12-Week Team Mental Performance Coaching Program
Turn your team’s talent into consistent, confident, high-pressure performance with a proven 12-week team mental performance coaching program. Learn how to build team mental toughness, develop focus, manage pressure, overcome mistakes, and create consistency, game after game, season after season.
Team Mental Performance Coaching for Teams & Programs of All Levels
Turn your team’s talent into consistent, confident, high-pressure performance with a proven 12-week team mental performance coaching program. Learn how to build team mental toughness, develop focus, manage pressure, overcome mistakes, and create consistency — game after game, season after season.
Team Mental Coaching for Youth, High School, College, and Competitive Teams
This team mental performance program is designed for:
Youth and middle school teams developing foundational confidence
High school athletes preparing for varsity and recruiting
Club and travel programs needing consistent performance
Academy, elite, and pre-professional teams under high pressure
Whether your team needs confidence, accountability, focus, or composure, this system gives every athlete the tools to perform their best.
You and your coaches and players receive a fully structured, team-focused mental performance system designed to build mental toughness, resilience, and consistent performance under pressure. Over 12 weeks, you’ll learn and apply years’ worth of team mental training in a streamlined, coach-friendly format.
Who This Program is For
This team mental performance coaching program is perfect if:
You coach a team that struggles with confidence, pressure, inconsistency, or mental toughness.
Your players perform well in practice, but fall short in games or high-pressure situations.
You want a structured, proven team mental toughness training plan, without guessing or “just hoping” mental growth happens.
You are a coach committed to fostering long-term mental resilience and consistency for your players.
You want to involve parents/coaches/athletes in a shared mental performance language and culture.
Benefits Your Team Will Gain
These benefits are the foundation of any strong team mental toughness training program and are exactly what your athletes will develop across the 12 weeks.
Improved Confidence & Composure
Players learn to control what they can. Freeing themselves from pressure, fear of failure, and negative self-talk.
Enhanced Focus & Presence
Through weekly mental skills training, your team learns to stay present, concentrate under pressure, and execute with consistency.
Greater Resilience & Bounce-Back Ability
Mistakes and bad games become opportunities for growth, not momentum-killers.
Better Team Mental Toughness & Culture
Everyone — coaches, players, parents — gains the same mental toolkit and language to stay positive, supportive, and focused on process, not distractions.
More Consistent Performance Under Pressure
Your team builds the mindset and habits needed to perform well in big games, tournaments, playoffs — whenever it matters most.
Stronger Communication & Team Cohesion
Through shared mental concepts and weekly discussions, your players learn to communicate more clearly, support each other better, and stay united through adversity. Creating a stronger, more connected team culture.
Why Coaches Love This Program
Fits seamlessly into your existing schedule — no extra planning or long meetings.
Creates a shared mental performance language across your entire team.
Helps athletes coach themselves under pressure using reset tools and routines.
Strengthens team culture with increased accountability, composure, and confidence.
Provides coach support every step of the way, so you always know how to reinforce mental skills.
This is real mental coaching for real teams — practical, proven, and easy to implement.
What’s Included in Your 12-Week Team Mental Coaching Program
Onboarding Call With the Coach
Before the program begins, we meet to walk through how to best use the curriculum — including how to run the weekly sessions, introduce concepts to your team, integrate the exercises, and set your athletes up for success.
Weekly Coach & Team Videos
Each week includes a short coach-only video explaining the week’s theme, plus a team mental coaching session video you can play directly for your athletes.
Weekly Handouts & Practical Exercises
Coaches, players, and parents receive simple, targeted worksheets designed to reinforce and apply each week’s mental skill.
Athlete Journaling & In-the-Moment Tools
Players learn quick reset tools they can use during practices and games, paired with structured journal prompts that build awareness, accountability, and consistency.
Weekly Team Mental Training Exercises
After each session, athletes receive specific action steps to apply the skill in training and competition, helping the mental work transfer directly onto the field or court.
Coach Office-Hour Calls (as needed)
Coaches can schedule support calls anytime to apply concepts, troubleshoot challenges, and strengthen team culture throughout the program.
