Meet Slingshot's Performance Coaches

Coach Erin

Hi, I'm Erin! I’ve been teaching and coaching young adults since 1996, and I love helping students (and their parents) realize just how powerful their mind truly is.

I became fascinated with how my mind affected my performance while I was a volleyball player at the University of Michigan. I would feel panicked and anxious in speech class, yet totally relaxed playing volleyball in front of thousands of people. My mindset – and the stories my brain told me on repeat – affected everything about how I felt and performed.

I leaned into learning more about the connection between our neural pathways and how we feel, act, and perform. And once I had the opportunity to teach my son’s baseball team some of the tools and strategies I had learned, I saw just how powerful the mind is when it comes to athletic performance. 

This work – and the impact it has on athletes – truly lights me up. .

Coach Shannon

Hey there, I’m Shannon. I’ve coached high school and college students for over a decade, and I never get tired of helping others learn, grow, and master their own abilities.

As a college swimmer, my identity was fully wrapped up in who I was as an athlete. It wasn’t until I was 22 – stepping out of the pool and into the “real” world – that I realized I had no idea who I really was. I was lucky to have a strong support network around me who equipped me to dig deep and develop the mental tenacity to move forward into a new phase of life.

As an adult, I learned more about the way our brains affect every facet of our performance. I began working with student athletes – teaching them the neuro tools I’d learned about and developed myself – and I was blown away with the transformations my clients achieved. I knew I needed to expand my work and share these tools with as many athletes as possible, and once I connected with Erin, I knew we were meant to do this work as a team.

Helping young people develop trust and strength in their own skills is the best part of this job.