Learn Game Changing Sports Psychology & Mental Training
Up your game for good with one-on-one mental performance coaching. Tested & proven to help athletes build mental toughness and high level mental skills. Learn to consistently perform at your best during competition!
Learn Game Changing Sports Psychology & Mental Training
Up your game for good with one-on-one mental performance coaching. Tested & proven to help athletes build mental toughness and high level mental skills. Learn to consistently perform at your best during competition!
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The Only Thing Between You And Repeatable Success On The Field Or Court Is Your Mind
Success Starts Within’s training has shown to break athletes out of all kinds of mental game challenges that keep them from performing their best in games. Leave the fear, anxiety and low confidence in last season!
What Are The Benefits?
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IMPROVED CONFIDENCE
Mental coaching helps you build confidence in yourself and your skills.
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INCREASED FOCUS
Gain better focus and concentration skills with proven mental training.
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BUILD RESILIENCE
Learn how to be more resilient and grow from failure.
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DECREASED ANXIETY
Master your nerves and overcome performance anxiety.
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INCREASED MOTIVATION
A mental coach will help you understand what drives you to succeed.
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POSITIVE SELF-TALK
Mental coaches empower you to take control of your internal dialogue.
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Get Affordable, One-on-One Mental Performance Coaching
One-on-one mental coaching to help you build mental skills, overcome your mental game challenges, and elevate your performance.
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Not Ready For Coaching? Get Started With the Mental Training Advantage App On Your Time
Mental Training Advantage is the ultimate resource for athletes. Within this app, you will learn tools & technique to increase self-confidence, improve focus, manage expectations & pressure, increase motivation, and build mental toughness.
Eli Straw, M.S. - Mental Game Coach
Eli Straw holds a Master’s Degree in psychology with a sport psychology specialization. Combined with his expertise in clinical and applied sports psychology, 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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Meet Your Coach
Free Trainings
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
About Success Starts Within
Success Starts Within provides sports 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.
HELPFUL DEFINITIONS
Mental Game Coach
A mental game coach helps you build mental toughness and overcome performance blocks. So much of success is mental and a mental performance coach helps you build the mental tools needed to achieve your goals.
Sport Psychology
Sports psychology focuses on helping athletes, performers, and other individuals reach their goals and achieve success. This is done by helping to cope with anxiety and other negative forms of thinking, along with teaching mental skills that will elevate performance.
Performance Anxiety
Performance anxiety occurs when you experience extreme nerves before or during an event. These feelings often result in lower levels of performance and are more severe than normal nerves.
Peak Performance
Peak performance happens when you perform to your maximum capability. This will be accompanied by feelings of confidence, effortlessness, extreme focus, and joy. This is often referred to as the “flow state.”
Mental Toughness
Measure of your mental strength, resilience, confidence, and ability to cope with difficult situations. This means you can push past failures and remain confident and positive in the face of adversity and challenges.
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