Elite Minds Private Coaching & Mental Performance

Elite Minds Private Coaching & Mental Performance Developing youth with an integrated, multidisciplinary and wholesome approach to private training.

It’s finally here. 🤍What started as lessons, conversations, whiteboard talks, late-night planning, and years of seeing t...
05/21/2026

It’s finally here. 🤍

What started as lessons, conversations, whiteboard talks, late-night planning, and years of seeing the game through a bigger lens has officially turned into something real.

And truthfully, I’ve always known the word “elite” can be misunderstood. To me, it’s never meant perfect athletes, perfect stats, or some exclusive standard that only a few people can reach.

Elite is in the approach.
The willingness to learn, even when it’s boring or hard.
The ability to respond to failure.
The discipline to stay adaptable and accountable.

That perspective is what this was built on, and I’m incredibly thankful for the athletes and families who trusted me before there was a website, memberships, or structure behind any of this.

Y’all helped build this with me 🫶🏻

As this grows, I’ll be keeping spots limited so I can continue giving athletes the level of attention and care they deserve. If you’re interested in training together, reach out sooner rather than later.

Excited for what’s ahead. 🤍
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05/15/2026

Just a couple more days 🔥

New training model coming 🙌

05/09/2026

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲?

Sometimes, the way an athlete responds under pressure in sports mirrors how they’ve learned to respond to stress, failure, frustration, or adversity in other areas of life too.

That doesn’t make them “weak” or “mentally tough.” It just reminds us that athletes are whole people, not robots separated into categories.

How someone handles discomfort, reacts to coaching, or navigates pressure often shows up everywhere — including competition.

Over the years, my experiences in sports, psychology, and military social work have slowly changed the way I view athlet...
05/08/2026

Over the years, my experiences in sports, psychology, and military social work have slowly changed the way I view athlete development.

The more I coach, the harder it becomes to separate the mental and physical sides of performance.

Confidence affects movement. Communication affects confidence. Pressure affects decision making. Understanding affects adjustment. Environment affects curiosity.

I’m not claiming to have all the answers, and I firmly believe athletes should learn from as many people and perspectives as possible.

But this idea of performance being interconnected has heavily shaped the way I coach and what I’ve been building behind the scenes with Elite Minds.

Keep an eye out mid-May for the website launch 🔥

05/03/2026

One athlete. One tendency. Two different skills.

And here’s the thing to note, Ashlyn Norton (2028) is actually one of my most consistent barrelers.

As a curveball pitcher, that early turn shows up in her swing sometimes with over-rotation, rolling early, pulling off etc.

No need to add more mechanics just change the feel:

⭐️ Screwball finish ⭐️

And that cleaned it up for her

here’s the truth, not every adjustment sounds the same from every coach. Sometimes one cue isn’t even about the body part you’re trying to change but it produces the movement you need.

I’m always listening for what they feel and speaking a language that makes it click.

Bring awareness to their tendencies and see them develop the ability to adjust in real time. ‼️ Read. That. Again.

Go Ash 🫶🏻

60 min games 🤯Jam packed with teams 🤯This culture leads to low-confidence athletes. How? No real full games —-> promotes...
04/26/2026

60 min games 🤯
Jam packed with teams 🤯
This culture leads to low-confidence athletes.

How?
No real full games —-> promotes small rosters —> no competition to earn a spot —> ring chasing—> Watered down teams —> perfectionist athletes —> prolonged slumps

It’s all related.

One of my goals is to help athletes, coaches and parents unlearn this dynamic and get back to the bigger picture.

Give kids a space where they can fail. Allow them learn how to play for something bigger than their own success.

Families and coaches should trust the process instead of chasing stats and outcomes.

And with this mindset over time… you’ll notice players will start to play more freely.

That’s when the results improve naturally

04/23/2026

When an athlete is committed to learning, mistakes just simply don’t hit the same.

They become information ——- not emotion. Emotions get processed through a lens of growth.

That’s what it means to be a student of the game.

If you’re a player or know a player that needs this mindset, hit follow and stay tuned💪

04/20/2026

The athletes who “catch on quickly” still put in the work.

It’s not about changing everything — it’s about refining what’s already there and understanding feel vs. real.

before swing → grand slam championship game.
Tanner Benton Texas Twelve 12u Gold Cap City

What you don’t see: the reps, the frustration, the ups and downs.

But when confidence meets repetition, it shows.

What if I told you there’s a deeper way to help an athlete adjust?The same tendencies show up everywhere.Hitting. Pitchi...
04/17/2026

What if I told you there’s a deeper way to help an athlete adjust?

The same tendencies show up everywhere.

Hitting. Pitching. Throwing.

Can you spot a tendency in each of these that might connect to another movement in their game?

Sometimes it’s one small movement that, once refined, improves everything.

And it’s the same on the mental side. One shift in how they think can change how they respond to everything.

It’s all related. And it doesn’t take perfection to improve.

It takes the right kind of repetition.

What mental muscle should they be training?
What physical tendencies should they reinforce? — or learn to adjust?

That’s where the whole game starts to come together.

That’s why I don’t coach skills in isolation — I coach the athlete as a whole. 🧘🏻‍♀️

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