Your team has values. Who chose them and who takes responsibility for living them?

Dr. Jay Martin, the winningest coach in NCAA men’s soccer history, shares the process he used at Ohio Wesleyan to help athletes identify their personal values, establish shared goals, and take responsibility for the team they wanted to become.

Closing out Season 3’s theme, From Buy-In to Ownership, this conversation explores how coaches keep those commitments alive through everyday conversations, athlete leadership, and practices that are challenging and fun.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why Jay starts with each athlete’s personal values before having players develop their team’s values and goals.

• How to revisit those commitments throughout the season and hold athletes accountable to goals they helped create.

• How competition, player decision-making, and fun can work together in a demanding practice environment.

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Your athletes know mindset matters. How do you help them put it into practice when training gets hard or doubt creeps in?

Zach Brandon, founder of MVP Mindset Consulting, discusses the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it. Drawing on his work with the Arizona Diamondbacks and IMG Academy, Zach shares ways coaches can make mental skills part of everyday training.

In this episode, we explore:

• How to help athletes recognize unhelpful self-talk, develop more useful responses, and rehearse them in practice.

• How questions about who an athlete wants to become can turn broad goals into concrete next steps they help choose.

• How the word “and” can help athletes acknowledge fear or doubt and still take productive action.

Connect with Zach Brandon

• Listen: Win More, Live Better — stories and conversations on coaching, leadership, and performance.

• Read: Winning With Words — Zach’s newsletter for coaches and leaders.

• Explore: Zach’s coaching and resources.

About Momentum Sessions
Momentum Sessions is a free, private community where coaches explore how culture, leadership, and standards actually work inside real teams.

Join future sessions:
👉 momentumteams.com/sessions

You’ve named your captains. How do you help them—and the rest of your team—actually learn to lead?

J.P. Nerbun, founder of TOC Culture and author of The Culture Captain, explains why leadership begins with self-awareness and grows through everyday experiences. He shares how coaches can help athletes speak up, support teammates, and take responsibility when they fall short.

In this episode, we explore:

• How the four levels of leadership—know yourself, lead yourself, lead others, and lead the team—give athletes a framework for growth.

• Why understanding what stops athletes from challenging teammates matters before giving them the words to say.

• How to build a leadership group with clear responsibilities and coach athletes through the real situations they face.

About Momentum Sessions
Momentum Sessions is a free, private community where coaches explore how culture, leadership, and standards actually work inside real teams.

Join future sessions:
👉 momentumteams.com/sessions