Improve Your Mental Game

Get personalized mental performance coaching. As a top performer during practice, you already have the skills you need to succeed. Let Ashley help you bring them to competition. Get the support you need to overcome mental game issues and reach your full potential.

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Win the competition with your mental game! If you struggle to perform on competition day despite being a top performer in practice, consider getting a mental game coach. Ashley Ainsworth offers one-on-one personalized sessions to help you overcome whatever mental block is holding you back. Don’t let your mind keep you from reaching your full potential.

Proven Mental Game Strategies

Athletes often struggle with the mental side of their sport. It can be hard to stay positive, stay focused, and deal with emotions during a long season – especially if you’re dealing with competitive pressures or injury.

Overcoming these challenges can be difficult and defeating, leaving many athletes feeling overwhelmed and lost. This lack of confidence keeps them from performing to their full potential – preventing them from reaching the top of their game or winning important competitions.

The Great Athletes Think Elite program provides an answer for athletes looking for an edge over their competition and access to proven strategies that will help them become more confident, focused, and motivated in any situation. With our program, athletes can train smarter, stay relaxed under pressure, and perform better in competition, no matter the circumstance!

Get Personalized Mental Game Coaching

Unlock your hidden abilities and reach your full potential with tailored mental game performance coaching for athletes. Discover personalized mental game strategies and tips to achieve greatness and become the best version of yourself. Benefit from years of valuable knowledge shared every step of the way.

Discover Your Strengths. Empower Your Mindset. Elevate Your Performance.

By participating in personalized mental performance coaching session, you are allowing yourself to learn lifelong irreplaceable skills:

Rebounding from touch losses, overcoming obstacles, & tackling adversity with resilience, ambition, & courage.

Learning how to face overwhelming pressure and expectations that require immense psychological willpower

Knowing how to use effective stress & anxiety management strategies & tools that are personalized to you

Understanding the importance of goal setting, intentional training, & identifying small wins to create a winning outlook

Are you ready to get mental performance coaching? Here's how it works!

Each week, you will have the flexibility to schedule your calls with your mental performance coach. All sessions are dome remotely, making it easier to fit into your lifestyle as we know time can be limited for athletes! There is always a method to our mental performance coaching, and it is personalized to your specific goals and the weekly reflections.

Initial Smart Coaching Assessment: We discuss your goals, how you feel, and the specific areas that you need to improve.
Mental Performance Coaching Plan: We issue a plan we share with the athlete to clarify our path forward.
Consistent Calls and Review: We review the progress made by the athlete based on the individual mental performance plan.
Self-Reflection: Every athlete is asked to complete a weekly self-reflection to help them think about their progress.
Effective Goal Setting: During every call, we issue goal setting and an action plan for the week ahead.
Check-ins for Accountability: Our weekly check-ins help evaluate progress and ensure we head in the right direction.

Meet Ashley! Your elite mental performance coach who is specialized in helping youth & colleges athletes to achieve at their best!

Hi, I’m Ashley – a seasoned counselor with over 10 years of experience working with athletes. Alongside my Master’s in Sport & Exercise Psychology and Master’s in School Counseling, I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a Minor in Coaching Science. Trust me to help you achieve your full potential on and off the field!

As a lifelong athlete, I have a passion for competition. With experience playing for Olympic Development and nationally ranked high school teams, I bring a level of expertise to any team I’m on. I’m also a seasoned coach with over 10 years of experience coaching girls’ soccer and CrossFit. My certifications, including CrossFit Level 1 Instructor and NASM-Certified Personal Trainer, ensure that I can guide others toward success in their own fitness journeys. Additionally, I hold a USSF “D” License for coaching soccer, making me a well-rounded coach and athlete.

Empowering young athletes to succeed, both on and off the field is my life’s work. Combining an expert education in sport psychology with years of hands-on experience, I offer strategic mental performance coaching to help youth athletes achieve their full potential. With my guidance, athletes receive the latest cutting-edge techniques to sharpen their mental game and excel in sports and life.

Ready to take your athletic career to new heights? Let’s team up and watch your goals soar to success. Count on me to guide you every step of the way.

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   John Shallo 
 May 18, 2024
 
 
  Amazing experience, really helped and very thoughtful with every meeting.
  
