Ages 4-18 · Book 3, Confidence · 4,299 places
Clubs, Gyms and Dojos
For operators whose retention problem is confidence rather than coaching, which is most of them.
Built on Ellis Abel and the Magic Triangle — “Turn fear into confidence, one step at a time.” A character series, not a curriculum with a worldview attached.
The five sessions
- Session 1
Scope: age bands, group sizes, session length, leader experience
- Session 2
Materials: story, leader script, family take-home, printable pack
- Session 3
Train the team — one session, with the hard cases rehearsed
- Session 4
Run one term and capture what the children actually did
- Session 5
Review, adjust the pack, and set the next term
Questions leaders ask
Is clubs, gyms and dojos in your area a religious program?
No. Ellis Abel is a character series. Each volume carries one named core value — this one is confidence — and the story does the teaching. There is no doctrine in it, nothing to opt out of, and it is used in public schools, libraries and secular programs as readily as anywhere else.
What ages does this work for?
Ages 4-18. The story is read aloud, so a child who cannot read yet is fully in it, and the discussion prompts are written in two bands so one adult can hold a mixed-age room.
What does a your area licence include?
The volumes, the session material, leader scripts, family take-home pages, and the right to run it under your own program name. Terms are set per organisation and per size, so there is no single-price page.
Do we have to use your branding?
No. You keep your name, your leaders and your program. The books are the spine, not the sign over the door.
The rules that make it work
Confidence is earned, in that order, every time
Commitment, then competency, then confidence. Almost every adult teaches it backwards by trying to install the feeling first, and children can tell.
Ugly reps are the work, not a warning sign
A child promised that practice feels good quits on the third attempt. Say in advance that it will look bad, and the bad-looking part stops meaning anything.
Praise the count, never the talent
"You're a natural" is a compliment a child cannot use and cannot rebuild from. Sixty reps is a fact they own and can do again.
Nobody is compared to anybody
The count is against last week's count. A room where children are ranked teaches the ones at the bottom to stop starting.
Adults commit out loud too
A coach or a parent naming a thing they are bad at and are practising anyway is worth more than any session on effort.
This is a character story, not a performance program
Technique belongs to the coach and the teacher. This handles the part that has nothing to do with technique, and never scores a child on either.
Clubs and Gyms by metro area
Northeast
- Clubs and Gyms — New York, NY
- Clubs and Gyms — Philadelphia, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Boston, MA
- Clubs and Gyms — Pittsburgh, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Providence, RI
- Clubs and Gyms — Hartford, CT
- Clubs and Gyms — Buffalo, NY
- Clubs and Gyms — Rochester, NY
- Clubs and Gyms — Bridgeport, CT
- Clubs and Gyms — Albany, NY
- Clubs and Gyms — Worcester, MA
- Clubs and Gyms — Allentown, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Poughkeepsie metro area, NY
- Clubs and Gyms — Syracuse, NY
- Clubs and Gyms — Harrisburg, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — New Haven, CT
- Clubs and Gyms — Portland, ME
- Clubs and Gyms — Scranton, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Lancaster, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — York, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Springfield, MA
- Clubs and Gyms — Waterbury, CT
- Clubs and Gyms — Reading, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Manchester, NH
- Clubs and Gyms — Trenton, NJ
- Clubs and Gyms — Atlantic City, NJ
- Clubs and Gyms — Utica, NY
- Clubs and Gyms — Norwich, CT
- Clubs and Gyms — Erie, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Binghamton, NY
- Clubs and Gyms — Barnstable, MA
- Clubs and Gyms — Burlington, VT
- Clubs and Gyms — Kingston, NY
- Clubs and Gyms — Amherst, MA
- Clubs and Gyms — Chambersburg, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Bangor, ME
- Clubs and Gyms — State College, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Vineland, NJ
- Clubs and Gyms — Lebanon, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Johnstown, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Pittsfield, MA
- Clubs and Gyms — Glens Falls, NY
- Clubs and Gyms — Altoona, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Lewiston, ME
- Clubs and Gyms — Williamsport, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Watertown, NY
- Clubs and Gyms — Gettysburg, PA
- Clubs and Gyms — Ithaca, NY
- Clubs and Gyms — Elmira, NY
Midwest
- Clubs and Gyms — Chicago, IL
- Clubs and Gyms — Detroit, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Minneapolis, MN
