Mental Performance Coaching for High School Athletes
Most programs build the outside. We build the inside.
Professional athletes across every major sport now have mental performance coaches. The PGA. MLB. NFL. NBA. It is standard at the highest level.
Most high school athletes never get access to it. Now they do.
Your athlete has put in the work. The lessons. The travel ball. The weightroom. This is the missing piece.
Troy O'Neal · MP2 Founder & Coach · 2026 Delaware State Baseball Coach of the Year · Certified Mental Performance Coach
The PROGRAM
This is what MP2 builds in your athlete.
Eight mental pillars that become the foundation of an athlete's physical performance.
Personal Development
The life framework that sets the foundation for everything — who your athlete is becoming as a person, not just as a player.
Identity & Self-Awareness
A stable sense of self that mistakes and bad games can't shake.
Growth Mindset
Rewiring fear of failure into a competitive edge.
Focus & Attention Control
Staying locked in when it matters most — pitch by pitch, play by play.
Confidence & Self-Control
Real confidence built from the inside out, not dependent on results.
Resilience & Accountability
The ability to fail, own it completely, and come back stronger.
Leadership
How to lead without a title and make the people around you better.
Sport Builds Life
The graduation pillar — where everything your athlete built connects back to who they are becoming beyond the sport.
The Parents
As a parent of 3 kids in sports, I wish I knew then what I know about coaching my own kids from the stands and what to say on the car ride home.
My dad was the dad behind home plate.You know the one. Loud. Opinionated. Every pitch an opinion. Every at-bat a coaching session from the stands.
I love my dad. And I did not become him.
But I made my own mistakes. Coaching my kids from the stands, and saying things after a tough game on the ride home I wish I could take back. Connecting my mood to their performance in ways I did not even realize I was doing.
Through those experiences — and years of research into what young athletes actually need from the adults in their life — I built The Ride Home.
Three videos. Everything I wish I had known as a young parent watching my kids play.
Because what happens in the car after the game either builds on everything your athlete is working on in this program — or undoes it.
Watch it before Session 2. Your athlete is already doing the work. Now it is your turn.
Why it matters
The window is open right now. Most programs never use it.
Ages 15 to 18 are the most critical years in an athlete's development — not just physically, but mentally. The habits, the identity, the response to failure built during these years follow them into college, into work, and into life. Most programs spend every minute of that window on the physical game. The mental game goes untrained. That is the gap MP2 closes.
"How many times have we heard the game is 90% mental, yet all our resources are invested in the physical." Coach Troy O'Neal · 40+ years as a player, coach, and parent
This is an investment that goes beyond sports and baseball. When the game ends, and it always ends, the confidence, resilience, accountability, and leadership your athlete built here will show up in life.
How to train with Coach Troy
Cohort 1 — Fall 2026
This is not a course you buy and forget. It is a live, coached program with Coach Troy, and space is intentionally limited.
Full Schedule
Kickoff — All 20 Athletes
Phase 1 — The Foundation · Sessions 1–4 · Twelve Pillars by Jim Rohn
Phase 2 — The Pillars · Sessions 5–11
What a week looks like
Two live sessions to choose from
Tuesday or Thursday. Your athlete picks one and stays in that group. 10 athletes per group. Coach Troy leads every session live.
Open office hours
Two hours per week. Athletes and parents sign up for 15-minute blocks directly with Coach Troy.
Pillar work
Slide deck, accountability quiz, Apply It worksheet, and 7-Day Training Protocol for each session, completed between live sessions.
The MP2 Playbook
Personal field manual built throughout the program — baseline assessment, one page per pillar, graduation comparison.
What's included
Everything your athlete gets
One program. Everything included. Nothing sold separately.
What players say
"The confidence, mental toughness, and mindset Troy instilled showed in our results. Thankful for what he did to help me reach levels in my game I didn't think were attainable."
"I was one of the first to work through Coach Troy's MP2 program my senior year. Before it, I tied my confidence to my results. MP2 taught me to build confidence through preparation, accountability, and trusting the process regardless of the outcome. It made me a better competitor, leader, and teammate — and gave me tools I'll carry long after playing is over."
"Troy's coaching changed how I prepare and how I compete. The mental side of the game was the missing piece — once I had it, everything else followed."
Who is Troy O'Neal?
40+ years on every side of this game — as a player, a professional, a coach at every level, a parent watching from the stands, and now a certified mental performance coach. MP2 is built from all of it.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How much time does this actually take each week?
What age range and sports is this built for?
Is this just for my athlete, or am I involved too?
Is this just for my athlete, or am I involved too?
What is the difference between the cohort and 1-1 coaching?What is the difference between the cohort and 1-1 coaching?
What if my athlete doesn't finish right away?
Is this a replacement for a sports psychologist or therapist?
Build the inside.
Give your athlete the one advantage most programs never train — the mind that shows up on game day.
