO ATHLETES CAN LEARN

    4 lessons
    1. Clear Beats More
    2. Correct Behavior, Not Identity
    3. Make Questions Safe
    4. Plan the Hard Conversation

  10. BUILD TEAM CULTURE ON PURPOSE

    5 lessons
    1. Culture Is What Gets Repeated
    2. Turn Values Into Behavior
    3. Build Shared Standards
    4. Safety and Accountability Belong Together
    5. Check the Culture You Actually Have

  11. LEAD ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONFLICT

    4 lessons
    1. Accountability Is a Process
    2. Address It Early
    3. Coach Through Conflict
    4. Repair Trust

  12. CREATE A TEAM MENTAL PERFORMANCE SYSTEM

    4 lessons
    1. Choose the Right Tool
    2. Introduce, Practice, Reinforce
    3. Team or Individual?
    4. Build the Weekly Plan

  13. GAME DAY COACHING

    5 lessons
    1. Game Day Is Not the Time for Something New
    2. Coach the Bench or Sideline
    3. Manage Your Own Pressure
    4. Build Your Game Day Plan
    5. Debrief the Response

  14. GUIDE THE TEAM THROUGH THE SEASON

    5 lessons
    1. Early Season
    2. Midseason
    3. High-Pressure and Difficult Stretches
    4. Build the Season Plan
    5. FINISH | Review the Season You Built

START WITH WHAT YOUR TEAM NEEDS.

Choose a Topic

Find a mental skill your athletes need to work on.

Use the Tools

Work through the lessonĀ and
select an activity for your team.

Practice and Repeat

Reinforce the skill during practices,
games, and team conversations.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Make Mental Performance Part of How You Coach

You don't need to teach everything at once.
Start with one skill, practice it with your athletes, and build from there.
Coach Track gives you practical resources you can return to throughout your season.

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