Onboarding Call With the Coach
We begin with a call to walk you through how to best use the program — how to run the weekly sessions, introduce concepts, integrate the exercises, and set your team up for success.
Weekly Coach & Team Videos
Each week includes a short coach-only video explaining the week’s theme, plus a full team session video to play directly for your athletes
Weekly Handouts & Practical Exercises
Coaches, players, and parents receive simple, targeted worksheets designed to reinforce and apply each week’s mental skill.
Athlete Journaling & In-the-Moment Tools
Players learn quick reset tools they can use during practices and games, paired with structured journal prompts that build awareness, accountability, and consistency.
Weekly Team Mental Training Exercises
After each session, athletes receive specific action steps to apply the skill in training and competition, helping the mental work transfer directly onto the field or court.
Coach Office-Hour Calls (as needed)
Coaches can schedule support calls anytime to apply concepts, troubleshoot challenges, and strengthen team culture throughout the program.
12-Week Team Mental Coaching Curriculum
Week 1 — Focusing on What You Can Control
Athletes learn to shift their attention away from outcomes, opponents, and external pressure, and toward controllable actions like effort, attitude, and execution. This reduces anxiety and builds a foundation for confidence.
Week 2 — Setting Process Goals
Players develop meaningful process goals that give them direction, purpose, and daily wins. This helps them build internal confidence without relying on stats or results.
Week 3 — Taking Control of Thinking
Your team learns how to recognize unhelpful thoughts, redirect negative self-talk, and build mental awareness. This week sets the stage for consistent thinking and emotional control.
Week 4 — Understanding Your Peak Performance Mindset
Athletes identify the mental and emotional state that leads to their best performances and learn how to consistently tap into it before and during games.
Week 5 — Learning to Play in the Present Moment
Players train mindfulness-based strategies to stay locked in, quiet internal noise, and play free from overthinking and pressure during high-stress moments.
Week 6 — Mentally Preparing for Competition
We build a pre-competition routine that helps athletes step into games with confidence, clarity, and focus. This includes mental warm-ups they can repeat every game.
Week 7 — Reframing Outcome Expectations
Your team learns how to release perfectionism and fear of results, allowing them to play more aggressively, creatively, and confidently.
Week 8 — Responding to Mistakes
Athletes develop quick reset strategies to stay composed and bounce back immediately after an error, preventing one mistake from turning into two or three.
Week 9 — Learning From Mistakes
Instead of fearing mistakes, players learn how to analyze them productively and turn them into growth, accountability, and long-term improvement.
Week 10 — Performing Well Under Pressure
Your team learns mental toughness tools to stay calm, confident, and focused in big games, high-pressure moments, or during adversity.
Week 11 — Bouncing Back From Bad Games
Athletes build resilience by learning how to mentally recover after a poor performance and regain confidence quickly — maintaining momentum throughout the season.
Week 12 — Creating Consistent Play
We combine all mental skills into a repeatable system your athlete’s can use every week, helping athletes establish long-term consistency and mental stability.
Eli Straw, M.S. - Mental Performance Coach
Eli Straw holds a Master’s Degree in psychology with a sport psychology specialization. He has worked with athletes from six continents and over ten countries, helping them build confidence, improve focus, and perform to their potential. His experience spans professional, elite, college, high school, and youth athletics across all sports. Eli brings a proactive, practical approach that helps athletes develop mental toughness both in competition and in life.
Meet Your Mental Coach
Why This Team Mental Coaching Plan Works
1. Structured, Progressive Curriculum
The program builds week by week, layering mental skills in the exact order athletes need them. Each concept reinforces the last, creating steady, sustainable growth in confidence, focus, and resilience.
2. Practical, Applied Mental Training
This isn’t just learning about mental toughness — players are given weekly action steps, exercises, and in-the-moment tools they apply immediately in practices and games.
3. Unified Language for Coaches, Players, and Parents
Everyone receives the same mental frameworks, vocabulary, and expectations. This builds a cohesive culture where athletes feel supported and coaches can reinforce key skills all season long.
