Mental Performance & Regulation Training

Evidence-based training for athletes, coaches, and parents to perform under pressure.

Mental Bullpen delivers evidence-based mental performance and regulation training designed for real sport environments. We help athletes, coaches, and parents understand why behaviour, emotions, and performance change under pressure — and how to respond effectively in the moment.

Our programs bridge the gap between mental health literacy and high-performance demands, giving sport stakeholders practical tools to regulate stress, support athletes, and build environments where performance and well-being can coexist.

BUILT FOR SPORT. GROUNDED IN SCIENCE. APPLIED UNDER PRESSURE.

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Empowering Performance Through Mental Regulation

Evidence-based mental performance education for athletes, coaches, and parents

Mental Bullpen is an evidence-based mental performance and mental health education program designed to help athletes perform under pressure — and to help coaches and parents understand the role they play in that process.

Our work is built around the Mental Bullpen Performance Regulation Cycle, a framework that explains why athletes think, feel, and behave the way they do under stress — and how regulation directly impacts performance, decision-making, and development.

We work with athletes, coaches, and parents across multiple sports to build practical skills for stress regulation, focus, confidence, communication, and emotional awareness. Rather than teaching surface-level motivation or “mental toughness,” we help people understand what is happening in the moment — and how to respond in ways that support both performance and well-being.

At Mental Bullpen, performance and mental health are not separate conversations. When regulation improves, performance follows.

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Mental Performance & Stress Regulation Training

Evidence-based education for athletes, coaches, and parents under pressure

Mental Bullpen delivers evidence-based mental performance training focused on stress regulation, decision-making, and performance under pressure. Our work goes beyond motivation and mindset — we teach athletes, coaches, and parents why performance changes under stress and how to respond effectively in real time.

Using the Mental Bullpen Performance Regulation Cycle, we help coaches understand athlete behaviour, emotional responses, and performance breakdowns — and give them practical tools to apply on the field, in the dugout, and during high-pressure moments.

Our programs are delivered through structured workshops, coach education clinics, parent sessions, and one-on-one support, with clear pathways from foundational understanding to advanced application. This approach builds safer environments, stronger communication, and more consistent performance across all levels of sport.

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kevin.farrell@mentalbullpen.ca

Location

Paradise, NL CA

Hours

Monday

9:00am

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8:00pm
Tuesday

9:00am

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8:00pm
Wednesday

9:00am

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8:00pm
Thursday

9:00am

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8:00pm
Friday

9:00am

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8:00pm
Saturday

9:00am

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6:00pm
Sunday

9:00am

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12:00pm

Your Performance coach

Educating Athletes, Coaches & Parents

Kevin Farrell

Founder & Director of Mental Performance & Regulation
Mental Bullpen

Kevin Farrell is the founder of Mental Bullpen, an evidence-based mental performance and regulation platform supporting athletes, coaches, and parents as an integrated performance system.
With over 25 years of experience across competitive sport, high-performance strength, and public safety training, Kevin specializes in helping individuals and environments understand why performance breaks down under pressure — and how to regulate it in real time.
As a Master Trainer in Road to Mental Readiness (R2MR) and an experienced coach across national-level sport and tactical settings, Kevin bridges mental health, performance psychology, and applied coaching to build resilient performers and healthier support systems.
Mental Bullpen
Athletes - Coaches - Parents

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Mental Bullpen Updates & Insights

Evidence-Based Insights on Performance, Stress, and Support Systems

Youth sport places young athletes into high-pressure performance environments long before their nervous systems are fully developed.

This isn’t a failure of parenting, coaching, or effort —

it’s a mismatch between demand and regulation capacity.

At Mental Bullpen, we focus on helping athletes, coaches, and parents understand:

How stress impacts behaviour, focus, and performance
Why emotional reactions aren’t weakness, but signals
How support systems shape regulation, confidence, and long-term development

These updates share insights from performance psychology, nervous system science, and real-world coaching environments — translating research into practical understanding for the people who influence athletes every day.

Because performance doesn’t improve through pressure alone.

It improves when support systems learn how to regulate first.

Train the mind. Support the system. Protect the athlete.

Coaching today demands more than drills, systems, and motivation.

Athletes are being asked to perform in high-stress environments long before their nervous systems are fully developed — and coaches are often left without the tools to manage what shows up under pressure.

The Mental Bullpen Coaching Strategies Course is an evidence-based education experience designed to help coaches understand the why behind athlete behaviour and performance — not just the what.

This course equips coaches to:

Recognize stress responses and regulation breakdowns in athletes
Understand how coach behaviour directly impacts performance and confidence
Apply practical regulation strategies in real training and competition environments
Build team cultures that support development, accountability, and resilience

Rather than teaching “mental toughness,” this course focuses on performance regulation, communication under pressure, and creating environments where athletes can actually thrive.

Because better athletes don’t start with harder coaching —

they start with better-regulated systems.

Designed for coaches who want to protect athletes, elevate performance, and lead with clarity under pressure.

Athletic performance isn’t just about effort, confidence, or pushing harder.

It’s about how well an athlete can regulate stress, focus attention, and recover in real time — especially in moments that matter most.

The Mental Bullpen Athlete Performance Course is an evidence-based program designed to help athletes understand how their mind and body respond under pressure, and how to work with those responses instead of fighting them.

Athletes will learn how to:

Recognize stress responses and emotional overload
Regulate breathing, focus, and body tension during performance
Reset after mistakes and recover between reps, plays, or events
Build routines that support consistency, confidence, and resilience

This isn’t about “being tougher.”

It’s about learning how to perform while stressed, not only when conditions are perfect.

Because performance improves when athletes understand their system —

not when they’re told to “calm down” or “try harder.”

Built for athletes who want sustainable performance, not burnout.

Youth sport places young athletes in high-pressure environments long before their nervous systems are fully developed.

Parents don’t cause this pressure — but how support is delivered can either help regulate it or unintentionally amplify it.

The Mental Bullpen Parent Support Session is an evidence-based education session designed to help parents understand:

How stress and performance pressure show up in young athletes
Why emotional reactions, shutdowns, or frustration happen
How communication at home affects regulation, confidence, and recovery
What support actually looks like before, during, and after competition

This session is not about coaching your child, fixing performance, or pushing outcomes.

It’s about learning how to create a stable, supportive environment that allows athletes to feel safe, regulated, and confident — so they can perform, grow, and enjoy sport for the long term.

Because the strongest performance environments don’t start on the field —

they start with the support system around the athlete.

Support the athlete. Protect the relationship. Build long-term performance.