- Clubs and Gyms — St. Louis, MO
- Clubs and Gyms — Cincinnati, OH
- Clubs and Gyms — Kansas City, MO
- Clubs and Gyms — Columbus, OH
- Clubs and Gyms — Indianapolis, IN
- Clubs and Gyms — Cleveland, OH
- Clubs and Gyms — Milwaukee, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — Grand Rapids, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Omaha, NE
- Clubs and Gyms — Dayton, OH
- Clubs and Gyms — Des Moines, IA
- Clubs and Gyms — Madison, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — Akron, OH
- Clubs and Gyms — Wichita, KS
- Clubs and Gyms — Toledo, OH
- Clubs and Gyms — Springfield, MO
- Clubs and Gyms — Lansing, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Fort Wayne, IN
- Clubs and Gyms — Youngstown, OH
- Clubs and Gyms — Flint, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Canton, OH
- Clubs and Gyms — Davenport, IA
- Clubs and Gyms — Ann Arbor, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Peoria, IL
- Clubs and Gyms — Lincoln, NE
- Clubs and Gyms — Rockford, IL
- Clubs and Gyms — Green Bay, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — South Bend, IN
- Clubs and Gyms — Sioux Falls, SD
- Clubs and Gyms — Duluth, MN
- Clubs and Gyms — Cedar Rapids, IA
- Clubs and Gyms — Evansville, IN
- Clubs and Gyms — Fargo, ND
- Clubs and Gyms — Kalamazoo, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Appleton, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — Champaign, IL
- Clubs and Gyms — Topeka, KS
- Clubs and Gyms — Rochester, MN
- Clubs and Gyms — Lafayette, IN
- Clubs and Gyms — Columbia, MO
- Clubs and Gyms — Joplin, MO
- Clubs and Gyms — Elkhart, IN
- Clubs and Gyms — Springfield, IL
- Clubs and Gyms — St. Cloud, MN
- Clubs and Gyms — Racine, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — Saginaw, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Iowa City, IA
- Clubs and Gyms — Muskegon, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Eau Claire, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — Oshkosh, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — Bloomington, IL
- Clubs and Gyms — La Crosse, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — Terre Haute, IN
- Clubs and Gyms — Waterloo, IA
- Clubs and Gyms — Kenosha, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — Janesville, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — Bloomington, IN
- Clubs and Gyms — Jackson, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Traverse City, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Rapid City, SD
- Clubs and Gyms — Monroe, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Jefferson City, MO
- Clubs and Gyms — Niles, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Sioux City, IA
- Clubs and Gyms — Bismarck, ND
- Clubs and Gyms — Wausau, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — Manhattan, KS
- Clubs and Gyms — Springfield, OH
- Clubs and Gyms — Battle Creek, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Ames, IA
- Clubs and Gyms — Mansfield, OH
- Clubs and Gyms — Lawrence, KS
- Clubs and Gyms — St. Joseph, MO
- Clubs and Gyms — Sheboygan, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — Muncie, IN
- Clubs and Gyms — Sandusky, OH
- Clubs and Gyms — Michigan City, IN
- Clubs and Gyms — Kankakee, IL
- Clubs and Gyms — Grand Forks, ND
- Clubs and Gyms — Mankato, MN
- Clubs and Gyms — Fond du Lac, WI
- Clubs and Gyms — Bay City, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Lima, OH
- Clubs and Gyms — Dubuque, IA
- Clubs and Gyms — Decatur, IL
- Clubs and Gyms — Cape Girardeau, MO
- Clubs and Gyms — Columbus, IN
- Clubs and Gyms — Kokomo, IN
- Clubs and Gyms — Midland, MI
- Clubs and Gyms — Grand Island, NE
- Clubs and Gyms — Minot, ND
South
- Clubs and Gyms — Dallas, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Houston, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Atlanta, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Washington, DC
- Clubs and Gyms — Miami, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Tampa, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Orlando, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Charlotte, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Baltimore, MD
- Clubs and Gyms — San Antonio, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Austin, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Nashville, TN
- Clubs and Gyms — Virginia Beach, VA
- Clubs and Gyms — Jacksonville, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Raleigh, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Oklahoma City, OK
- Clubs and Gyms — Louisville, KY
- Clubs and Gyms — Richmond, VA
- Clubs and Gyms — Memphis, TN
- Clubs and Gyms — Birmingham, AL
- Clubs and Gyms — Tulsa, OK
- Clubs and Gyms — Greenville, SC
- Clubs and Gyms — New Orleans, LA
- Clubs and Gyms — Knoxville, TN
