We’ve Been There - Helped People Get There - We Know What It Takes.
Benchmarked is built by coaches who've spent a combined 50+ years on the bench, in the classroom, and in the field — building athletes, leaders, and winning cultures.
Built From Experience. Driven by Mission.
Marc Messier and J-G Larocque have spent their careers in the places where performance is built and broken — classrooms, locker rooms, weight rooms, arenas, dugouts, and playing fields. Between them, over 50 years of coaching and teaching across 9 different sports at every level from U10 development to elite and professional athletes.
Benchmarked was born from a simple but powerful idea: we both wish someone had given us these tools when we were younger athletes. We experienced firsthand the gaps — the mental challenges, the pressure, the lack of a framework — and we've dedicated our careers to making sure the next generation doesn't have to figure it out alone.
Our mission is to give athletes, coaches, and leaders the mental performance tools we didn't have — practical, proven, and immediately usable.
"Mental performance is not sports psychology. It has everything to do with how you approach dominating every single day in sport and in life. We want people to have the tools they need to find success in all aspects of their lives."
— Marc Messier & J-G Larocque, Benchmarked
50+
YEARS COMBINED EXPERIENCE
9
SPORTS COACHED
U10-PRO
LEVELS WORKED WITH
2
FORMER COLLEGIATE ATHLETES
1000s
ATHLETES & TEAMS COACHED
WHAT WE DO
Three Ways To Work With Benchmarked
Coaching & Seminars
1-on-1 coaching, team programs, keynotes, and Winners Workshops for athletes, coaches, and corporate leaders.
The Playbook
The Mental Performance Playbook for Athletes — a high-performance workbook & training journal used by athletes at every level.
The Podcast
The Benchmarked Podcast — conversations on leadership, coaching, and mental performance for athletes and coaches.
Meet Marc & J-G
HEAD COACH
MARC MESSIER
Educator, coach, and mental performance specialist with 25+ years shaping athletes, teams, and leaders across multiple sports and levels.
HEAD COACH
J-G LAROCQUE
Educator, coach, and mental performance specialist with 25+ years shaping athletes, teams, and leaders across multiple sports and levels.
TRAIN YOUR BODY LIKE YOU TRAIN YOUR MIND.
This workbook is built for athletes who are serious about maximizing their potential. Talent matters—but focus, habits, and mental discipline are what separate good athletes from great ones.
Each section is structured with purpose. On the left page, you’ll find a high-performance mental training concept used by elite athletes and top programs. On the right page, you’ll apply that concept through targeted reflection, journaling, and action prompts. This is where growth happens—when awareness turns into execution.
Throughout the book, you’ll also find blank journal pages. These are not filler pages. Use them to track your mindset daily, reflect after practices, evaluate performances, or reset after setbacks. Elite athletes don’t leave development to chance—they document it.
The Mental Performance Playbook For Athletes
Everything we've learned — distilled into a practical workbook and training journal that athletes can use from day one. Mission, Vision, Habits, Confidence, Imagery, Process — it's all in here.