A Mental Performance System for Teams and Athletic Programs
One speech may create a good day.
A team needs more than one good day.
The Game Within team model gives athletes a shared mental performance language, individual learning accounts, an approved assessment process, recurring coaching, and a program-specific dashboard when the engagement calls for it.
Shawn Collins works with the team to turn the course into a practical rhythm that can be used in practice, competition, team meetings, player conversations, and season review.
What Each Athlete Receives
Every participating athlete may receive:
- Annual access to The Game Within.
- An individual athlete portal.
- Video instruction and printable worksheets.
- Access to the BETTER Athlete Community.
- A team-specific Mental Performance Index experience.
- Team coaching sessions with Shawn.
- Optional private athlete coaching when separately approved and enrolled.
What the Program Receives
The team or program may receive:
- A program-specific assessment link.
- A dedicated enrollment or paywall process.
- A custom, exclusive team dashboard within BETTER-approved fields and access.
- Team-level baseline and follow-up views.
- A launch session for athletes, families, coaches, and program leaders.
- Recurring team mental performance sessions.
- A written program rhythm for practice, competition, review, and follow-through.
- Optional coach, athletic director, parent, or private athlete support.
- A program review at agreed intervals.
What the Dashboard is For
See Patterns Without Reducing Athletes to a Score
A team dashboard can help a program review participation, approved assessment information, team patterns, and change over time. It should help the coaching process answer practical questions:
- Where are common pressure patterns appearing?
- What early signs of drift are athletes learning to notice?
- Which course themes need another team conversation?
- Are athletes becoming more specific about their reset?
- Which issues belong in a team session?
- Which issues belong in a private conversation?
- What should the program practice next?
What the Dashboard is Not For
The dashboard should not be used to:
- Rank athletes publicly.
- Make automatic roster or playing-time decisions.
- Replace coach judgment.
- Diagnose mental-health conditions.
- Display private coaching notes.
- Pressure athletes to disclose personal information.
- Promise wins, statistics, recruitment, or scholarships.
Program Phases
Phase 1:
Scope and Consent
Confirm the buyer, roster, age range, sport, season, coaching cadence, team paywall, dashboard users, data access, parent or legal guardian consent, and program goals.
Phase 2
Baseline
Athletes complete enrollment, receive individual accounts, and take the approved team-specific Mental Performance Index.
Phase 3:
Course and Team Launch
Shawn introduces the four-stage pathway and explains how the team will use the course, community, assessment, coaching, and dashboard.
Phase 4:
Recurring Application
The team meets at the agreed cadence. Sessions use real team situations and course language to set one practical focus for the next practice or competition window.
PHASE 5:
Scope and Consent
The program reviews participation, agreed indicators, athlete feedback, coaching usefulness, and the next period of work.
Southern Indiana Vibe Pilot
Southern Indiana Vibe Softball is the first controlled team use case.
Each participating player will have an individual Game Within portal. The team will use its dedicated Mental Performance Index link. Shawn will use an approved Vibe dashboard to guide the team’s recurring mental performance work.
Because Shawn is also part of the coaching staff, the pilot will use explicit parent consent, clear disclosure of what is visible, and a strict separation between private coaching information and playing-time or roster decisions.
Who Can Sponsor a Program?
A team engagement may be purchased or sponsored by:
- A school or athletic department.
- A travel or club organization.
- A head coach or program director.
- A booster or parent organization.
- A donor, foundation, or community sponsor.
- A business supporting athlete development.
- A college program or athletics unit.
The scope and payment structure must identify the buyer, participants, access roles, data responsibilities, and renewal terms.
Program Investment
Team and program pricing is custom. The fee should account for:
- Number of athlete accounts.
- Annual Game Within access.
- Dashboard setup and support.
- Team coaching cadence.
- Optional private coaching.
- Parent, coach, or staff sessions.
- Reporting and review.
- Travel when applicable.
- Program length and renewal.
Tell Us About the Team
Use this form to begin a program conversation. This is not a public athlete-registration form.
"*" indicates required fields
Frequently Asked Questions
Does every athlete need a Game Within account?
The approved team model is built around individual athlete access. The final seat and paywall structure must be confirmed with BETTER for each program.
Can the coach see every athlete's private information?
No. The engagement must define role-based access. Private coaching notes stay separate.
Can a team start with one workshop?
A separately scoped workshop may be possible, but the team system is designed for recurring application rather than a one-time speech.
Can parents participate?
Parents may receive an orientation or support session when it is part of the approved scope. Parent access does not automatically include private athlete coaching information.
Can the dashboard be branded for the program?
Seth has authorized Shawn to develop program-specific and team-exclusive dashboards for programs Shawn brings in. The exact fields, branding, hosting, support, and permissions must be confirmed for each build.
Build a Repeatable Mental Performance Rhythm for the Whole Program
Give athletes a common course, a clear starting point, direct coaching, and a team system that can continue after the first conversation.