- Clubs and Gyms — Sarasota metro area, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — McAllen, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Charleston, SC
- Clubs and Gyms — Baton Rouge, LA
- Clubs and Gyms — El Paso, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Columbia, SC
- Clubs and Gyms — Cape Coral, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Lakeland, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Greensboro, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Little Rock, AR
- Clubs and Gyms — Deltona, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Winston-Salem, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Palm Bay, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Augusta, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Durham, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Fayetteville, AR
- Clubs and Gyms — Jackson, MS
- Clubs and Gyms — Chattanooga, TN
- Clubs and Gyms — Port St. Lucie, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Huntsville, AL
- Clubs and Gyms — Pensacola, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Lexington, KY
- Clubs and Gyms — Killeen, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Wilmington, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Corpus Christi, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Ocala, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Savannah, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Brownsville, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Gulfport, MS
- Clubs and Gyms — Myrtle Beach, SC
- Clubs and Gyms — Lafayette, LA
- Clubs and Gyms — Asheville, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Naples, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Mobile, AL
- Clubs and Gyms — Spartanburg, SC
- Clubs and Gyms — Beaumont, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Tallahassee, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Fayetteville, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Montgomery, AL
- Clubs and Gyms — Shreveport, LA
- Clubs and Gyms — Hickory, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Lubbock, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Huntington, WV
- Clubs and Gyms — Gainesville, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Clarksville, TN
- Clubs and Gyms — Columbus, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Roanoke, VA
- Clubs and Gyms — Hagerstown, MD
- Clubs and Gyms — Fort Walton Beach metro area, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Kingsport, TN
- Clubs and Gyms — Waco, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Longview, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — College Station, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Tuscaloosa, AL
- Clubs and Gyms — Laredo, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Slidell, LA
- Clubs and Gyms — Amarillo, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Lynchburg, VA
- Clubs and Gyms — Daphne, AL
- Clubs and Gyms — Tyler, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Lake Charles, LA
- Clubs and Gyms — Hilton Head Island, SC
- Clubs and Gyms — Macon, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Fort Smith, AR
- Clubs and Gyms — Panama City, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Charlottesville, VA
- Clubs and Gyms — Gainesville, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Athens, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Monroe, LA
- Clubs and Gyms — Punta Gorda, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Jacksonville, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Johnson City, TN
- Clubs and Gyms — Lexington Park, MD
- Clubs and Gyms — Warner Robins, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Auburn, AL
- Clubs and Gyms — Florence, SC
- Clubs and Gyms — Charleston, WV
- Clubs and Gyms — Houma, LA
- Clubs and Gyms — Bowling Green, KY
- Clubs and Gyms — Dover, DE
- Clubs and Gyms — Midland, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Burlington, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Abilene, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Jackson, TN
- Clubs and Gyms — Greenville, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Blacksburg, VA
- Clubs and Gyms — Odessa, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Vero Beach metro area, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Homosassa Springs, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Decatur, AL
- Clubs and Gyms — Hattiesburg, MS
- Clubs and Gyms — The Villages metro area, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Florence, AL
- Clubs and Gyms — Dothan, AL
- Clubs and Gyms — Sherman, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Valdosta, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Winchester, VA
- Clubs and Gyms — Wichita Falls, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Rocky Mount, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Alexandria, LA
