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"Your coaching is the best thing to happen to my children's lives." - Parent
"My daughter said you had taught them about taking three slow, deep breaths. My daughter sometimes has trouble getting herself together and she recognized this as a way to help herself. I wanted to thank you for sharing this with the St. Peter's students. I appreciate your time and care of my daughter." - Parent
"No doubt St. Peter's School has the best Physical Education program I've ever seen in all my years as an educator. Thank you!" - Educator
"Thank you for teaching us mindfulness. Now I can feel like I'm floating in a cloud whenever I want!" - Second Grader
"Your coaching has been transformative for my child" - Parent
"My daughter said you had taught them about taking three slow, deep breaths. My daughter sometimes has trouble getting herself together and she recognized this as a way to help herself. I wanted to thank you for sharing this with the St. Peter's students. I appreciate your time and care of my daughter." - Parent
"No doubt St. Peter's School has the best Physical Education program I've ever seen in all my years as an educator. Thank you!" - Educator
"Thank you for teaching us mindfulness. Now I can feel like I'm floating in a cloud whenever I want!" - Second Grader
"Your coaching has been transformative for my child" - Parent
"The most valuable thing I learned was how to coach the mind and prepare the mind better prior to practice / matches"
"It was so helpful seeing and hearing new techniques for my students."
"I enjoyed seeing the mindful games to use with children in the classroom or during practice. It was very applicable"
"It was awesome. I enjoyed getting outside the classroom for hands on learning and I can't wait to do these activities with my students"
"Enjoyed immensely. Looking forward to taking these activities back to my students and athletes. Thank you for all the resources"
"Your session totally reinvigorated my love for coaching." - Talent Pathway Coach
"You have been so kind and the TAP has been so helpful. The sessions Sam and the TAP have run at our ADP camps have been so useful and have already helped me out on the piste. The project really reminds and enforces what sports should be about, and the workshops and sessions he has run have been focused and vital to creating a more compassion fencing world.” - Fencer, aged 15
"The TAP Programme is not a simple, quick fix that will help you immediately achieve world class performance but through its mindfulness classes, coaching and mentoring it produces a sustainable growth in performance as well as develop a peace of mind. I am sure you know how it feels when your head drives you crazy, the TAP program helps me to become better at controlling exactly this and this reflects itself in achieving better results and coping with the pressure that comes at any high performance sport." - Fencer, aged 16
"My [child] thinks the world of you, and [their] mentor - and your organisation. [They] had a rough season last year - due to lots of changes - and in the last few months by having the lovely support of you amazing lot - has now turned a corner! [They are] such a good person, and they are starting to believe that - and I think that having you and [their] mentor - and the program - has been a real life line for [them]. We are indebted to you - trust me we truly are." - Parent
"At St. Peter's, he turns PE classes into a place where everyone is an athlete. He teaches kids about nutrition, positive imagery and gratitude. Athletics becomes less about battle-ball and more about soul-craft. 'Performance and compassion, kindness, overall health and community spirit, all at once,' Parfitt said. And he writes curriculum for coaches and schools, helping them do the same thing. He calls his work the True Athlete Project. He's turning athletes into true athletes." Read the full article here
