About Success Starts Within
Success Starts Within provides sport psychology resources to athletes and performers looking to improve their mental game. Success Starts Within offers 1-1 mental performance coaching and mental training courses to help you build confidence, mental toughness, and all the mental skills you need to elevate your performance. We also provide many free resources, including weekly articles, podcasts, and videos that cover sport psychology topics to help you master the mental game. No matter your sport, skill level, or financial ability, you will find the mental training resources you need here at Success Starts Within.
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Mission Statement
Make mental training and sport psychology accessible, affordable, and achieveable to all athletes.
Eli Straw, M.S. - Mental Game Coach
Eli is a mental game coach and the founder of Success Starts Within. He holds a Master’s Degree in psychology with a sport psychology specialization. He has worked one-on-one with athletes from 6 different continents and over ten different countries on building a stronger mental game.
Eli has extensive experience coaching, teaching, and consulting with professional, elite, college, high school, middle school, and youth athletes. Eli also has experience playing baseball at the collegiate and professional levels.
Eli works with athletes of all sports and all levels and is a current member of the AASP.
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Founder of Success Starts Within, LLC
Sports Psychology Articles
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Avoidance Mindset in Sports
I work with a lot of athletes who are underperforming in games. They do well in practice, and so they know they have more talent
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Succeed in Big Moments During Games
I was at a baseball game last night and the away team got out to an early two run lead, extending it to a five
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Stressed About Making Mistakes During Games?
Do you stress about making mistakes during games? Are you worried that if you make a mistake, coach will yell at you, your stats will
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What to Do if Practice Leads to Expectations During Games
I was on a call last week with a baseball player. He was telling me about some up and down struggles he’s had recently. Now,
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Using Routines to Increase Performance in Sports
Consistent. That’s a coveted title among athletes. Coaches want consistent players and players work to be consistent. When you’re consistent, you’re reliable. Your coaches and
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How to Stop Getting Down on Yourself After Games
“I always get down on myself after a bad game.” That’s what a college athlete told me in a mental performance coaching session the other
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