- Clubs and Gyms — Dalton, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Texarkana, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Albany, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Morgantown, WV
- Clubs and Gyms — Hammond, LA
- Clubs and Gyms — Harrisonburg, VA
- Clubs and Gyms — Jonesboro, AR
- Clubs and Gyms — Wheeling, WV
- Clubs and Gyms — Cleveland, TN
- Clubs and Gyms — Salisbury, MD
- Clubs and Gyms — Staunton, VA
- Clubs and Gyms — Morristown, TN
- Clubs and Gyms — Elizabethtown, KY
- Clubs and Gyms — Lawton, OK
- Clubs and Gyms — Goldsboro, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — San Angelo, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Brunswick, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Anniston, AL
- Clubs and Gyms — Owensboro, KY
- Clubs and Gyms — Steubenville, WV
- Clubs and Gyms — Sebring, FL
- Clubs and Gyms — Pinehurst, NC
- Clubs and Gyms — Beckley, WV
- Clubs and Gyms — Sumter, SC
- Clubs and Gyms — Gadsden, AL
- Clubs and Gyms — Paducah, KY
- Clubs and Gyms — Rome, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Victoria, TX
- Clubs and Gyms — Hot Springs, AR
- Clubs and Gyms — Hinesville, GA
- Clubs and Gyms — Parkersburg, WV
- Clubs and Gyms — Enid, OK
- Clubs and Gyms — Eagle Pass, TX
West
- Clubs and Gyms — Los Angeles, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Phoenix, AZ
- Clubs and Gyms — Riverside, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — San Francisco, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Seattle, WA
- Clubs and Gyms — San Diego, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Denver, CO
- Clubs and Gyms — Portland, OR
- Clubs and Gyms — Sacramento, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Las Vegas, NV
- Clubs and Gyms — San Jose, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Salt Lake City, UT
- Clubs and Gyms — Fresno, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Tucson, AZ
- Clubs and Gyms — Honolulu, HI
- Clubs and Gyms — Bakersfield, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Albuquerque, NM
- Clubs and Gyms — Boise, ID
- Clubs and Gyms — Oxnard, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Stockton, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Colorado Springs, CO
- Clubs and Gyms — Provo, UT
- Clubs and Gyms — Ogden, UT
- Clubs and Gyms — Spokane, WA
- Clubs and Gyms — Reno, NV
- Clubs and Gyms — Modesto, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Santa Rosa, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Visalia, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Vallejo, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Salem, OR
- Clubs and Gyms — Santa Maria, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Salinas, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Anchorage, AK
- Clubs and Gyms — Eugene, OR
- Clubs and Gyms — Greeley, CO
- Clubs and Gyms — Fort Collins, CO
- Clubs and Gyms — Boulder, CO
- Clubs and Gyms — Kennewick, WA
- Clubs and Gyms — Olympia, WA
- Clubs and Gyms — Merced, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Bremerton, WA
- Clubs and Gyms — San Luis Obispo, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Bend, OR
- Clubs and Gyms — Yakima, WA
- Clubs and Gyms — Santa Cruz, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Prescott metro area, AZ
- Clubs and Gyms — Bellingham, WA
- Clubs and Gyms — Las Cruces, NM
- Clubs and Gyms — Lake Havasu City, AZ
- Clubs and Gyms — Yuma, AZ
- Clubs and Gyms — Medford, OR
- Clubs and Gyms — St. George, UT
- Clubs and Gyms — Chico, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Billings, MT
- Clubs and Gyms — Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Clubs and Gyms — Yuba City, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Redding, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — El Centro, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Idaho Falls, ID
- Clubs and Gyms — Pueblo, CO
- Clubs and Gyms — Grand Junction, CO
- Clubs and Gyms — Logan, UT
- Clubs and Gyms — Maui, HI
- Clubs and Gyms — Santa Fe, NM
- Clubs and Gyms — Hanford, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Flagstaff, AZ
- Clubs and Gyms — Mount Vernon, WA
- Clubs and Gyms — Napa, CA
- Clubs and Gyms — Albany, OR
- Clubs and Gyms — Bozeman, MT
- Clubs and Gyms — Missoula, MT
- Clubs and Gyms — Wenatchee, WA
- Clubs and Gyms — Sierra Vista, AZ
- Clubs and Gyms — Twin Falls, ID
- Clubs and Gyms — Farmington, NM
- Clubs and Gyms — Longview, WA
- Clubs and Gyms — Cheyenne, WY
- Clubs and Gyms — Corvallis, OR
- Clubs and Gyms — Helena, MT
- Clubs and Gyms — Fairbanks, AK
- Clubs and Gyms — Pocatello, ID
- Clubs and Gyms — Grants Pass, OR
- Clubs and Gyms — Great Falls, MT
- Clubs and Gyms — Casper, WY
- Clubs and Gyms — Lewiston, ID
- Clubs and Gyms — Walla Walla, WA
- Clubs and Gyms — Carson City, NV
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