Athletics provide a powerful opportunity for building good character. Skills like work ethic, teamwork, leadership, and integrity contribute to the short-term success of the athlete and team and the long-term development and success of the individual.
We’d be happy to meet with your team and coaches to help you start a sports initiative. We’ll help educate your team about:
Our team will also be your guide throughout your continued efforts.
Our team can assist you in evaluating your needs and selecting the services that will help meet your goals.
Understanding the culture of your team is the essential first step towards getting the competitive edge.
The Sport Team Culture survey gathers parallel data from athletes and coaches. It can provide insight into:
Learn more about our assessment opportunities.
In our Pursuing Victory With Honor workshop, participants will learn research-based strategies to turn values into behaviors and develop implementation plans to Teach, Enforce, Advocate, and Model the Six Pillars of Character on their teams.
Our team can work with you and discuss:
Consultations are a great way to keep your CC! program on-track and provide your team with new ideas to help make your CC! program successful.
Curricular Resouces and Teaching Tools
We offer a variety of character education curricular resources in our online store, including:
Our online lesson plan library provides character education lesson plans that can be filtered by grade level and topic.
Check out our Digital Classroom.
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“Jeff did a phenomenal job engaging such a large group at the end of a long day on the computer screen. It was pertinent and relevant. The examples used were timely. The tools given were very invaluable resources. It was a phenomenal presentation!”
Coach
Downey Unified School District
Downey, CA.
“The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center played an instrumental role in developing The Bulldog Way – the cornerstone for Drake Athletics’ culture of success. Their expertise and keen ability to listen and hone in on what’s important, helped to shape a culture for coaches, student-athletes and staff that fostered optimal performance on and off the playing field. ”
Sandy Hatfield Club
Former Athletic Director
Drake University
“This is truly stuff that will help us.”
Dr. Bill Watson
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“One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.”
-Knute Rockne
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Your strategy will never outperform your culture. All of the drills and practice plans in the world won’t overcome poor work ethic, bad teamwork, or a lack of accountability. Your job as a leader is to create a culture that encourages positive behaviors and develops the character needed for your team to perform at its best.
The ESSENTIALS is a research-based character and leadership development resource designed for coaches and educators working with middle and high school-aged youth.
The ten focus areas in The ESSENTIALS series represent critical competencies to achieve competitive success, team cohesion, and individual development.
Students need resilience strategies to address personal adversity (like injuries and mistakes) and societal challenges (like lack of equity and inclusion). Each lesson in this series includes research-based resources that students can apply to all aspects of their life. Educators and students will learn strategies to become leaders who positively influence change in their classrooms, teams, and communities. This series is designed for middle and high school-aged youth.
Sport Team Fundamentals align closely with Pursuing Victory With Honor and the CHARACTER COUNTS! framework by emphasizing the development of core ethical values and team culture. Rooted in the Six Pillars of Character, this curriculum helps coaches build students’ character, social-emotional, and academic skills while shaping a positive school culture. Through structured workouts, audits and self-studies, parent/family connections, and team culture and character quotations, athletes learn to embody these principles in both sports and life.
