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  • Sport Performance
  • Nutrition & Behavior Change
  • Our Team
  • Patient Portal
  • Contact Us

SPORTS PERFORMANCE COACHING & MENTAL SKILLS COUNSELING

Train your mind the way you train your body.

Mental skills coaching for athletes who want to perform when it matters — not just when conditions are perfect.

The physical work gets you to the start line. Mental skills get you across the finish.

Whether you’re an elite athlete chasing a personal best, a college player handling recruitment pressure, a high schooler navigating a big season, or a weekend warrior who freezes in the big moment — the mental side of sport is trainable.
We build it the same way we’d build any physical skill: with intention, repetition, and a plan you can actually use under pressure. Real tools, real practice, real performance gains.

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"Most athletes are over-trained
​physically and under-trained mentally.
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Skills that change how you compete

Performance Anxiety & Competition Pressure

"I’m fine in practice. I fall apart in games."
The pre-game stomach drop. The shaking hands before a free throw. Choking in moments you’ve practiced a thousand times. We work on the physiology of pressure — what’s actually happening in your body — and build skills that hold up when the stakes are real.

Focus & Mental Composure

"My head gets so loud I can’t think straight out there."
When your inner monologue takes over, when crowd noise pulls you off your game, when one bad play snowballs into five — we build the attention skills to stay present pitch by pitch, point by point, rep by rep.

Confidence Through Setbacks

"I’m in a slump and I can’t shake it."
Confidence isn’t a personality trait. It’s a skill — and like any skill, it can be rebuilt after losses, injuries, benchings, or a season that didn’t go the way you planned. We work on how you talk to yourself when no one else is watching.

Visualization & Mental Rehearsal

"I want to perform under pressure the way I perform in my head."
Mental rehearsal is neuroscience. We teach you to use imagery the way Olympic-level athletes do: not as wishful thinking, but as actual practice that primes your nervous system for the moment.

Pre-Performance Routines & Mindset

"Some days I’m dialed in. Other days I have no idea why I can’t get there."
We build the pre-game routine that gets you into your zone on demand — physical activation, mental cue words, breathing, attention strategy — so peak performance stops being an accident.

Injury Recovery & Return to Sport

"My body’s cleared. My head isn’t."
The psychological side of coming back. Working through fear of re-injury, identity loss during time off, and the mental rebuild that has to happen alongside the physical one. Especially valuable for ACL, concussion, and overuse-injury comebacks.

Who we work with

  • Individual Athletes: Recreational, competitive, and elite — in any sport, at any age.
  • High School & College: Recruitment pressure, big seasons, identity through sport, balancing it all.
  • Teams & Coaches: Workshops, team-culture work, and ongoing mental performance integration.
  • Parents: Supporting young athletes without adding pressure. 

1:1 or team sessions

Individual coaching, small-group work, or team-wide mental performance programs — in person or virtual.
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Practical reps, not theory

You’ll leave each session with one specific tool to practice. Mental skills are built the same way physical skills are — with reps.
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Built around your sport

Mental work that fits your physical training calendar — pre-season, in-season, taper, recovery, off-season.
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Ready to train your mental game?  Contact us today by calling 307-630-3466 or completing the contact form below.  
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Wellness Associates
404 N St Suite #201
Rock Springs, WY 82901

307-630-3466
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Office Hours: 
 Monday - Friday by appointment.  
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​**Current clients can request appointments through the patient portal.  
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