Coach-led · Assessment-driven · All sports
Mental performance coaching, measured.
Stop guessing what's mental. Take the Free 5-Question Scorecard to see your pressure-response pattern, get a Full Mental Performance Profile, then book a Review for a private next-step recommendation.
Key takeaways
- A mental performance coach trains how an athlete or team responds under pressure — focus, composure, confidence, communication — using assessment data rather than generic motivation.
- A mental performance coach is not a therapist or a licensed psychologist; clinical concerns are referred out.
- IBE's path is the same for everyone: free Scorecard, Full Mental Performance Profile, then a review conversation about the next step.
- The work applies to individual athletes, full rosters, coaching staffs, and the parents supporting them.
Stop guessing what's mental.
Most athletes do not have a focus problem or a confidence problem. They have a pressure-response problem — and no objective way to see it. IBE solves that with one process: Scorecard → Identify → Pathway → Build → Apply → Track → Reassess.
Scorecard & Identify
Reveal the pattern pressure exposes.
Pathway & Build
Identify what matters most and train that first — tools and routines for that specific gap.
Apply & Track
Execute under competition pressure, then review what changed.
Who IBE is for
Athletes
Measure your pressure-response pattern, train the specific gaps, transfer it to game day.
Parents
Give your athlete a clear, age-appropriate way to work on the mental side — without coaching them yourself.
Coaches
Get a measurable read on the mental skills driving (or limiting) your roster's competition results.
Teams
Install a season-long mental performance system with team-level reporting and individual development plans.
How it works
- 1
Free 5-Question Scorecard
A quick first look at your pressure-response pattern across the core mental performance skills.
- 2
Full Mental Performance Profile
A deeper 48-question breakdown of what each result means in competition, the highest-leverage gap to train first, and a recommended next step.
- 3
Start Here
A 1:1 walkthrough of your Full Profile with a private next-step recommendation — individual, team, or parent-facing.
The six skills we measure
Confidence
Evidence-based belief that holds up when the score tightens.
Focus
Attention control on the cue that matters this rep, this play, this point.
Composure
Recovery speed after mistakes, bad calls, and momentum swings.
Coachability
How feedback is received, processed, and applied under stress.
Communication
What gets said — and what stops getting said — when pressure rises.
Execution
The pre-play routine that turns preparation into performance.
About the coach
IBE Performance is led by founder Philip Coffman, a mental performance coach with graduate-level sport psychology specialization coursework and years of experience across youth, high school, and college athletes. IBE is coach-led mental performance training, not therapy, counseling, diagnosis, or clinical treatment.
Performance training, not clinical care
Frequently asked
What is a mental performance coach?+
A mental performance coach trains the skills behind competitive performance — confidence, focus, composure, coachability, communication, and execution under pressure. IBE is a coach-led, assessment-driven system: we measure first, then train the specific gaps the data exposes.
How is IBE different from a sports psychologist?+
Sports psychologists provide clinical and licensed mental-health services. IBE is mental performance training — not therapy, counseling, diagnosis, or clinical treatment. If clinical concerns appear during our work, we refer to a licensed provider.
Do you work with athletes in any sport?+
Yes. IBE is built around mental performance skills that transfer across sports — individual and team, youth through college. The assessment and training tools are sport-agnostic by design.
What ages do you work with?+
Youth, high school, and college athletes. Parents typically initiate the work for younger athletes; older athletes usually start on their own.
How long does the assessment take?+
The Free 5-Question Scorecard takes about a minute. The Full Mental Performance Profile (48 questions) takes about 6–8 minutes. You get a result you can act on the same day. There's no payment to start.
What happens after the assessment?+
You receive a Full Profile that explains your pressure-response pattern, the highest-leverage gap to train first, and a recommended next step. From there, you can book a Review to walk through it together.
What is a results session?+
A 1:1 session where your coach walks through your Full Profile, explains what the data means in competition, and gives you a private next-step recommendation. It is coaching, not therapy.
Do you work with teams?+
Yes. Teams get a season-long system with individual development plans and team-level reporting for coaches.
Already have your result? Talk it through.
A results session turns your two lowest areas into a plan you can actually train.
Related reading
- The IBE FrameworksThe capacity model and the six tools that train it.Read
- Mental training for athletesSix trainable skills, scored against your pressure response.Read
- How to develop mental toughnessRecovery speed, attention control, and standards under stress.Read
- How to focus during gamesWhere attention goes when the game speeds up.Read
- How to build confidence as an athleteConfidence as evidence, not hype.Read