Coaching programs

IT TAKES IS ONE SEASON, AND THE IMPACT CAN LAST A LIFETIME

Research- and evidence-based violence prevention

Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM) is a violence prevention program for coaches designed to inspire them to teach their young male athletes about the importance of respect for themselves, others, and particularly women and girls. CBIM is a nationwide, evidence-based program implemented by communities of coaches, athletes, educators, leaders, and violence prevention supporters. It's develops social and emotional intelligence skills, and teaches that violence never equals strength.

The program is built around brief weekly conversations between coaches and their teams through the use of a specially designed Coaches Playbook. Coaches get strategies, trainings, scenarios, and resources needed to talk to boys and young men about personal responsibility and accountability, healthy and respectful relationships, dating violence, consent, respect and integrity.

With our support, coaches lead their players through activities using the CBIM Coaches Playbook.

A coach's influence extends far longer than any game

Like Coaching Boys Into Men, this program is built around brief weekly conversations between coaches and their teams. Coaching Girls Into Leaders was compiled by Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence using lesson plans from A Thin Line, Athletes as Leaders, RAINN, Girls Circle, and Adidas “She Breaks Barriers."

Using the Coaching Girls Into Leaders Playbook, coaches lead conversations about confidence, setting and communicating boundaries, aggression on and off the field, online bullying, healthy relationships, resilience, and consent. The program may make the difference between some who stays in an abusive relationship handsome who doesn't.

With our support, coaches lead their players through activities using the CGTL Coaches Playbook.

HOW IT WORKS DURING COVID19 REMOTE LEARNING

The interruption of sports due to COVID has many athletes and coaches feeling uncertain and sorting through a host of feelings with little warning. Students may be frustrated, perhaps even angry because they can't play sports, missing milestones that were important to them. Coaches are running virtual sessions about physical conditioning, nutrition, and staying healthy. At a time when keeping young athletes engaged is more difficult than ever, it's a new way to connect.

Virtual sessions

TeamUp sessions can be run virtual as well as in person. Many of you already have virtual ways of communicating with your athletes. Whether you're using Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Web Ex or Google Meet, now is a great time to stay connected by leading conversations about confidence, setting and communicating boundaries, and non-violence with your student athletes.

Discord

Discord gives you the power to create your own place to belong, your own server shared with only the people you invite. Topic-based text channels give you an organized way to have group conversations. But unlike Zoom, it's always-on: participants can pop in to talk with each other anytime in lounge areas. You can set community rules and standards and have a monitor enforce them. Basic Discord is free.

Coaching programs

IT TAKES IS ONE SEASON, AND THE IMPACT CAN LAST A LIFETIME

HOW IT WORKS DURING COVID19 REMOTE LEARNING

"Most rewarding conversations"