✓ Stay composed under pressure
✓ Trust your preparation in high-stakes moments
✓ Bounce back after mistakes
Pressure Changes How You Play, Even When You're Prepared
You’ve put in the hours. Physically, you’re ready.
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But in competition, pressure changes things. One mistake can pull your focus away. Doubt creeps in. You hesitate, rush decisions, or start playing not to lose.
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It’s frustrating, especially when you know your training deserves to show up in competition, not disappear when the stakes rise.
Train your mind the same way you train your body
1. Build Attentional Control
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Learn how to manage focus, emotions, and attention so pressure doesn’t take over your performance.
2. Perform Under Pressure
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Use practical tools before, during, and after mistakes to stay locked in when it matters most.
3. Compete with Confidence
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Trust your decisions in big moments instead of second-guessing or tightening up.
I'm here to help
Dr. Bryan McLaughlin, CMPC
Certified Mental Performance Consultant® (CMPC)
​As a Certified Mental Performance Consultant® (CMPC), I provide evidence-informed mental performance coaching programs to athletes and high performers. Committed to optimizing performance in sport, I integrate current research to help individuals enhance their abilities and overcome adversities. BM Mental Performance offers tailored approaches to clients in Canada and United States to bridge the gap from research-to-practice, ensuring impactful results.
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Ph.D., Health Sciences (Specialization in Sport Psychology)
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Certified Mental Performance Consultant® (CMPC)
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Professional Member - Canadian Sport Psychology Association (CSPA)
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Student member - Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)
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Works with variety of high-performance athletes, business professionals, and performers
How Does This Work?
1. Book A Free Introduction Call
This is a free introductory call where we can see if you are the right fit for a program we provide. This is a great opportunity to discuss your unique needs and how we can tailor a customized program to help you achieve your goals.
2. Develop a Customized Program
This is where you and Bryan work collaboratively to develop a customized mental performance program to help unlock your potential.
3. Implement Program to Enhance Performance
Applying and implementing mental performance strategies in the performance domain to enhance performance outcomes. This occurs through individual sessions on a consistent basis to monitor progress towards long-term goals.
The performance you've been working for.
Pressure changes how you play. Even when you’re prepared, one mistake can pull your focus away and shift how you compete.
You’ve already done the physical work. But without mental skills, that preparation doesn’t always show up when the pressure builds.
Mental performance coaching helps close that gap. You build practical tools based on how pressure actually affects you, so you can stay calm, reset quickly, and trust your decisions in competition.
When those skills are in place, everything changes. Mistakes don’t linger. You compete one hole at a time. And your training finally shows up when it matters.
Stop losing focus before competition.
A Free Game Day Mindset Guide to help you stay calm, focused, and ready to compete.