Zac Parsons

In case you missed the breakfast in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago, TPI’s own Ron Medved presented the Leadership Innovation Award to Alabama football coach Nick Saban for his team’s incredible championship season this year.  This nine minute clip below shows some of the highlights from the event.

If you are a coach, athletic director, or even an athlete looking for a every ethical edge you can get, maybe you should check out our PX2 program and see if The Pacific Institute can help you and your team to do more of the things you know you are capable of.

Congratulations again coach.  You definitely deserve it.

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After a disappointing end to last year’s nearly perfect football campaign, the University of Alabama football team completed their perfect season last night with a win over the University of Texas in the BCS National Championship game.

A lot has been said about the reasons for Alabama’s resurgence to national prominence as a football powerhouse.  Most of these articles and discussions start with head coach Nick Saban, and they should.  His leadership has set the tone for every aspect of the football program.  While having the best college football program in the country is the goal of the University, producing fine, responsible, and productive young men is the ultimate aim of the program.  With each player understanding their responsibilities to the team and taking responsibility for reaching their potential, both the team and the players succeeded.

Check out this article from ESPN.

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It’s official.  After the homecoming beat-down of the number 22 ranked South Carolina Gamecocks, 20-6, the University of Alabama football team is back on top of the AP college football poll.  While this game did not feature the offensive explosion seen in previous games, the discipline on the defensive side showcased the Tide’s hallmark of late:  mental toughness.

As you may or may not know, coach Nick Saban hired The Pacific Institute to take the entire team through the PX2 curriculum last fall before the 2008 football campaign.  This fall, he brought our facilitators back to train the freshmen.  How much of the team’s success can be attributed to the their mental toughness is difficult to measure.  But the tools they used to gain that psychological edge are no secret.  Sports Illustrated noted it last year.  As did the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

PX2 works.  It’s fun to watch the results play out in the national sporting news.  But it’s still accessible for local youth sports teams.  Read more on this site and send me an email for more information.  You can view the first unit of PX2 for free here.

I love my job.

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