Sports Leadership

The SUMMIT Program – Championship Teams are made up of athletes with unwavering self-confidence, exceptional communication skills, trust and belief in teammates, and the unrelenting drive to achieve. Using a mix of psychological exercises and experiential training, EMPOWER President Dan Jaskot will have your athletes getting out of their comfort zones and pushing their limits. The SUMMIT Program will forge strong bonds and trusting connections among teammates – creating a CHAMPIONSHIP CHEMISTRY!

• Takes place at your gym or training facility
• 2.5 hours in duration
• $25.00 per athlete (10 athlete minimum)

The EMERGE Program – take SUMMIT and triple its impact! Over the course of 3 training sessions, EMPOWER President Dan Jaskot will lead a series of individual leadership challenges, group leadership initiatives, and team vs. team competitive adventure challenges; helping your student-athletes identify and overcome their own limitations, achieve goals they never thought possible, and discover how their ability to lead themselves through challenges, adversity, and fear can shape their path to success for the rest of their lives!

• Takes place at your gym or training facility
• 3 sessions; each 2.5 hours in duration
• $40.00 per athlete (10 athlete minimum)

EMPOWER’s Signature Sports Leadership event. The SOAR Program includes the perfect blend of aerial and ground-based leadership and team building challenges – challenging athletes to overcome fear, adversity, and challenge by functioning as a unified team. The SOAR Program is approximately 4 hours in duration and includes:

• Connecticut’s only fully-guided Zip Line Canopy Tour; focusing on Leadership of Self and Team Bonding
• Collaborative Ground Based Team Building Initiatives focused on foundational team skill development
• EMPOWER’s Leadership Obstacle Course Challenge – a competitive, team vs. team adventure challenge designed to simulate the challenges associated with participation in competitive sport
• Team Success Action Plan Development
• All personal safety equipment and “ground school” course orientation
• Over 2,000 feet of tree-top zip lining adventure excitement
• Dedicated and professionally-trained guides and facilitators
• Digital photos from your entire experience
• A bottled water for each participant

Complete the online request pricing form to learn more about other EMPOWER Sports Leadership Offerings, including:

• FOUNDATIONS Program: Customized Collaborative Ground Based Team Building Program; focused on foundational team skill development (2 to 4 hours in duration)
  
• The RANGER Program: Rangers Lead the Way is a 24-hour leadership intensive including a series of aerial and ground-based adventure challenges set up in a competitive, “platoon-style” environment. The Rangers Program is designed to trim away at athletes’ defense mechanisms and excuses, and build them up with self-esteem, confidence, and the belief that, as a unified team, they are unstoppable. Includes meals, drinking water supply, and a rustic overnight stay on EMPOWER’s campus.
  
• CHAMPIONS Program: 6 to 7 hour Sports Leadership Program including EMPOWER’s Zip Line Canopy Tour, Team Building Tree Climb Challenges, and Leadership Obstacle Course.
  
• EDGE Program: Ground-based program including collaborative team building initiatives plus EMPOWER’s Leadership Obstacle Course challenge