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Imagine possessing a skill that your entire life and then suddenly, one day, it’s gone.That’s what happened to Jack Tier...
04/11/2025

Imagine possessing a skill that your entire life and then suddenly, one day, it’s gone.

That’s what happened to Jack Tiernan, a former All-Shore ⚾️ player at from Brick, NJ.

is now a sophomore pitcher at . He came to me over the summer because he was in his head - even having a simple catch was an anxiety-producing event.

After months of hard work and sticking to the process, he successfully battled his demons.

One of the most enjoyable coaching experiences I’ve had with an athlete. What a phenomenal kid.

I could care less about how he pitches - I care that he has a healthier perspective on his sport and tools to overcome adversity when (not if) it strikes in the future.

Here is a portion of Jack’s testimonial:

“I came to Bryan looking for answers about the sport I’ve loved since I was a kid yet at that point, even going outside to have a simple catch with my dad gave me anxiety.

I had completely lost confidence in myself, despite playing the game my entire life.

I chose to work with Bryan because of his baseball background. I felt like he truly understood what I was going through from personal experience. He shared things he struggled with during his own career, and that helped me feel connected and understood.

Over the past few months, my mindset toward baseball and life has completely transformed. I went from dreading the game to truly enjoying it again.

Through our weekly conversations and techniques we practiced, I began to understand myself on a deeper level.

To go from not being able to throw a ball to my throwing partner, to giving up just three hits across 10 innings this fall is something I’m incredibly proud of and grateful for.

I would absolutely recommend this program to other baseball players. Working with Bryan has changed not just how I play, but how I think and I am truly grateful for that opportunity.”

🔝🧠⚾️

31/10/2025

Great conversation with Dan Cleary from about Top Mental Game.

Want to listen to the whole conversation?

Link in bio!!

30/10/2025

Congrats to .boys.soccer for winning the H/W/S Tournament for the first time in program history!

Appreciate the shout out in the paper about my talk to the team!

Good luck in the state tournament!

Always a great time at the Manasquan High School Hall of Fame dinner, even with some knucklehead MC’ing (me).Congratulat...
29/10/2025

Always a great time at the Manasquan High School Hall of Fame dinner, even with some knucklehead MC’ing (me).

Congratulations to all the inductees and welcome to the club!

Nothing better than seeing great individuals who have given so much to Squan sports talk about their gratitude towards their families, teammates, and MHS teachers, coaches, and administrators.

Awesome seeing former teammates, coaches, and MHS plankholders like former Superintendent Morris, Principal Osbourne, Mrs. Kubu, Dr. Buddle, as well as the current administration (I 👀 you ) there to support the HoF.

It was a sincere honor to induct dear friends like Amy Certo and Matt Koenig into the HoF as well as my former 🏈 Coach Bob Lempa and Manasquan legend Mr. Bramley.

Congrats to ALL the inductees and special thanks to Mrs. Kavanagh, Erin Smith , Brucie Breshnahan, and ALL the committee members for putting on a special evening.

Go Big Blue Warriors!

If you don’t know whether your self-talk is helping or hurting your performance, I guarantee it’s hurting you.There’s no...
22/10/2025

If you don’t know whether your self-talk is helping or hurting your performance, I guarantee it’s hurting you.

There’s nobody who you talk to more - not your teammate, BFF, partner, sibling - thank yourself.

And what you say disproportionately impacts your performance.

Yesterday I gave the 2️⃣nd of 4️⃣ mental performance workshops to Coach Bazzani and her 🏐 team.

Self-talk is most certainly a weapon, and most athletes (and leaders) vastly underestimate how negative they are to themselves on a frequent basis.

This session includes an exercise that reveals that in a eye-opening way.

Interested in giving your team the mental tools to perform at their best when it matters the most?

Stop playing scared. Start playing free.

www.topmentalgame.com

What’s cooler than meeting up with one of your former TMG athletes before his post-season?Working with his entire team!A...
21/10/2025

What’s cooler than meeting up with one of your former TMG athletes before his post-season?

Working with his entire team!

Aedan Dowart, a senior ⚽️ player from .boys.soccer, was in my Ultimate Mindset Program last year.

Aedan, who recently committed to play his college soccer at Centenary, has had a monster year on the pitch for the Vikings, already more than doubling his production … with a lot more soccer to play.

In addition to scoring 4️⃣ of his team-leading 1️⃣1️⃣ goals against Rutgers Prep earlier this season, sent his team into the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament Final with a 2OT goal against Pope John.

Tonight they battle Bernards in their divisional race before facing Hunterdon Central in the H/W/S Final.