 
       
   Nicole Woodroof 
 May 4, 2024
 
 
  We cannot say enough great things about Ashley and the work she has done with our son. When we started with her, his confidence regarding his sport was at an all-time low. He had been beaten down mentally by old-school coaches that don’t have any idea how to get what they really want out of kids. At almost sixteen, this had been going on for years. The focus she gave all of us, not just him, has made all the difference. She has helped my son refocus on what creates results to help him reach his goals, instead of being in his head about every tiny mistake he makes. As a high-level competitor herself, a high school counselor, and a coach, she has the trifecta of perfect skills for what it takes to work with kids and athletes. She understands kids in a way that even as parents we haven’t at times. In fact, we have asked her on several occasions to help us, and she partnered with us in a way that gave him the support he needed to meet his goals. Sometimes, although well-intentioned, we would say things that were reinforcing the thoughts that weren’t serving him well, but Ashley was patient with us too, and was able to help us help him. She has helped change our mindset as well as my son’s. She is an incredible, caring, wise mentor and we only wish we found her sooner! I highly recommend hiring Ashley Ainsworth!
  
 
       
   Caitlin McGonagle 
 April 22, 2024
 
 
  Ashley is the best! She is not only a very kind and enjoyable person to be around but she is an even better coach. She always makes sure to push me to my potential and is so encouraging the entire time. While I am away at school Ashley creates weekly workout programs for me and always sends me texts to check up on my progress and how I am doing. She has taken the time to get to know me and my body and I can’t be more grateful for the confidence she has given me in the gym!
  
 
       
   Ali McGonagle 
 April 22, 2024
 
 
  I recommend Ashley because she always pushes you to be the best you can be. She is super motivating, fun to work with, and is happy to see you succeed. She is the best coach for anyone looking to achieve their goals and adopt a healthier lifestyle!!
  
 
       
   Tyler Zarbock 
 March 24, 2024
 
 
  Amazing teacher if you are willing to put in the work! Sets you up for success from the very first talk, and makes plans that are extremely easy to follow along, and all it requires is that you being willing to do everything with an intention!
  
 
       
   Chrissy Hunsberger-Smith 
 January 10, 2024
 
 
  I highly recommend Ashley to anyone who have performance anxiety, put too much pressure on themselves to be the best all the time, or even ones who have just hit a plateau and need help. She is genuine, honest, and truly cares for each of her athletes and it shows by her actions and words. She will listen to your wants, needs, and struggles as an athlete. After learning what you need, she will work with you to help you find different ways to visualize your goals reach them.

As a prior college athlete, I know I would have benefited from having a coach like Ashley in my corner back then to help release some of the pressures of being a student athlete while also striving to be the best at my sport.
  
 
       
   Shannon Murphy 
 November 13, 2023
 
 
  I recently worked with Ashley helping to get my mind settled for a Muay Thai fight this past weekend. In a very short amount of time, Ashley helped me drastically improve my mentality going into the fight. She is skilled and knowledgeable in her work and her passion and care for her clients is very apparent! I would recommend any athlete to Ashley looking to up their game in more ways than one.
  
 
       
   Dean Plummer 
 November 5, 2023
 
 
  We can not thank Ashley enough for the time she invested in our son.  The relationship and trust that Ashley was able to develop with our son enabled her to fully understand the barriers holding him back from realizing his full potential.  It has been amazing to watch our son's performance change and his confidence soar with the skills and techniques Ashley has taught him.  He now has a toolbox of skills that he can utilize on and off the field to help him succeed as he finishes up his high school career and transitions into college.  We recommend Ashley and Great Athletes Think Elite to help your son or daughter reach their full potential on and off the field.  Thank you Ashley!
  
 
       
   Kristen Garron 
 May 25, 2023
 
 
  Where do I even begin? Ashley is, simply, the best! She has helped me so much in achieving my personal goals using various tactics to build and maintain my mental strength. Her passion and drive is unmatched. She is so caring and compassionate and just wants you to succeed. Not only has she helped me but she’s also helped my 9 year old daughter through sports performance coaching. My daughter plays year-round club soccer and needed some help with her confidence on the field. Ashley was so wonderful with her and we saw a new spark in our daughter’s passion for the game and skill level on the field. Passionate, empathetic, caring, genuine, empowering and just all around awesome are some words I would use to describe Ashley. Do yourself a favor and work with Ash! You will not regret it!
  
 
       
   Brian Threadgill 
 May 25, 2023
 
 
  My wife and I could not give a higher recommendation to Ashley and the support she provided to our child.  They now how the skills to approach not only sports but school work and the challenges that growing up present.