Our next Cohort is April 2027 - Register interest below
Our next Cohort is April 2027 - Register interest below
S&C Principles Group Mentorship
Cut through the noise. Coach with clarity.
If you feel confused by the endless stream of exercises, methods, and “must-try” programs on social media, you are not alone.
The problem is failing to organise your principles to inform your methods.
At Collaborate Sports, we help S&C coaches move beyond confusion by working from clear training principles and making outcome-led decisions.
Our 6 months S&C Principles program helps you:
Understand adaptation, not just prescription
Coach from principles, not templates
Bring clarity to your role as an S&C coach
Whats involved in our performance mentorship?
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Month 1 - Reverse Engineering Impact
We discuss what success really looks like for your environment, how to determine direct and indirect opportunities for impact, and what your next steps need to be.
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Month 2 - Speed & Agility
Covering technical models to improve your coaching eye, we look at how we can develop speed and agility using key movement principles. We use video tasks and discussion to bring this to life.
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Month 3 - Speed & Power
Returning to foundational principles of physiology, we start to challenge you to think about program design in an outcome led approach. Are you programming for coordinative, nueromuscular, structural or cogntive change?
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Month 4 - Energy System Development
Leaning into often forgotten physiology, we explore differences in ESD and conditioning as ways to think about program decisions and encourage you to develop your own adaptation led frameworks.
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Month 5 - Using Data with Purpose
We get back to basics on data hygiene and how looking at data in both fast and slow approaches can create more clear pictures of impact for you.
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Month 6 - Planning and Perriodisation
With all thats been learned, we bring periodisation to life in real world case studies with athletes that Spencer and I have worked with. We open the floor to challenge on what we did, to help how we all move forward.
Meet your mentor
Dan Howells
Founder of Collaborate Sports - USA/UK/Europe lead mentor
Meet Dan; As S&C to the Houston Astros, GB 7s rugby and several Olympic and Paralympic teams, Dan has worked with some of the world’s most demanding athletes and built national physical development pathways. He has a strong mentorship approach that aims to guide coaches to clarity in their decision-making.
LIVE session dates for our upcoming cohort - all 7pm (all recorded)
Month 1 - Defining impact in your high-performance environment
Month 2 - Speed and agility principles and coaching eye detail
Month 3 - Principles for strength and power development
Month 4 - Energy system development prescription
Month 5 - Using data to inform decisions
Month 6 - Planning and periodisation approaches
We are supported by TeamBuildr, where you get 3months free access to their platform.
How the programme works:
6x Monthly online group mentoring meetings with Dan or Spencer
Any-time access to them via DM.
Bonus content from other leading coaches and practitioners.
Dedicated community to brainstorm with your peer coaches.
Our next cohort starts 19th April 2026.