Athletes and Coaches
We believe that every coach and every team deserves the opportunity to be successful and we are passionate about helping them remove the roadblocks that stand between them and Champion Performance.
Doc Robyn is available to present to your team or coach’s association to teach, motivate and inspire you to get from where you are to where you want to be.
In the world of competitive athletics winning is no longer just about strength, speed and endurance. Today’s champions need more than just “gutting it out”. On the global stage of competition, winners need to have mental speed, strength and endurance paired with their physical talents for optimum performance. Gaining this vital edge is essential for coaches and athletes to create world class performance.
At Champion Performance Development we are committed to bringing team and individual performance skills and cutting edge leadership to the sports world. CEOs on the world stage have long utilized coaches to help them perform as “best in class” in the winner take all world of business. Why shouldn’t you and your team benefit from the same kinds of professional and personal development?
Services Available from Champion Performance Development
Building a Great Team
Doc Robyn’s book – Stop The Drama! The Ultimate Guide to Female Teams is set up so a coach, parent, teacher, administrator or athlete can use is to create a great team. The tips and ideas are easy to understand and implement for anyone willing to invest the time in doing so. 250 pages but you can read only the section(s) that apply to you and your team.
Laying the foundation – Doc Robyn gives a 60-90 minute presentation sharing the why and how of using language powerfully and engaging in effective communication and productive conflict. With it your team can perform to its potential in any storm. Without it, you will be buffeted by every change to your win/loss record.
Setting the framework – Doc Robyn runs half or full day interactive workshop – Teams will learn about individual and team communication fingerprints and how theirs is helping or hurting their success. Sessions are interactive and follow the teach-show-practice-discuss method. Participants will come away with tips, tricks and ideas they can use to engage in powerful conversations with each other to achieve success. (Great for student-athlete teams as well as coach teams)
Stop The Drama! – A minimum of a day, including Doc Robyn meeting with athletes, coaches and administration as appropriate – There are times when a team ends up in a bad place. It can be caused by a toxic teammate, a death on the team or any combination of negative events. The response is often to fire coaches or dismiss players; but that doesn’t have to be the case. How do you pick up the pieces and start to rebuild? At the end of this intensive day there will be a game plan with buy in for creating a great team and recommendations for follow up opportunities or leader training will be provided.
Make your team weatherproof – A semester long team development program, designed and implemented and customized to the needs of the team by Doc Robyn – Great teams don’t just happen. They take planning, practice, feedback and more practice. Don’t wander around in the dark wondering what it takes to develop a team that fires on all cylinders all the time. Bring in the specialist with a proven track record for taking great individuals and showing them how to be a great team.
Contact us to discuss these ideas or a customized plan for your team!
Becoming and Maintaining a Great Coach
Executive coaching for coaches – Timeline and number of sessions customized to each coach by Doc Robyn – Being a great coach isn’t just about where you put X’s and O’s and the techniques you provide to your athletes. You are part psychologist, part mom, part dad, a little bit nutritionist, a lot of shoulder to cry on and toss in teaching study skills. You may or may not succeed using the school of hard knocks as your guide. Instead, do what powerful, successful executives do – get yourself a coach who can show you how to manage the people part of your team. (Available in person and via Skype)
Brainstorming/bouncing ideas – Doc Robyn available on retainer – Sometimes we all need someone with an expertise that we don’t have to address an issue. Give yourself the ability to pick up the phone and get the interpersonal, team development, effective communication and productive conflict support you and your team need, no waiting, no wondering.
Champion Performance Development Boot camps/seminars – In development – Join coaches, parents and athletes from around the country in a 2-day interactive learning environment. We address being a great leader, developing a successful team, engaging in effective communication and how to use productive conflict. Participants leave with a certificate and are encouraged to include this training on resumes. Say the word and we’ll let you know when the next one is scheduled.
Contact us to discuss these ideas or a customized plan for you and your coaching staff!
Other topics our sports clients have found beneficial:
Executive coaching for Coaches:
Interviewing for fit ● Retaining top talent ● Managing toxic people ● Dealing with burnout ● Effectively providing negative feedback ● Setting expectations and getting them met ● Creating a productive environment ● Developing athletes who hold each other accountable ● Dealing with team drama ● Having productive conflict ● Effective communication skills ● Successful delegation ● Listening to understand ● Getting the whole truth every time ● Cutting/Adding an athlete without damaging the team ● Understanding team culture ● personal/professional development
Individual Athletes:
Sport Psychology ● Performance anxiety ● Managing emotions (keeping your cool in heated situations) ● Getting the most out of your potential ● Becoming a leader others will follow ● Taking practice to competition ● Competition focus ● Managing burnout ● Mental toughness ● Handling toxic people ● Finding your voice on/off the field ● Accountability ● Sport/Life balance ● Owning only your ‘stuff’ ● Productive conflict ● Making good decisions ● Personal development
Team Development:
Building trust ● Team communication ● Productive conflict ● Managing team drama ● Team accountability ● Setting expectations and meeting them ● Constructive feedback ● Using a common language ● Being a team not just a group ● Taking practice into competition
Contact us to discuss a plan customized to your needs to develop the Champion
Performer in you!
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