COACHES
Equipping coaches with practical tools to strengthen relationships, navigate conflict, support emotional development, and promote the overall well-being of young athletes.
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Generation Next Project
Generation Next Project believes that building mental performance in young athletes starts with the adults around them. Through its Change Your Course program, the organization offers customized training for caregivers and coaches modeled on the golfer-caddie relationship: like a great caddie, adults learn to walk alongside athletes, offer perspective, reinforce confidence, and help them through difficult moments without taking over. By reinforcing the same mental performance skills athletes learn, caregivers and coaches help young players build independence, resilience, and ownership of their game.
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The Jed Foundation
The Jed Foundation equips coaches, athletic staff, and youth-serving organizations to protect the mental health of teens and young adults and prevent suicide. Through interactive workshops, trainings, and online courses, including Championing Mental Health, a workshop built for athletic departments, adults learn to recognize warning signs, start supportive conversations, and connect athletes to help.
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Mindflow
Mindflow supports caregivers and coaches through personal mental health services and consultations with experienced sport psychologists. Its comprehensive training programs have reached more than 3,000 coaches, athletic trainers, and administrators, equipping them to better support the athletes in their care.
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Momentous Institute
Momentous Institute is a leading mental health organization advancing the people, practices, and systems that strengthen mental health for children, families, and communities. We turn innovative ideas into proven resources, helping make mental health an essential part of everyday life. Momentous Institute has trained and provided resources to more than 5,000 volunteer and full time coaches through partnerships with The Y, First Tee, Boys & Girls Club, i9 Sports, University of Texas San Antonio and more, helping them cultivate their own mental health and support the athletes in their care.
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NAMI Texas
NAMI Texas and its Affiliates equip caregivers and coaches with practical tools and educational frameworks to recognize and protect young athletes’ mental health. Through programs such as NAMI Basics, caregivers learn to navigate accommodations, respond to crises, and communicate effectively at home. Coaches and athletic staff can apply these skills within their programs to create more supportive environments for athletes.
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Thinkbettergolf
Parents receive guidance on sport psychology best practices and effective ways to support their junior athletes. Teams and coaches also receive support in integrating sport psychology programming into their environments. Individual consultations help coaches navigate challenging situations with athletes and identify practical strategies from a sport psychology perspective.
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The Defensive Line
The Defensive Line recognizes caregivers and coaches as some of the most influential protective factors in a young person’s life. Through its flagship D-LINES Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Education Program, the organization equips youth-serving adults to recognize warning signs, begin supportive conversations, reduce stigma, and connect young people with appropriate resources before a crisis occurs. Developed in partnership with Providence’s Work2BeWell initiative, D-LINES combines evidence-informed content, culturally responsive practices, and practical intervention strategies to build stronger support networks where young people feel seen, supported, and safe asking for help.
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The Hidden Opponent
The Hidden Opponent’s Coaches & Professionals resources equip coaches and other professionals who work with student-athletes to better support their mental health. Educational opportunities, professional development tools, and facilitated conversations are complemented by a resource library featuring panels, articles, and insights from coaches, support staff, administrators, mental health, and performance professionals.
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The Mulligan Foundation
The Mulligan Foundation equips parents, caregivers, and coaches with practical tools to support golfers on and off the course. Through educational workshops, webinars, conversation guides, coach resources, and access to trusted mental health experts, the foundation helps adults understand the pressures young athletes face, recognize warning signs, and respond with confidence and empathy. Its programming promotes healthy communication, separates personal worth from performance, and helps create competitive environments where athletes can pursue excellence without losing their sense of identity. Rather than asking adults to become therapists, the foundation prepares them to be informed, approachable members of an athlete’s support system who know when and where to seek additional help.
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Valiant Sports Society
Parents and caregivers are at the center of Valiant Sports Society’s mission. Through free education, expert conversations, practical resources, and advocacy, Valiant helps adults understand their influence on a young athlete’s emotional and physical well-being. Its content offers guidance on communication, confidence, pressure, anxiety, burnout, injury, identity, motivation, and maintaining joy in sport. Although coaches are not currently a primary audience, Valiant encourages them and other trusted adults to use and share resources that promote athlete well-being and healthier sports experiences. By equipping the adults surrounding young athletes, Valiant helps create more positive moments and fewer harmful ones through sports.