Parents spend billions.
Experts make bank.
You pick up the pieces.
You show up early, stay late, and hold the team together.
But let's be real - it feels like you are swimming upstream.
It's not on you.
The system is broken because it leaves out
the two people you need the most:
Parents and the athlete.
Parents and the athlete.
The family is the key.
We have designed everything around the family system. We apply the Tripartite Influence Model to connect you, parents, and the athlete so you're not fighting upstream anymore. When we all pull in the same direction, EVERYONE grows.
The Coach
You lead from the field. You model effort, focus, and discipline. But without support from the other corners, your influence is limited.How we support you.
The Parent
They lead from home. They control sleep, food, values, and recovery. But they're unsure how to help, or work against what you're teaching. How we guide parents.
The Athlete (and their peers)
They're at the center of it all and pulled in every direction. We help them build character and not chase approval.How we support athletes.
We align the three biggest influences in a young athlete's life: Coach, Family, and Athlete, into one unified system of growth. Others talk about including parents... we INTEGRATE them.
You're More Than A Coach. You Deserve More Support.
You're not just running drills. You're mentoring, modeling, managing chaos, and sometimes even parenting. But you're doing it without a system that supports the rest of the village.
Your issues:
- You're trained to coach skills, not to manage family dynamics or chaos.
- Parents want to help, but often work against what you're building.
- Athletes are pressured to perform but lack the character to persist.
Parents Are Your Best Asset, If They Know How To Help
You've seen it a hundred times. Parents mean well...but end up yelling from the sidelines, undermining you, or pressuring their kid into burnout. They often have no idea what they're doing.
What's Broken:
- Parents aren't trained for their role in youth development.
- They worry about performance, scholarships, and success, but often in unhealthy ways.
- They usually have no idea they are working against your effort.
Our Simple Solution
- Teach parents to support, not sabotage
- Guide on communication, expectations, values, and resilience
- Short, simple lessons that align with your teaching
- Focus on becoming partners, not problems
Coming Soon: Dedicated parents section with resources, tools, and guidance to support your coaching journey.
We Don't Just Train Athletes, We Build Leaders in Life
Today's athletes are over-scheduled, under-supported, and bombarded with pressure. They know how to perform in a game. But few know how to persevere in not only a game, but across life.
The problems:
- Sports culture today values stats more than strength of character.
- Many athletes are coached to win today's game, but not to lead in tomorrow's challenges.
- Many athletes have been taught to tie their identity to performance.
Our approach
- Develop the WHOLE athlete, mind, body, heart, and spirit
- Teach them to lead themselves before leading others
- Help them connect effort to purpose
- Prepare them for not just the season, but every season of life
Coming Soon: Athletes section with leadership development, mental skills training, and life coaching resources.
Proven Impact. Fresh Vision.
- 4D Leaders is new, but our playbook isn't. Over the past
- 30+ years, our team has trained thousands of coaches and
- impacted tens of thousands of athletes through programs,
- camps, and resources now at the heart of 4D Leaders.
The results speak for themselves:
Join the Movement
- Be part of the next generation of coaches who are
- transforming youth sports through leadership development.
What Coaches Say
Hear from coaches who have transformed their approach with our resources.
As a coach, I believe character and life skills are the foundation of every successful program. 4D Leaders gives coaches, parents, and athletes a clear framework that connects sports to real life. It’s simple to use, equips athletes to succeed in every season of life, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to elevate their program.
Coach Jacob Derritt
Head Coach Boys Basketball Bishop Miege High School
Your Journey to Better Coaching
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