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MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACHING FOR TEAMS
Train the mental side of your program
Workshops, teaching series and ongoing consulting with Kate Allgood for teams, academies and athletic programs. Help athletes train their attention, develop self-trust and strengthen how they respond to pressure, mistakes and the demands of their sport.
Talk with Kate about your athletes, your goals and the support that fits your program.
WHAT CAN MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACHING HELP YOUR TEAM DEVELOP?
Your athletes train their physical skills and learn how to execute your game plan. Mental performance coaching gives them a structured way to train the attention, awareness and responses that help them put that preparation into practice.
Your program may want to help athletes:
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Bring their training into competition more consistently.
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Refocus after mistakes and setbacks.
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Stay engaged when expectations and pressure rise.
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Develop confidence and self-trust.
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Respond constructively to feedback and changing roles.
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Strengthen communication and shared responsibility.
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Build preparation and recovery habits throughout the season.
The work can address a current challenge or become part of your program’s ongoing development. We begin with what matters to your athletes and coaching staff.
WAYS TO BRING MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACHING TO YOUR TEAM
Choose a focused session, a connected teaching series or an ongoing partnership. Each approach is tailored to your athletes’ age, competitive level, goals and schedule.
TEAM TALKS & WORKSHOPS
Introduce a relevant topic through an engaging session that combines teaching, discussion and practical application. Athletes leave with a clear idea to explore and a practice they can bring into training or competition.
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Suitable for preseason preparation, a midseason check-in, a specific team challenge or an introduction to mental training.
MENTAL PERFORMANCE TEACHING SERIES
Build learning across several connected sessions. Each visit introduces or develops a training area, gives athletes something to practice and creates an opportunity to reflect on their experiences at the next session.
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A series might include two sessions across a season or four visits over several months. The number, timing and topics are shaped around your program.
ONGOING TEAM CONSULTING
Bring Kate into your program on a recurring or part-time basis. A partnership can combine team sessions, consultation with coaching staff, observation of training or competition, and individual athlete support according to the agreed scope.
Suitable for programs seeking to integrate mental training into their regular development and season planning.
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WHAT WILL YOUR ATHLETES TRAIN?
Sessions connect mental performance concepts to situations your athletes experience. Topics are selected to fit your program, with opportunities to practice and apply the learning.
ATTENTION & FOCUS
Train athletes to notice distractions, direct attention toward relevant information and return to the task when their focus shifts
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ENERGY, PREPARATION & RECOVERY
Teach athletes to recognize activation and energy needs, prepare intentionally and recover physically, mentally and emotionally across training and competition.
PRESSURE & RESPONSES TO MISTAKES
Help athletes recognize what changes when a moment feels important. Practice responses that support refocusing, decision-making and continued participation after mistakes.
COMMUNICATION & TEAM RESPONSIBILITY
Explore how individual responses affect teammates. Practice communicating clearly, receiving feedback and acting in alignment with shared standards.
CONFIDENCE & SELF-TRUST
Develop the habits and relationship with themselves that support athletes through uncertainty, feedback and difficulty. Connect self-trust to preparation, commitments and their choices in sport.
IMAGERY & MENTAL REHEARSAL
Introduce mental rehearsal to support preparation and practice responses to competitive situations, including challenges athletes may encounter.
A PLAN BUILT AROUND YOUR PROGRAM
CLARIFY YOUR PRIORITIES​
We begin by discussing your athletes, the demands of your sport and what you want to develop. Your observations help identify the most relevant starting point.
AGREE ON THE FORMAT​
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Together, we establish the session format, schedule, participants and scope of support. Delivery can be in person or virtual, with arrangements discussed according to your location and needs.
TEACH, TRAIN & APPLY​
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Athletes learn relevant concepts and practice skills they can bring into their sport. In a series or ongoing partnership, we return to their experiences and refine the training over time.
CONNECT WITH YOUR STAFF​
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Collaboration with coaches helps connect the learning to everyday practice. We discuss ways staff can reinforce the training through language, routines and relevant moments in the season.
SUPPORT BEYOND THE TEAM SESSION
Depending on your program’s goals, a partnership can include additional resources and support.
INDIVIDUAL ATHLETE COACHING
Provide personalized support for athletes who would benefit from dedicated mental training. Individual sessions can complement the team’s learning while addressing the athlete’s own goals and experiences.
TAIS ASSESSMENT
Use individual attentional and interpersonal profiles to inform athlete development and relevant coaching conversations. Results are interpreted in relation to the person and the demands of their sport.
THE ATHLETE WITHIN® ONLINE PLATFORM
Give athletes resources to continue training between sessions, including audio coaching, guided practices, Performance Journeys and reflection prompts.
COACH & PARENT EDUCATION
Include sessions for coaches or parents when appropriate to your program. Build shared understanding around attention, pressure, self-trust and how adults can support athletes’ development and ownership.
WORK WITH KATE ALLGOOD
Kate is a mental performance coach, author and former collegiate and professional hockey player. She brings more than 16 years of coaching experience and two master’s degrees—in Applied Sport Psychology and General Psychology—to her work.
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Her experience includes four seasons as a mental performance consultant with the AHL’s San Diego Gulls, alongside work with youth, collegiate and professional athletes. She connects mental training to the experiences athletes and coaches encounter in their sport.
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"Kate was hired to work with an elite group of our athletes in hopes of leveraging her mindset coaching to diversify both the mental skills, and heighten the mental fortitude, of the athletes' performance. Thought patterns and self-concept are self-improvement themes often casually referenced, but when it comes to harnessing and optimizing them, Kate is a pro. Have hired her multiple times, and recommend her to others."
- Simone Gabrielle
Director of Operations | Instructor San Diego Academy of Ballet
LET’S DISCUSS YOUR PROGRAM
Whether you’re planning a team workshop, a teaching series or ongoing support, we’ll explore your goals and a suitable approach. Bring your questions about timing, format and how mental training could fit into your program.
Prefer to send the details? Contact Kate