PRESSURE DOESN'T CARE
ABOUT YOUR TITLE.
WHO BRINGS COACH RON IN
BUILT FOR THE ROOMS WHERE PRESSURE LIVES.
Athletes feel it in the batter’s box and at the free-throw line. Leaders feel it at quarter-end, in the reorg, in the room where the decision gets made. Same skill. Every talk is built for your audience.
CORPORATE TEAMS & OFFSITES
Leaders and teams carrying a heavy quarter, a big change or a culture reset.
ASSOCIATIONS & CONFERENCES
A keynote that lands across a room of different roles, ages and industries.
ATHLETIC PROGRAMS & CLUBS
High school, college and club teams, plus the coaches and parents around them.
HIGH-PRESSURE PROFESSIONS
First responders, healthcare teams and anyone who has to perform when it counts.
FROM THE ROOM
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE LIVE.
SIGNATURE KEYNOTE
WINNING STARTS WITHIN
The mental edge behind high-performing teams. Built on the same mental training Coach Ron’s former athletes still use years later, in their careers and in their lives.
Based on his book, Winning Starts Within: The 10 Pillars of Mental Performance
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THE BOUNCE
A reset for the moment after the miss, so one mistake doesn’t become three.
02
CONTROL THE CONTROLLABLES
Put limited energy only where you have ownership: effort, preparation, response.
03
BE WHERE YOUR FEET ARE
Presence under pressure. Win the rep in front of you, not the last one.
04
MUDITA
Real joy in a teammate’s success. The antidote to comparison and the core of a “we over me” team.
YOUR PEOPLE WALK AWAY WITH
TOOLS, NOT JUST A GOOD FEELING.
This isn’t motivation. It’s application. The goal is a room that thinks, responds and performs differently on Monday.
A reset after the miss
Something they can use right after a mistake, a bad call or a rough quarter.
A clear line on control
What they own, what they don’t, and where their energy goes.
Shared team language
Words leaders can reinforce the next morning so it sticks.
A talk built for them
A planning call first, so the stories and examples fit your people.
FORMATS
PICK THE FORMAT. HE’LL FIT THE ROOM.
Every engagement is tailored to your audience after a planning call.
Keynote
45 to 60 minutes. Stories, a live rep and one clear takeaway.
Half-day workshop
Hands-on. Your team practices the tools together.
Keynote + workshop
The big room in the morning, a smaller group after.
Lunch-and-learn
A focused session that fits a working day.
Virtual session
For remote and hybrid teams.
MEET COACH RON
HE’S SAT IN YOUR AUDIENCE’S SEAT.
Coach Ron Schmittling is a certified mental performance coach, author and founder of Coach Ron MPM in Chesterfield, Missouri. He has spent 25+ years in corporate leadership, including senior executive roles in financial services, so he knows the pressure your team carries into Monday morning.
For more than a decade he coached elite 16U/18U fastpitch, where mental training was part of every practice and his program posted a 100% college placement rate. He’s the author of Winning Starts Within and Into the Storm, and host of the Into the Storm | Where Winning Starts Within podcast.
IN THEIR WORDS
WHAT STICKS AFTER THE ROOM EMPTIES.
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He helped our players develop confidence, focus, and resilience, and I saw them translate those skills not only into better performance on the field but also becoming strong leaders off of it.
LAUREN “SKIP” MARLINGHAUS
Former coaching partner · Chemical manufacturing manager
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When you learn how to let go of the uncontrollables, you trust yourself more and that is the game changer.
TAMI WONG
Doctor of Oral Surgery student, Penn
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He has a way of bringing out confidence, clarity, and consistency that lasts well beyond the sessions.
MANDY CURBEIRA
Doctor of Physical Therapy student
WHERE HIS FORMER ATHLETES ARE NOW
Featured speaker, chamber general membership meeting, January 21, 2026
Published: “The Lighthouse Mindset: Mental Performance for Business Leaders”
BE THE LIGHTHOUSE
BRING IT TO YOUR TEAM.
Tell Coach Ron about your audience and your date. He’ll set up a short planning call and build the talk around your people.
Planning an event? Download the speaker kit (PDF) ↓
Want to see him first? Listen to the podcast →