"From apprenticeships to elder circles, intentional relationships have always been important in generational knowledge transfer for a society."  - Muhammad Ali Center
Our unique athlete-to-athlete mentoring program is built around five themes.
  • Performance
  • Identity & Values
  • Mindfulness
  • Nature & Connectedness
  • Community & Responsibility​​
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Mentees will receive a personalised mental skills training program around these themes, developed by our team of world-class sport psychologists and coaches. Mentees will also enjoy a year-long relationship with a world-class athlete and receive a 6-week online course: "Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement", delivered by its creator, Dr. Keith Kaufman.
Whatever your dreams, our world-class team will create a personalized program just for you. Here's an example of how we're helping serious athletes around the world. David Brown and Souleyman Bah
Most successful people, including athletes, attribute much of their success in life to people who have offered advice, guidance and support in some way.  These people are usually a mix of mentors, coaches, peers, parents or guardians, community groups, etc.  There are myriad factors at play in any individual or team's path to success, but more times than not, critical values in raising performance levels are mentoring and coaching.

TAP recognizes these values and has structured a support system of trained and/or experienced mentors, coaches and mentoring curriculum to leverage as needed, all of which are intended to complement an athlete's existing environment for success.  Within this system, TAP continually fosters a "mentoring culture" which inspires athletes within the TAP community to mentor each other through peer mentoring to further sharpen their own skills.  
The TAP mentoring culture is designed to be flexible and fluid, respecting that there are times when an athlete really needs an external coach (including a professional sports psychologist) or even a peer, to work through a challenge, rather than their formal mentor.  Because the skills sets of and tools used by mentors and coaches are very different, TAP is structured to offer formal training to mentors and mentees, a skillset which they can take with them as they move on in their lives.

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Our team has worked with:
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The United Nations
Team Copenhagen
Chelsea F.C.
Multiple NCAA champions
Grand slam-winning tennis players
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Kansas State University Athletics Department
His Holiness, The Dalai Lama
The Tennessee Association of Independent Schools
Emily McLennan - NCAA Southern Conference Champion
David Brown - T11 100m and 200m World Record Holder
Okay Henry - Professional international soccer player
Jordan Britt - Professional Golfer. 
Isabella Loza - Colombia National Champion
Duke Richey - McCallie High School golfer and cross country runner
Florida State University Athletics Department
The International Olympic Committee
The World Anti-Doping Agency
Competition Rock Climbers
The United States Professional Tennis Association
Saint Peter's Episcopal School, Chattanooga
Baylor High School Lacrosse Coach and Players
Triathletes and Ultra-Event Competitors
Youth Soccer Teams
High School Swim Teams
Jay-Z - Hip Hop Artist 
The Muhammad Ali Center
​...and many more!!
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