Coaching Mental Performance With FSU Softball Mental Performance Coach Ellie Cooper, MPM

In this live 55min group coaching call, Brian Cain, MPM is joined by Florida State Softball Director of Mental Performance and Player Development Ellie Cooper to talk about coaching mental performance. 

As the Player Performance Director, Cooper focuses on implementing and developing the mental game and player performance while assisting with technology, video and the day-to-day operations of Florida State softball.

Cooper was a member of the Seminoles from 2014-17 and was on staff as a Student Assistant during the Seminoles’ 2018 National Championship run.

During her time at Florida State, she was named to the All-ACC team twice (2015 and 2016) and was named a member of the NFCA Southeast All-Region Second Team in 2016. During her time in Tallahassee, she hit .319 with 122 RBI, 31 doubles, seven triples and seven home runs while getting on base 41.7 percent of the time. Cooper was a mainstay at second base, playing in 243 games in her career and finishing with a .960 fielding percentage.

In her four seasons at FSU, the Noles won four ACC Championships and reached four NCAA Super Regionals with two trips to the Women’s College World Series.

NOTES FROM CALL WITH COACH COOPER

How to deal with the pressure of living your dream

How 75% of Her Time Is Invested Into Your Mental Performance Coaching

The Importance of Having A Classroom Session 1x a Week With Mental Performance

The Importance of Body Language

The Program FSACC Core Values & Culture -

The Importance of Routines 

Why The Team Read It Takes What It Takes This Fall

Creating A Culture Calendar

The Tough As Shit Socks

The One More Board

Breathing

T-Shirts With Slogans

The Process Based Scoring Sheet

“Tell the Truth Tuesdays” sharing your “safeties” (blue angels) for practicing normalizing accountability/vulnerability/ownership and using them as moments of growth

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