Series 1 of 2

Why are good teachers, coaches, or trainers so sought after? Is there a secret? YES. These professionals know how to motivate, inspire, and shape essential character traits that go above and beyond a sport.

If you can learn to excel at teaching this, not only will kids jump through the roof for you, but parents, business, and community leaders will too. Why would they do that? At the end of the day, everyone wants the next generation of kids to be productive, hard working, and driven adults.

How do you teach it?

Closed Training – Level 1
This kind of training is like teaching kids to ride a bike. You run with them to help, but are a little afraid to give them a push and let them go. Schools across the country use this method to train kids to sit at their desks, raise their hands, run for time, count the number of throws to a target, and work in self space so that the outcome is controllable. This is safe, it works, and you have to do it. But kids need more.

Open Training – Level 2
This method is the game changer. Now its time to take the training wheels off the bike and give kids that needed push. Are they going to be successful or are they going to crash? Either way, this is a great teachable moment.

If they crash, will that child cry and quit? Or will they jump back on that bike and try again? What if they are successful but one of their friends crashes next to them? Will that kid brag about it or maybe stop and help the other one up? Are you ready to handle this adversity so that you can help kids grow?

Sports, free play, fitness, and adventure activities are great authentic open training assessments. You can use them as tools to help shape youth character. In just ten minutes of watching youth in this environment, you will notice if they can work with others, problem solve, what kind of work ethic they have, and how they handle adversity.

Series 2 – We are going to share with you a highly efficient method that has been successful with 8,000 kids. It has shaped character and has led to a community approach to helping youth become productive citizens.

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