Beyond Sports

A 10-week personal development program to help athletes with identity exploration beyond sport. Program includes weekly group coaching sessions and educational videos.

Next cohort starts April 2024.
You can register for this program at the bottom of this page.

Through our Beyond Sports program, you will learn about yourself at a deeper level and critically develop your purpose beyond sports by exploring your identity, emotions, and body-mind connections.

You will create your own definition of success and understand what matters to you. You will set goals that reflect your purpose and learn time-management skills, including how to prioritize things in your life.

This program not only supports your emotional development, but will also help you make long-lasting connections with your coach and the other athletes in the group.

It’s time to focus on you!

A program for all athletes

This program is for competing, retiring and retired athletes and student-athletes. Each program cohort includes up to 20 athletes from different sports and backgrounds.

…to develop beyond sports.

  • Help you discover your identity outside of sports

  • Develop your emotional awareness and coping techniques

  • Help you set life goals and create plans to prepare for life beyond sports

  • Build social connections with other athletes and former athletes

Program Curriculum

The Beyond Sports program is highly interactive. Each group session covers a specific topic with live exercises and discussion with other athletes. Educational videos and assignments follow each meeting to further dive into the topic.

​Module 1 - EMOTIONS: Learn about the 5 main emotions and what mind-body connections are.

Module 2 - EMPATHY: Learn about empathy, emotional ownership and compassion with self and others.

Module 3 - RESPONSIBILITY & MINDSET: What is emotional responsibility and what you can control.

Module 4 - LIMITING BELIEFS: Learn about limiting beliefs, ego vs authentic-self and personal bias.

Module 5 - EXPLORATION: Dive into yourself and articulate your definition of success and happiness.

Module 6 - AUTHENTIC GOALS & PRIORITIES: Create your vision and learn how to prioritize to support your goals.

Module 7 - SYSTEMS & GOALS: What are systems and goals and how to modify your habits to achieve your goals.

Module 8 - CAREER: Learn about career paths, mentors and work values and lifestyle.

Module 9 - MOMENTUM: How to continue the momentum from this course and celebrate your progress.

Module 10 - NEXT STEPS: Moving forward after the program and networking with Athletes Soul's community of athletes and former athletes.

Athletes’ testimonials

“ This program puts some groundwork and framework in place for me to approach life after sports, what I want to do with a career, what I want to do with myself. It ultimately helped me achieve some personal bests in the sport realm “ - Scott Lacy

  • "I loved how our coach was able to incorporate techniques such as meditation, body awareness, and self-reflection into the program. Also, it's not easy to be vulnerable, but the way in which the program had us interact with each other made me feel safe and able to share my thoughts in a space free of judgment."

    Nikita Uberoi
    Professional tennis player

  • "I enjoyed this program because it allowed me to connect with myself in ways I have never connected before. My favorite part was the ability to meet other current and former athletes, I found it impactful because all of us are going through or have gone through the same challenges and transitions."

    Michael Saleme
    College football player

  • "Through this program, I found a safe space to be vulnerable and grow as a whole. I realized the questions and struggles I have are common for athletes. I felt seen, heard and challenged in my thought process. This program helped me understand that I am more than an athlete."

    Mina Anglero
    College track runner

  • “The Beyond Sports program provided a warm and welcoming environment for all of those involved. The process has allowed me to learn so much about myself and pushed me to develop as both an athlete and person.

    Emily Banashefski
    College soccer player

  • "What beyond sports means to me is…a place where I could share and learn about my emotional self with other like-minded student athletes. Not only did I visualize a plan of my future with beyond sports, I learned about my emotions and mental habits and how to use those to positively influence my life and others around me. Truly a fantastic experience!" 

    Caleb Bopp
    College golf player

About your coach, Q Williams

Q Williams is a mental performance coach for current and retired athletes. Q became a Gator Bowl Champion as a 2-sport athlete at Northwestern University, where he holds a Bachelor's and Master’s Degree in Sports Management. Q is a coach for Athletes Soul, an Official Provider for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Behavioral Health and the founder of his coaching program the World Class Method.

Join the next group and register

This program is provided at no cost to the athletes. It is valued at $500 per athlete and is funded by Athletes Soul through individual scholarships. ​Click below to sign up for our Athlete Membership and the next cohort of Beyond Sports. We host a cohort every few months (January, April, October).

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