4. Coach Support Throughout the Program
Through office-hour calls, you get direct guidance on applying concepts, navigating challenges, and strengthening team culture — so you never feel like you’re doing this alone.
5. Built for Real Team Environments
The sessions are short, engaging, repeatable, and easy to implement — whether you coach a youth team, high school program, academy, or elite competitive environment. No extra planning or prep required.
Are You Ready to Build Mental Toughness, Resilience, and Consistent Performance?
If you’re committed to helping your athletes perform under pressure, recover quickly from mistakes, and build long-term consistency, this 12-week mental coaching for teams program is the system that will take your team’s mindset and performance to the next level.
*Both options include everything in the 12-week team mental coaching program.
Single Payment
- Weekly team mental coaching videos your players can watch together to build confidence, focus, and resilience.
- Coach-only training videos that show you how to teach and reinforce each mental skill.
- Handouts, exercises, and journaling tools for athletes, coaches, and parents to apply the skills every week.
- Office-hour coaching support so you can get help implementing the program and navigating team challenges.
- Access to the program for a full year.
Three Monthly Payments
- Weekly team mental coaching videos your players can watch together to build confidence, focus, and resilience.
- Coach-only training videos that show you exactly how to teach and reinforce each mental skill.
- Handouts, exercises, and journaling tools for athletes, coaches, and parents to apply the skills every week.
- Office-hour coaching support so you can get help implementing the program and navigating team challenges.
- Access to the program for a full year.
Limited Team Availability
To ensure every coach receives individualized support and office-hour access, I only take on a limited number of teams at a time.
If you’re considering enrolling your team, I recommend reserving your spot soon — openings fill quickly during peak sports seasons.
FAQ
What Is Team Mental Coaching and How Does It Work?
Team mental coaching is a structured system that teaches athletes mental toughness, confidence, focus, and resilience together as a team. This type of team mental performance coaching helps players develop…
A shared mental performance language
Stronger communication
Better emotional control during games
A consistent team identity
A culture built around composure, accountability, and resilience
This 12-week mental performance program gives your team everything needed to compete confidently and consistently — under pressure, after mistakes, and across the entire season.
How much time does the program require each week?
Each weekly team session video is brief and designed to fit naturally into your existing practice schedule. Most coaches integrate the session into a team meeting or pre-practice routine. The handouts and exercises take minimal time and are meant to be applied throughout the week, not added on top of your workload.
With that being said, the common results include: increased confidence, decreased performance anxiety, increased focus, increased mental toughness, and more composure under pressure.
Do I need mental performance experience to run this program?
Not at all. Every week includes a short coach-only video explaining the concepts and showing you exactly how to introduce them to your team. Everything is structured, scripted, and simple to execute — no background in mental training required.
Does this replace 1-on-1 mental coaching?
This is a team-focused program designed to build shared mental toughness, resilience, and consistency across your entire roster. While it doesn’t replace individualized coaching, many teams use this program first to build a strong foundation — and then pursue 1-on-1 coaching only if certain players need deeper support.
My mental coaching approach is to strengthen the athlete’s mind using mental training tools and techniques. These can be applied to you no matter what sport you play.
What age group is this program best for?
Teams from middle school through college benefit the most. The concepts are clear, practical, and easy for younger athletes to understand, while still being powerful enough for elite and academy-level players. The program scales well for any competitive environment.
What if our players don’t buy into mental training?
This is one of the most common concerns — and why the program is structured the way it is. Each team session is engaging, practical, and directly tied to performance. Players quickly see how the tools help them stay confident, handle mistakes, and perform better under pressure. Once they feel the impact, buy-in naturally follows.
Still Have Questions?
If you’re not sure whether this program is right for your team, let’s talk about it.
We can walk through:
Your team’s specific challenges
How the 12-week curriculum would look in your environment
What kind of results you’re hoping to see — and how mental coaching can help
👉 You can reach me directly at:
Call/text: (919) 914-0234
Email: [email protected]