Thank you to Coach Chase Barbieri for the invite and best of luck down the stretch.

If you’re a coach who’s looking to give their team the mental performance tools to perform at their best when it matters the most, hit me up!

The best leaders know that great teams don’t happen by accident.Even if you run a high-performing team comprised of the ...
20/10/2025

The best leaders know that great teams don’t happen by accident.

Even if you run a high-performing team comprised of the top judges in the state.

It was a true privilege to spend several hours working with Director Michael Blee and his team of 17 assignment judges on Friday during my DISC communication workshop.

These judges are the chief judicial officers responsible for the administration of each vicinage in NJ.

After being appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, they serve for an initial 7-year term before earning tenure and serving until the age of 70.

In the workshop, these judges learned:
✅ their natural and adapted DISC communication styles
✅ the DISC communication styles of the exec team
✅ how to identify the DISC style of others
✅ how to adapt their style to be me more effective

Special thanks to Christine Lewis Knightly for the partnership and the opportunity to work with her team.

Great group, great leaders, and super professionally rewarding for me.

Looking forward to future engagements with this team!

Shout out to current TMG athlete and Wall  ⚽️ standout Kelsey Hallock .soccer4The junior do-everything midfielder came i...
19/10/2025

Shout out to current TMG athlete and Wall ⚽️ standout Kelsey Hallock .soccer4

The junior do-everything midfielder came into the office for her first 1:1 session as part of my Ultimate Mindset Program.

In addition to playing smothering defense and distributing the ball all over the field, Kelsey has 5️⃣ goals and 2️⃣ assists this year for her squad.

I’ve seen her play in person and I love the fact that a great player wants to become even greater by working on her mental game.

In just her first 1:1, she now has a personalized goal plan, a personalized visualization sent to her phone to fight burnout, and a tool called the “waves” exercise to fight anxiety and to get present when rattled.

Oh, and she also got to use my Heart Rate Variability (HRV) device to see how her body responds to that visualization.

D-I college coaches will be thrilled to grab this Class of ‘27 player.

Best of luck to you and your team in the state tournament!

Do you think YOUR athlete could benefit from this type of mental performance coaching?

I’m buildimy weight list for my next Ultimate Mindset Program which starts in Jan ‘26.

Great day at West Point speaking to cadets and my former teammates at the Combating Terrorism Center. Another special bo...
17/10/2025

Great day at West Point speaking to cadets and my former teammates at the Combating Terrorism Center.

Another special bonus was catching up with Cael Edwards - a alum and on one of the best wrestlers and most dedicated athletes I’ve had the privilege to work with.

Cael is crushing his first semester as a plebe and wrestling with one of the country’s top programs.

Thank you to my former colleagues Brian Dodwell, and for an awesome trip.

Really appreciate the special treatment by making sure the leaves were in peak color and for ensuring there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. Talk about first-class!

When the world seems like it’s going to hell in a handbasket, there’s always .

Duty ⭐️ Honor ⭐️Country

Beat Navy!!

Sports…and TEAMThis is a picture of my daughter and her teammates - she’s the one on the right, with an ear-to-ear grin,...
16/10/2025

Sports…and TEAM

This is a picture of my daughter and her teammates - she’s the one on the right, with an ear-to-ear grin, being hugged by her teammates.

At first glance, she looks like she might be the tallest player in the pic.

But if you look close enough, neither of her feet are on the ground.

She’s the shortest player on the field - fully propped up by her teammates.

What an awesome metaphor for sports and life.

Schmoops scored a game-winning goal on a PK in overtime today and my friend captured the moment.

Sports teach a lot of things.

How to win. How to lose.

Hard work. Selflessness. Sacrificing for something bigger than yourself.

Happiness and heartache.

But the thing I think sports does better than any other medium, is to teach the concept of team.

It is my hope that she goes on to do a lot of amazing stuff in her life.

And I can’t wait to be there to witness all her personal and professional accomplishments.

But whatever personal achievements she enjoys, nothing compares to what it feels like when you win as a team.

Core memory unlocked.

Sports.

15/10/2025

Where does confidence come from and how do we build it?

How can we recognize when we feel pressure, and better yet, what can we do to deal with it?

That was the focus of the first of 4️⃣ mental performance sessions I had with Coach Bazzani and her team 🏐 last week.

What an awesome group of engaged athletes!

Looking forward to next week’s session on how to make self-talk work for you (instead of against you).

Best of luck on your Florida road trip this weekend and see you Tuesday!

Go Colonels!



💡Interested in customized mental performance training for your team, hit me up!

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