ELEVATING SIGNIFICANCE IN SPORTS

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Empowering coaches to significantly impact their players and the teams they coach.

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ELEVATING SIGNIFICANCE IN SPORTS

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Empowering coaches to significantly impact their players and the teams they coach.

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YOUR PATHWAY TO
SIGNIFICANCE IN SPORTS

Success means using your knowledge and experience to satisfy yourself.

Significance means using your knowledge and experience to change the lives of others. 

~Bob Buford

 

YOUR PATHWAY TO
SIGNIFICANCE IN SPORTS

Success means using your knowledge and experience to satisfy yourself.

Significance means using your knowledge and experience to change the lives of others. 

~Bob Buford

ELEVATE
Yourself

Discover Your Why
Develop Your Mission
Define Your Significance

ELEVATE
The Player

Empower Growth
Challenge Mindset
Enhance Communication

ELEVATE
The Team

Create Culture
Encourage Accountability
Build an Environment of Inclusion

LEAVE
A Legacy

Leave your
unique mark 
on the world!

FIND THE PERFECT PROGRAM FOR YOUR JOURNEY

For the Do-it-Yourselfer

SELF-GUIDED

An Online Course

Elevate your coaching at your own pace with an individual course.

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For the Do-it-Yourselfer

SELF-GUIDED

An Online Course

Elevate your coaching at your own pace with an individual course.

GET THE COURSE

Most Popular Course

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

Monthly Teaching Calls

Elevate your coaching with the help of mentors who will challenge you and reach new heights. This program provides a unique opportunity for growth and development that you won't find anywhere else.

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Most Popular Course

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

Monthly Teaching Calls

Elevate your coaching with the help of mentors who will challenge you and reach new heights. This program provides a unique opportunity for growth and development that you won't find anywhere else.

APPLY FOR THE COURSE

Most Valuable Course

MASTERMIND

Coaching in a Cohort

In this 12-month program, you'll be surrounded by like-minded individuals who will help you discover your true potential and grow into the coach you've always wanted to be. With access to expert resources and guidance, you will Elevate your coaching to make a lasting impact.

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Most Valuable Course

MASTERMIND

Coaching in a Cohort

In this 12-month program, you'll be surrounded by like-minded individuals who will help you discover your true potential and grow into the coach you've always wanted to be. With access to expert resources and guidance, you will Elevate your coaching to make a lasting impact.

APPLY FOR THE NEXT COHORT

What People Are Saying

Experts from the coaching world chime in on Coaching the Bigger Game

“As coaches, we are always looking for ways to make ourselves and our players better. To best do that, we must continue to develop as coaches. Phil and Christian have put together an amazing program that I encourage every coach to join.”

Paul Jobson

How Soccer Explains Leadership
Former Head Coach Baylor University

"I speak to coaches daily and consistently hear that they want to grow and develop their tactical and technical coaching, but they also want to make a lasting impact in their players' everyday lives. This program will achieve that, and I'm super excited about it and to be a part of this mission."

David Ricca

New Jersey Youth Soccer
Just Live Soccer

"I'm grateful to have you as a friend and mentor throughout the years. You have helped me gain better awareness of answering the WHY within me. This drastic mind shift today is how I serve my family and everyone I come across."

Mohammed El-Zare

Head Women's Soccer Coach
University of Southern Mississippi

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TAKE A PEEK INSIDE THE PROGRAM

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ELEVATE THE SELF

Discover Your Why

ELEVATE THE PLAYER

8 Pillars of an Athlete

ELEVATE THE TEAM

Creating a Healthy Culture

LEAVE A LEGACY

Law for the Footprint

TAKE A LOOK INSIDE COACHING THE BIGGER GAME - REQUEST A DEMO

HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Coaching the Bigger Game

  • Gain an Understanding of Self-Leadership and why it is essential to your coaching journey.
  • Discover your Why! Start with the end in mind.
  • Develop your Personal Mission Statement. People will summarize your life in one sentence; pick it now.
  • Create your Life Plan. Set yourself up to coach for Significance over success.
  • Discover your true self. Self-awareness gives coaches the ability to connect with players to make an impact.
  • Create of Holistic Self Care Plan. As a leader, if you are not healthy, then you will not be much help to your team.
  • Empower your players to make their own decisions through the 8 Pillars of Player Development. 
  • The best coaches are Connectors, and Connectors understand the importance of Communication.
  • Effectively challenge your athletes with the Feedback Triad. 
  • Learn to use the concept of Polarity to Build Confidence, Resilience, and Hope in your players.
  • Develop a Team Identity that pursues a high purpose than winning.
  • Implement the Five Characteristics of a Healthy Team into your program. 
  • Experience the power of the Team Dance.
  • Build an Accountability Program. "Iron Sharpens Iron." 
  • Leave a Lasting Legacy.
  • PLUS SO MUCH MORE!
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MEET THE TEAM

CHRISTIAN 

Christian is a husband, father, and coach. He has coached men's and women's soccer at the college level for the last 25 years. His coaching journey inspired him to start AOS - The Athlete of Significance and Coaching the Bigger Game.

Christian believes that one's true potential is achieved through a mindset shift from "success and goal-oriented" to "Significance focused." He wants to help athletes and coaches find their purpose outside themselves and to live a life of Significance.  For once you experience Significance, winning will no longer be the goal.  

PHIL 

Phil is a husband, dad, and author. He hosts the podcast “How Soccer Explains Leadership,” which looks at leadership through the lens of soccer - what it takes to be a great player or coach on the field and in business and in one’s personal life.
 
Phil has been training leaders for the last 15 years and is an expert in DISC Training (a model identifying four distinct personality types). As a recovering attorney, he understands why many are frustrated with traditional methods of teaching leadership skills and is empowering others to Evaluate their Significance through Sports.

THE STORY BEHIND COACHING THE BIGGER GAME

 
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