T.E.A.M. Leadership: Coaches' Manual

By Adam Blake Winegarden

Are your players only performing when you're watching?

Most teams have rules. The best teams have culture. The difference is whether your players are living the standards when no coach is in the room - and building that kind of team does not happen by accident.

T.E.A.M. Leadership: Coaches Manual is an 8-lesson program designed to help coaches build a genuinely player-led team. Written by Adam Winegarden - a coach, Athletic Director, and Director of Leadership with more than 25 years of experience - this program gives you the exact structure, discussion questions, and real-world coaching notes to create ownership, accountability, and a culture that does not depend on you to survive.

The program covers two phases:

T.E.A.M. Expectations (Lessons 1-4) Student-Athlete Coachable Player Great Teammate Larger Purpose

T.E.A.M. Mindset (Lessons 5-8) Sacrifice Discipline Toughness Relentless Effort

Each lesson includes a key thought, discussion questions, coach-specific guidance notes, and strategies for when your group goes quiet or gives surface-level answers. A mid-program accountability check-in and bonus self-reflection section are also included.

This is not a motivational poster. It is a repeatable system that gets players talking like coaches - in the locker room, in the classroom, and on the field - because they have made the standards their own.

Built for any sport. Any age. Any level.

If you are ready to stop being the only voice in the room, this program gives you the tools to change that.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GTGCLR2L
• ISBN13: 9798252881362
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"