Performance Coaching & Mentorship Program
Does your child need a positive force in his life to help him unlock his potential? Does he need some more life skills in his tool belt? Does he just need a little more direction and purpose?
For well over a decade I have been utilizing a modernized, holistic approach to develop and enable student-athletes to reach their optimal potential, both on and off the field. I have seen firsthand what it takes to be successful and happy in the hyper-competitive environment that characterizes the SF Bay Area.
This Fall semester my goal is to serve select baseball loving student-athletes to provide them with all the tools they need to reach their goals, achieve their potential and live their best life!
The Relationship with David
Success in this program will be achieved by developing meaningful, trustworthy relationship between myself and the student-athlete. The program will start with an in-person 1 on 1 discussion about life, purpose, goals and what may be holding the young man back. The goal is to identify their “why” and mission driven signature path.
Following discussions with both the student-athlete and the parents, we will develop a clear gameplan to live a happier, more purposeful and meaningful life. After we reach an agreement about the direction and gameplan, I will work directly with the student athlete as much as necessary to ensure we are staying on track.
Some of the areas I specialize in and can help with\”
These areas and many others will be used to construct a personalized plan based on individual needs:
College Planning and Academics
- Time management
- Productivity and study habits
- College placement and planning (strong relationships w/ hundreds of college coaches)
High Performance Habits
- Goal Setting
- Identifying purpose and passion
- Night time and morning routines
Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
- Communication, self-expression and family dynamics
- Social skills and relationship building
- Self-regulation and self-awareness
Physical Health and Baseball Skills
- 1 on 1 baseball development lessons (if we determine Im the best instructor for player’s needs)
- Weightlifting and conditioning programming
- Nutrition and healthy eating planning
- Sleep routines
Mental Health
- Anxiety and mood disorders
- Mindfulness and meditation practice
- Tech life balance & screen addiction (I have developed high level of expertise here in last year)
Some of my philosophies about academic/athletic development and life:
- Balance is the key to everything. Combined w/ self awareness we can achieve growth
- Finding your why! Purpose and passion provide the GPS for your life
- The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships
- Developing positive habits is vital (especially while brain is still developing)
- Academics come first when you are a student-athlete
- Nothing good is achieved in life without putting in the work!
Program Packages
- Minor Tweaks
- Need: Student-athlete is very close to “breaking through” and needs some minor adjustments in his life
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- Contact points: 2-3 meetings/month plus reasonable text/phone support
- Contact points: 2-3 meetings/month plus reasonable text/phone support
- Breakthrough
- Need: Student-athlete has a handful of issues holding him back and is in need of some more substantial realignments.
- Contact points: 3-4 meetings/month plus text/phone support
- Complete Game Change
- Need: Student-athlete is struggling and requires complete immersive transformative programming. May require work with other professionals, coaches teachers to achieve a 360 degree view of needs.
- Contact points: Weekly check-ins and unlimited phone, email and text support
Costs: TBD depending on needs of student-athlete. Every young man is special and has different needs 🙂 There are 3 tiers of need ranging from minor life tweaks to complete life makeover, with the basic tier (minor tweaks).
Communication & Contact Points w/ Athletes (and Parents)
- In-person house visits (primary method of communication)
- David picking up athlete to grab food, go to ballgames, activites…
- Phone, Email, Video calls, Texts
Some cases may require David to work with other specialists if needed
Real life example
A talented 16 year old high school ballplayer was at the start of his very important junior year season and his parents asked me for some private lessons. The player was in great shape and had a nice swing already, but unfortunately his talent was not translating to games. They didn\’t know what was wrong and the player was having a lot of anxiety about the upcoming season.
Upon meeting the player we entered a discussion about his goals and what he hoped to accomplish for the season. We recognized that he was putting far too much pressure on himself to keep up with his friends who were getting college offers and was pressing in all areas of his life. His self-worth was completely tied to performance in games and he couldnt get out of his own head. This player needed a simple shift in perspective and some strategies to decompress while off the field. He also needed some time management tricks which would allow him to get to sleep a little earlier and be more refreshed to hit the day.
After discussing with his parents we determined the core focus of the lessons was to develop mindfulness based practices which would help the player block negative distractions and stay in his zone of peak performance. Our sessions would start and end with breathwork and self reflection. I barely made any adjustments to his swing.
Following just a handful of sessions the player hit his first High School home run over the center field fence during a preseason scrimmage. As the season went on he became significantly more consistent at the plate and his confidence shot through the roof as he earned all league honors. His relationship with his parents improved drastically as his renewed perspective and ability to relax provided more space for positive connection. He only needed some minor tweaks to unlock his potential and now has a toolbelt of strategies to utilize at home and on the field.
The player is now going onto his senior year and should be one of the best players in the league. We are now working together on the college identification process to help him figure out the right type of college where he would thrive.
Eligibility and Time Table
I am willing to work with male student-athletes (preferably aspiring baseball players) as young as 9 years old. Must live in the SF Bay Area/Peninsula. We would start together just after Labor Day and would work together until Christmas break (at a minimum)
Interested in talking with David and learning more?
If you are interested in a free 15 minute consultation to determine if there could be a fit, please click the button below to fill out a survey and I will be sure to follow up!
About David
David Klein is an entrepreneur, coach and mentor who works with youth and young adults to inspire them to be the best versions of themselves. After spending over a decade as Founder and Executive Director of his successful brand, Legends Baseball, David knows that combining strong relationships with positive, holistic programming is the key to cultivating a growth mindset and ultimately unlocking potential.
David has created innovative holistic programming for kids and young adults at every level, from 6 year olds to professional athletes. Coaching over 5,000 aspiring athletes, David has developed over 50 players who have moved on to sign professional contracts. In 2018, the Positive Coaching Alliance selected David from a pool of 800 coaches to receive their prestigious National Double-Goal Coach Award for his work in teaching life lessons to youth. His podcast “A Legends Life”, which focused applying valuable lessons from sports to everyday life, was a top ranked podcast in the iTunes store in 2016.
Since the summer of 2018 David has been hosting digital mindfulness focus groups, workshops and community events to raise awareness about the harms of digital overuse and to learn how to positively change tech usage habits for people of all ages. David also works with numerous high school athletes and their families to assist them in the college identification and athletic recruitment process as he has hundreds of relationships with collegiate coaches nationwide.
David holds a Communications degree from UC Santa Barbara with a double minor in Exercise and Sports Studies, and Technology Entrepreneurship.
David lives in San Mateo with his wife, 2 year old son and mini-golden doodle Levi.
