A young athlete practicing reactive footwork and a change of direction in a training studio

Youth Performance · Athletes 9–22

Build strength. Handle pressure.

Q: What sports do you coach?

Eric coaches young athletes across sports, with particular experience in golf, soccer, track and field, and throwing events. The work can combine strength, movement, mental performance, and skills for handling pressure.

Q: What if my athlete is already high-performing?

High-performing athletes can still benefit from stronger mistake-recovery skills, more consistent routines, and healthier performance habits.

Q: Do we need to choose a program first?

No. Every coaching path starts with a parent conversation. Eric speaks with each family to understand the athlete, discuss their needs, and decide whether his approach is the right fit. You choose the type of support together. The Young Athlete Pressure Profile is an optional reflection tool, not an application or a booking.

Q: What ages do you coach?

Eric works with athletes ages 9 to 22, with coaching adjusted to the athlete’s age, sport, and stage of development.

Q: Do you offer virtual sessions?

Yes. Mental-performance coaching is available virtually nationwide. In-person strength and movement coaching is available in Greenwich and Fairfield County, Connecticut. Prefer coaching at home? Limited in-home coaching is available by arrangement. Location and additional travel fees are confirmed before booking.

Q: Which performance reviews are included?

Mental coaching and mentorship include Stillpoint Performance Reviews across sports: up to four complete reviews per month during the eight-week mental package or each paid month of mentorship, with a response within 48 hours of a complete submission. Each includes athlete feedback and separate parent context. Unused reviews don’t roll over.

Q: What is included in coaching, and how are parents involved?

This is performance coaching, not therapy or medical treatment. It does not diagnose or treat mental-health conditions or replace licensed healthcare. Parent or guardian involvement is built into the process, and referrals are made when needs fall outside coaching scope.

Physical training, mental-performance coaching, or both—to help your athlete move well and recover from mistakes.

Every path starts with a conversation.

Book a Parent Conversation Take the Youth Pressure Audit

Free · 13 questions for parents.

Illustrated case study of Holden Lupo’s golf scores: a prior range of 77 to 87 in 9 of 12 verified rounds, followed by 75 and 73 after four post-round reviews, an 86 on the hardest course, then 73 in hard rain and two more rounds of 73. The golfer silhouette is illustrative. The mobile graphic also shows Pressure, Accept, Return (P.A.R.). — Holden Lupo View player profile

Athletes individually coached

FCIAC Girls Golf Co-Champion2025 season

Hamilton College Golf Commit2025 recruiting class

Division I + International Soccer AthleteUConn Big East champion · Team Puerto Rico starter · now playing for Army

Greenwich High Javelin Record HolderPerformance coaching in action

Eric Pellini with Greenwich High School javelin athletes — Great coaching shapes more than a result.

Ways to work together

What does your athleteneed help with?

Young athlete training rotational strength

Strength + Movement

Build strength they can use.

Strength, balance, and coordination coaching that also pays attention to focus and response when movement gets hard.

Explore strength coaching

Illustrative scene of a young golfer pausing thoughtfully between shots on a tree-lined course

Mental Performance

Work through pressure and limiting beliefs.

Question beliefs that hold them back, clarify their values, and practice the behaviors they want to bring into competition.

Explore mental coaching

When they need both

Youth Performance Mentorship

Illustration of a young athlete with a notebook and medicine ball talking with a coach during a training session

Physical and mental coaching together, with ongoing support and parent communication.

Explore mentorship

What parents usually notice first

The talent is there.What changes under pressure?

Golf makes these moments easy to see. The same questions matter across sports.

01 · What you notice

They start well. Then everything speeds up.

We explore

What changes in their body when the pressure builds?

02 · What you notice

One mistake turns into three.

We explore

Are they trying to win it all back on the next play?

03 · What you notice

A bad result becomes “I’m not good enough.”

We explore

What are they making this result mean about themselves?

04 · What you notice

You see it in practice. They lose it in competition.

We explore

What feels different when the outcome matters?

The Stillpoint Mantra

Train the athletebefore the sport.

See the coaching paths ↓

Inside the mental-performance work

Help them know whatto do with pressure.

Future Self work helps athletes decide how they want to respond when pressure feels unbearable, then practice returning to that response in competition.

Wyatt reflecting on his future-self letter

Athlete reflectionWatch on YouTube ↗

Future-self coaching

The Future Self Letter

“What defines you isn’t the bad round—it’s your response to it.” — Wyatt

Stillpoint Post Performance Review

The round ends.The overthinking doesn’t.

Illustrative scene of a teenage golfer recording a round on a phone. Three thoughts converge toward it: Rushed putts; Can’t miss again; Found my reset.

Round reflections enter a phone, pass through Eric’s coaching review, and lead to a card labeled One Focus.

Eric helps your athlete understand what happened, question what they made it mean, and choose one clear focus for the next round.

Inside the physical work

Strength for the body they’re growing into.

Training shaped around how your athlete is growing, moving, and handling the work today.

TPI Junior Level 2 certified ↗Long-Term Athletic Development (LTAD) principles ↗

Illustration of a female athlete practicing a split stance while a coach observes her foot position. A close-up highlights her stable base: Find balance. Then build strength.

Growing quickly?: Adjust training as their body changes.
Movement feels awkward?: Build balance, coordination, and control.
Need a stronger foundation?: Develop strength they can use together.

