01 / Consultation and baseline
Identify the pattern
Discuss the athlete's actual pressure situations, priorities, competition calendar, and relevant assessment findings. No assessment is required before an initial conversation.
Professional + Olympic-level performance
Your sport. Your position.Your mental edge.
Professional and international competition demands more than generic advice. Build mental-performance skills around your role, your pressure response, and the moments that matter in your sport.
Start with a free conversation. Then, if appropriate, Phil and the athlete establish a performance baseline, agree on a focused training plan, practice the response in realistic situations, and review what changes.
Private + individualizedCompetition-specificIntegrated with the performance calendarIndependent + non-clinical
Does this sound familiar?
The challenges I help address
- The biggest competitions feel different from normal training.
- One mistake distracts you from the next action.
- Selection, ranking, or contract pressure pulls attention away from execution.
- Travel, fatigue, or expectations disrupt your normal preparation.
How I help
I help athletes develop individualized competition routines, attention cues, confidence strategies, and responses to pressure that can be rehearsed alongside physical and technical training.
What to expect
Start with a confidential, free conversation about your sport, schedule, and demands. A deeper assessment is optional and considered only if it helps plan the work.
Why work with Phil?
I bring sport leadership education, collegiate coaching experience, and applied mental-performance training. This service is independent of the IOC, USOPC, and governing bodies; no endorsement is implied.
Book a Free Consultation
Talk directly with Philip Coffman. No assessment or account required.
Explore the approach, training methods, and detailed resources
See it in your sport
Your sport. Your position. Your mental edge.
A quarterback and a kicker do not face the same moment. Choose your role to see how one mental-performance system can be applied to different competitive demands.
These are examples, not diagnoses or a prescribed plan. Your actual training is designed after we discuss your experience, goals, and competitive environment.
A moment you recognize
The next drive after an interception
The mental-performance challenge
Replaying the turnover can pull attention away from coverage recognition and the next decision.
A practical training application
Rehearse a short between-drive reset, then shift to one relevant pre-snap read and the next assignment.
How progress could be evaluated
Review reset use, decision process, and time needed to re-engage after simulated errors.
Applied training
Train for the moments that test you.
Choose a situation to see what a targeted mental-performance training exercise could address.
Situation-based training
After a mistake
Identify what happens to your attention after an error. Practice a reset, an athlete-selected cue, and the next action in the actual time available in your sport.
One way to monitor progress
Reset use and next-action readiness.
The exact intervention and measures are selected with the athlete. Mental-performance work complements technical coaching and medical care; it does not replace either.
Know the athlete. Train the response.
See what an individualized plan looks like.
Illustrative example: a professional quarterback working to return attention to the next assignment after an interception. This is fictional and is not an actual client report.
02 / Individualized plan
Select the next skill
Agree on a short reset routine and a specific attention target with the athlete, informed by their role and existing technical coaching.
03 / Training and transfer
Practice where it counts
Rehearse the response in realistic practice situations after simulated errors, then assess how it carries into competition.
04 / Review and refine
Measure the response
Review observed reset use, time to re-engage, decision process, and athlete feedback. Adapt the plan based on the evidence and the season.
Assessment ratings describe reported skills and experiences; they do not, by themselves, prove a change in game performance. Progress is reviewed using the measures agreed for that athlete, including observed behaviors when appropriate. No competitive outcome is guaranteed.
Fits the performance calendar
Mental training should fit your schedule. Not compete with it.
Flexible consultations
Plan sessions around practices, games, travel, and recovery within available scheduling options.
One relevant task
Practice short, athlete-specific exercises in moments that already exist in the training week.
Review and adapt
Adjust the plan as the season, competitive demands, and the athlete's responses change.
Book a free performance consultation No assessment required to start the conversation.
Consultation first
The first step is a conversation, not a mandatory assessment.
Talk with Phil about your sport, position, competitive calendar, immediate challenges, and the situations that matter most. Together you decide whether a formal profile would improve the coaching plan.
The consultation is an opportunity to clarify fit and next steps. No assessment, public checkout, or training subscription is required before booking the conversation.
Individualized mental performance
Understand the demand. Train a useful response. Review the result.
Assessment findings are considered alongside your experience, role, technical coaching, and competition conditions. A low rating alone never prescribes an intervention.
Phil and the athlete agree on a limited number of psychological skills, practice them within realistic training demands, and review relevant behaviors and athlete feedback over time. Self-reported ratings and competition outcomes are not interchangeable measures.
Confidentiality and professional scope
Your performance data is not a roster decision tool
Individual assessment responses, coaching notes, and development plans are kept private and shared with coaches, agents, selectors, and organizations only with appropriate athlete authorization. They are not intended to determine selection, contracts, or roster decisions.
iBE Performance provides mental-performance education and coaching, not clinical diagnosis, psychological treatment, or medical care. Support can complement appropriately qualified providers without replacing them.
Independent and collaborative
A plan that works alongside your performance team.
Mental-performance coaching can complement existing technical coaches, strength and conditioning, athletic training, sports medicine, and performance leadership without replacing their expertise.
Your individual assessment responses, private coaching notes, and development information are not shared with agents, selectors, teammates, or team staff without the appropriate authorization. Any requested reporting scope is discussed before an engagement begins.
Frequently asked questions
What people usually want to know first.
Do I need to complete an assessment before booking?
No. Book your free introductory consultation first. After discussing your goals and competitive demands, you and Phil can decide whether an assessment would add useful baseline information.
Is this only for Olympic athletes?
No. The pathway is designed for advanced high-performance environments including professional sport, national-team competition, international competition, elite collegiate sport, and other major selection or championship settings.
Will my results automatically be shared with coaches or teams?
No. Performance information is treated as private unless sharing is explicitly agreed to and appropriate for the engagement.
Can IBE work alongside my existing support team?
Yes. Mental-performance support can be coordinated with technical coaching, strength and conditioning, sports medicine, rehabilitation, nutrition, and performance leadership while respecting professional boundaries.
Start with a free conversation
Build a plan for the moments that matter in your sport.
If the difference at your level is small, the psychological plan should be precise. Talk with Phil about your sport, competitive calendar, pressure demands, and the performance system you need next.