Why do so many talented athletes collapse under pressure? Why do confident kids fall apart the moment failure shows up? In this episode, Coach Curtis Pelletier rips the lid off one of the most overlooked components of success: mental performance.

This isn’t mindset fluff or motivational noise. This is neuroscience-backed, experience-driven truth about how your brain operates under stress — and why most kids, athletes, and even adults are never taught how to handle it.

Coach Curtis breaks down:

• What mental performance actually is (and what it isn’t)
• The brain science behind choking under pressure
• Why baseball is the ultimate test of mental resiliency
• How anxiety, screen time, and over-involved parenting are eroding today’s youth
• The difference between proactive mental training and reactive panic-mode
• The financial blind spot: why parents spend thousands on gear but skip the mindset work
• How Mindset U is helping build athletes who don’t just play well — they live well

If you’re a parent, coach, or competitor… this episode will change the way you think about pressure, preparation, and performance. Because the real game? It’s played between the ears.