TRAIN THE
RESPONSE.
The Mental Performance System
for Student Athletes
"Your athletes have a strength coach, a skills coach, and a conditioning coach. Who is developing the mind that drives all of it?"
A 50 second welcome from Coach O
WHERE DO YOU FIT
IN THE VILLAGE?
One mission, three doors. Pick yours.
BRING EAPS TO YOUR SCHOOL
A 48 week mental performance curriculum delivered inside your building by your own certified coach. No new headcount required. Measured growth, reported four times a year.
See How It Works →BECOME A CERTIFIED EAPS COACH
Eight modules. Fifty lessons. The methodology, the science, the delivery system, and the child safety standard, with a real exam at the end.
Explore Certification →SEE WHERE YOUR ATHLETE STANDS
The free Mental Performance Scorecard makes your athlete's mental game visible. Confidence, clarity, consistency, and grit, in minutes.
Get The Free Scorecard →
to
COACH O.
FROM THE WALLS
TO THE FIELD.
I spent 21 years as a Correctional Officer, watching what happens when talented, capable people never develop the mental tools to handle adversity, pressure, and failure. The consequences in that environment are permanent.
In athletics, the window is still open. That is why I made the transition from C.O. to Coach O, and built EAPS, The Educational Athletics Performance System, to close the gap every program has but almost nobody is training.
"My mother always said: 'It takes a village to raise a child.' I have spent my life making sure that village is complete for every athlete I serve."
HEAR THE THINKING.
Short listens on what we are seeing in high school athletics, and what to do about it.
THE SILENT EMERGENCY
Ninety one percent of high school athletes report sport related stress. Forty five percent quit the sport they love from burnout. This episode is about the pressure nobody is training them for, and what a school can actually do about it.
Listen Now →Roughly 12 minutes. Built for a car ride or a coffee break.
THE DATA IS TELLING
US SOMETHING.
The mental performance gap in American high school athletics is documented, measured, and urgent. And it has a solution.
These are not troubled kids. These are your athletes.
EAPS: THE EDUCATIONAL
ATHLETICS PERFORMANCE
SYSTEM.
A 48 week, three session per week mental performance curriculum that builds four measurable pillars in student athletes, and proves the growth with data four times a year.
Built on the GYMR methodology, developed by Todd Durkin, and grounded in the published research of Dr. Angela Duckworth, Dr. Albert Bandura, Dr. Jim Loehr, and the youth development literature. Every claim in this program is sourced.
HOW IT RUNS IN
YOUR BUILDING.
No new headcount required. EAPS is delivered by a person your kids already trust, trained to a professional standard, supported all year, and reporting back to you with real numbers.
CHILD SAFETY IS THE FOUNDATION, NOT THE FINE PRINT
Our coaches train performance. They are not therapists or counselors, and they are trained to know exactly where that line sits. Any concern about a student's safety escalates the same day, to your counselors and administrators, following your school's own procedures. Observable settings only. Transparent communication. We strengthen the adults around your kids. We never replace them.
BECOME A CERTIFIED
EAPS COACH.
You already have the trust of your athletes. This certification gives you the system: the GYMR methodology, the science behind it, the 48 week delivery playbook, and the professional standards that make schools and parents say yes.
This is a real credential with a real gate, including a child safety assessment that must be passed at 100%. It is a system, a credential, and a support structure. Your results will depend on your effort, your market, and your consistency.
- 8 modules, 50 lessons, roughly 24 hours of training
- The GYMR methodology, developed by Todd Durkin
- The masters and the science. Beswick, Duckworth, Loehr, Moawad, Gervais, Selk, fully sourced
- The complete 48 week delivery playbook and measurement engine
- Final exam plus a dedicated Child Safety Certification, 100% required
- Ongoing coach support and business training included
EXPERIENCE IT LIVE
WITH YOUR PROGRAM.
The fastest way to feel what this system does in a room full of athletes. Many schools start here, and every session ends with a clear picture of what the full 48 week system would look like in your building.
School Assembly
A high energy, interactive keynote for your entire student athlete body. Designed to stop the scroll in their minds and start the shift in their identity.
- Train The Response keynote presentation
- Live Mind vs Body exercise
- Identity Lock In group exercise
- 4 Types of Athletes corner exercise
- Q&A and athlete commitment close
THE VILLAGE
IS SPEAKING.
"My son has made great strides in his progress, athletically and in responsibility. 1% Better Everyday isn't just a fitness motto. It's a way of life. Coach O is the real deal."
"Coach Omar is experienced and brings a high level of energy and enthusiasm. From beginner to advanced, you receive an intense program suitable for you to meet your goals, all while in the presence of passionate, motivated, yet supportive coaching."
"Best place around to develop physically and mentally. My overall health, and mindset, dramatically improved in just six weeks. Coach Omar is the best."
WHAT COACH O
DELIVERS.
Train The Response
The signature keynote. How to respond to adversity with intention rather than react with emotion. The foundation of every elite mental performance system.
The Fourth Coach
For coaches and athletic directors. Every program has a head coach, position coaches, and strength staff. This session makes the case for the fourth coach, the one who develops the mind that drives everything else.
Identity Driven Performance
You perform how you see yourself. This session rebuilds the internal identity of every athlete in the room, from results based to character based performance.
It Takes A Village
For athletic departments, parents, and coaching staffs together. The complete village framework and how every member builds the mental performance of the athletes in their care.
Pressure Is A Privilege
How to reframe the biggest moments in athletic competition from threat to opportunity. The mindset shift that separates clutch performers from everyone else.
Future Success Agents
The 1% Better Everyday standard. A life changing session for student athletes on the identity, habits, and commitments that build champions on and off the field.
THE FOURTH
COACH.
Every high school athletic department already has three coaches for the body. EAPS provides the fourth, the one who develops what drives all the others from the inside out.
"Your athletic department has a coach for every part of the athlete's body. Who is coaching the part that controls all the others?"
The village that wins the long game of athlete development is the one with all four coaches in place. Not three. Four.
Add The Fourth CoachPART OF THE VILLAGE.
YOUR ATHLETES WILL
FACE PRESSURE.
TRAIN THEM FOR IT.
The event is neutral. The response is everything. Twenty minutes is all it takes to find out whether EAPS fits your program.
LET'S BUILD
THE VILLAGE.
Whether you are an athletic director, a superintendent, a coach, or a parent, every great village starts with one conversation.