Same age. Different stage.

Earlier growth spurtLater growth spurt

Children the same age can be at different stages of growth.

Is their training built for the stage they’re in?

Read: “My Kid Is Going Through a Growth Spurt—What Should I Do?” (PDF ↗)

Talk about your athlete

A parent conversation with Eric.

Athletes & parents

In their own words.

From a parent

“Eric’s impact on my daughter was immediate. The training made her private swing lessons more effective, and her confidence shifted completely.”

— Jill Talbot, MA, LMFTParent · Optimal Outcomes Therapy ↗

Athlete comeback

Grace Burns, Division I soccer athlete and Team Puerto Rico starter

“My previous training had slowed me down and led to repetitive injuries. Eric helped me regain my speed using breathwork and different exercises I hadn’t done before.”

— Grace Burns Division I Big East Champion at UConn · now playing for Army · Team Puerto Rico starter · Rockland County Player of the Year

Whole-athlete result

Ellery Talbot with her FCIAC championship medal

“Without the mental coaching I don’t know if I could have tied for 1st place in the County Championships.”

— Ellery Talbot, FCIAC Co-Champion

Individual experiences and results vary.

From the field

When self-trust became a record-breaking performance.

Eric Pellini sharing a story during a presentation

Speaking excerpt · 1:21Playback trouble? Watch on Vimeo ↗

Coaching options

Physical. Mental.Or both, together.

Every path starts with a parent conversation. Eric gets to know your athlete, you discuss the fit, and together you choose the right support.

Physical + mental

Youth Performance Mentorship

For athletes who need their physical and mental development connected in one coaching plan.

$1,300 / month

Strength coaching in Greenwich & Fairfield County. Mental sessions can be virtual.

Prefer coaching at home? Limited in-home coaching is available by arrangement. Location and additional travel fees are confirmed before booking.

The work: One strength-training session each week

Dedicated 45–60-minute mental sessions

Parent updates after mental sessions and 15-minute parent calls

Choose the term together

3 months · $3,900 totalFive mental sessions · Two parent calls

6 months · $7,800 totalTen mental sessions · Four parent calls

The fixed monthly fee includes every scheduled weekly strength session. Stillpoint Performance Reviews are included across sports throughout your term.

Physical coaching

Strength & Movement Coaching

For athletes who need better strength, coordination, or control as they grow.

The work: Individualized strength and movement coaching

Balance, coordination, and body awareness

Training adjusted to growth and sport demands
Three-month commitment: 12 in-person sessions across three months in Greenwich & Fairfield County, CT. Aim for about four each month; schedule within the full term, subject to availability.
Investment: $165 / sessionThree monthly payments of $660 · $1,980 total. After the term, keep the $165 rate and train less often without a new 12-session commitment.

Prefer coaching at home? Limited in-home coaching is available by arrangement. Location and additional travel fees are confirmed before booking.

Mental coaching

Mental Performance Coaching

For athletes whose pressure response or limiting beliefs keep getting in the way.

The work: Clarify vision, values, and limiting beliefs

Connect those values to competitive behavior

Practice responding to pressure and setbacks
Format: Five 45–60-minute sessions over eight weeks, available virtually.
Parent updates after each session, plus two 15-minute parent calls.
Investment: $1,500 totalTwo monthly payments of $750.

Prefer coaching at home? Limited in-home coaching is available by arrangement. Location and additional travel fees are confirmed before booking.

Stillpoint Performance Reviews included across sports.

What changes for your athlete under pressure?

Take the Pressure Profile

Book a Parent Conversation

You don’t need to choose a program before we talk.

Fit + scope

A few things to know before we start coaching.

What sports do you coach?

What if my athlete is already high-performing?

Do we need to choose a program first?

What ages do you coach?

Do you offer virtual sessions?

Which performance reviews are included?

What is included in coaching, and how are parents involved?

Eric Pellini CSCS · Stillpoint Strength

A note from Eric

Before we train, we talk.

Coaching your child is personal, detailed work. That’s why I speak with every family before we begin.

I want to understand your athlete’s goals, how they’re developing, and what you’re noticing. Then we decide together whether I’m the right fit and what support makes sense.

Book a Parent Conversation Take the Pressure Profile

Free · 13 questions for parents. Confirm your email, then complete the profile on this website.

Build strength. Handle pressure.

What does your athleteneed help with?

Build strength they can use.

Work through pressure and limiting beliefs.

Youth Performance Mentorship

The talent is there.What changes under pressure?

They start well. Then everything speeds up.

One mistake turns into three.

A bad result becomes “I’m not good enough.”

You see it in practice. They lose it in competition.

Help them know whatto do with pressure.

The Future Self Letter

The round ends.The overthinking doesn’t.

Strength for the body they’re growing into.

Same age. Different stage.

In their own words.

When self-trust became a record-breaking performance.

Physical. Mental.Or both, together.

Youth Performance Mentorship

Strength & Movement Coaching

Mental Performance Coaching

Fit + scope

Before we train, we talk.

The round enters in the athlete’s own words.

Capture the whole round. Organize what it means. Carry only what matters.

Everything enters

Stillpoint sorts it

Only this leaves

A complete round becomes a clean, usable coaching document.

P.A.R. turns insight into the next decision.

Pressure

Accept

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